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Fever, Thai hemorrhagic (health)


A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). Known also as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), it starts abruptly with high continuous fever and headache plus respiratory and intestinal symptoms with sore throat, cough, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Shock occurs after 2 to 6 days with sudden collapse, cool clammy extremities, weak thready pulse, and blueness around the mouth (circumoral cyanosis). There is bleeding with easy bruising, blood spots in the skin (petechiae), spitting up blood (hematemesis), blood in the stool (melena), bleeding gums and nosebleeds (epistaxis). Pneumonia and heart inflammation (myocarditis) may be present. The mortality is appreciable ranging from 6 to 30%. Most deaths occur in children. Infants under a year of age are especially at risk of death. It is also called Philippine or Southeast Asian hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome.





brittle (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old English; Origin: gebryttan 'to break into pieces']
hard but easily broken
::The branches were dry and brittle.
::Joanna was diagnosed as having brittle bones.
a situation, relationship, or feeling that is brittle is easily damaged or destroyed
::He spoke with the brittle confidence of someone who, underneath, was very worried.
showing no warm feelings
::a brittle laugh