Thai name for Dengue Fever

[Guest]

Can anyone give me the Thai name for Dengue Fever?

 

Thanks!

[whosyourdaddy]

Kai Leut Auk. blood leave fever.

[Pescator]

Khai Leut Auk describes the severe condition: dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue toxic shock syndrome.

 

Generally dengue fever is: Khai Saa.

 

Cheers

Hua Nguu

[Flashermac]

For some reason, it seems to hit Thais harder than Farangs -- and Thais sometimes call it "break bone fever" since it causes bleeding at the joints and a lot of pain.

 

Apparently, there a four types. I've had two of them.

[Pescator]

Break Bone Fever? Isn`t that an english term?

Or do thais actually have a similar expression?

 

cheers

hua nguu

[Flashermac]

Only heard English speaking Thais use it. I suppose the khai luek awk name would cover it.

 

p.s. Each time I had it, I could see bleeding under my skin -- but only on my feet and ankles. Do a google and you'll see that it is very common here. Three years ago, I got it, two colleagues got it and a neighbour got it. My wife gave me aitch for not taking care of myself -- and then she got it!

[iuytrede]

"Khai Leut Auk describes the severe condition: dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue toxic shock syndrome."

 

This is not how rural people in the province of Buriram use the word. They use "khai leut awk" like we would use the word "dengue fever": it can be the hemorrhagic, dangerous form, but it can be the more frequent mild form which is "just a fever". You can have "khai leut awk" without "leut awk", even without a rash.

[iuytrede]

"it seems to hit Thais harder than Farangs"

 

Hemorrhagic Dengue is a repeat infection, not a first infection.

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iuytrede said:

Hemorrhagic Dengue is a repeat infection, not a first infection.

That's not all there is to it. There are several types of dengue. That is a significant cause of the different levels of infection.

 

Fron the CDC website:

Dengue (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by one of four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4), of the genus Flavivirus. Infection with one of these serotypes provides immunity to only that serotype for life, so persons living in a dengue-endemic area can have more than one dengue infection during their lifetime. DF and DHF are primarily diseases of tropical and sub tropical areas, and the four different dengue serotypes are maintained in a cycle that involves humans and the Aedes mosquito. However, Aedes aegypti, a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans, is the most common Aedes species. Infections produce a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from a nonspecific viral syndrome to severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. Important risk factors for DHF include the strain of the infecting virus, as well as the age, and especially the prior dengue infection history of the patient.

 

Cheers,

SD

 

EDIT -- If you need it in Thai script, it would be ä¢éàÅ×ôÃá

[lembeh]

 

>Hemorrhagic Dengue is a repeat infection, not a first infection.

 

Nope. Definately not. Somewhere between 50 and 80% of DHF cases are associated with second infections, but that still leaves somewhere between 20 and 50% that are not (exact figure depends upon which study, where, and a host of other factors).

-j-