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Symptoms may include: Sudden high fever. Severe headaches. Pain behind the eyes. Joint and muscle pain. Nausea. Vomiting. Swollen glands. Rash that appears three to four days after the fever starts. A very small portion of people with dengue fever get a severe case. It’s called dengue hemorrhagic fever. Symptoms show up as the fever begins to ease.
COVID-19. Related Conditions. Dengue fever is a viral infection that can cause a wide range of symptoms, including life-threatening illness, milder flu-like illness, or sometimes no symptoms...
May 18, 2022 · A female Aedes aegypti mosquito ingesting a blood meal. Credit: CDC. Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called "break-bone" fever because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking.
