Pregnancy has 10% mortality in dengue

New Delhi: Saturday, 9 February 2013: The incidence of dengue in pregnancy is very low, but it is on considerable rise especially in India. Although many cases may remain asymptomatic or manifest a mild form of disease, severe manifestations like severe dengue with hemorrhagic manifestations and shock can also occur and these are potentially life-threatening both to the mother and the baby.

Quoting a study by Dr Laxmi Maru and Dr Astha Jain from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh; Padmashri and Dr B C Roy Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal said that Maternal mortality in dengue cases is 10%, which otherwise is round about 0.4% in India and 0.1% in western countries under normal circumstances.

Also the mortality in sever dengue cases with haemorrhage or shock is 33 %.

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