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Hay fever(health)

Fever, breakbone (health) and arecaidine (medicine)


Fever, breakbone (health)


An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and Other pains) is particularly characteristic. Better known as dengue, the disease is endemic throughout the tropics and subtropics. It goes by Other names including dandy fever. Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain.





arecaidine (medicine)


arecaidine


1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-1-methylnicotinic acid;a crystalline alkaloid resembling betaine, derived from the betel nut.

Synonym: arecaine.