Children often experience the symptoms similar to common cold accompanied by vomiting and diarrhoeaред Dengue fever starts with the sudden onset of fever that can last for a weekред The other dengue symptoms in children include:
- Severe headache, muscle pain, joint pain, nausea as well as vomiting.
- Infants and young children can have rashes along with fever.
- Older children reportedly experience severe back pain as wellред
- Minor bleeding is seen in some casesред For example, bleeding from gumsред
- Rashes may appear when the fever subsidesред
If the fever or the above mentioned symptoms persist for a week to fourteen days then the infected person needs to go for the diagnostic test for dengueред
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