The previous post had the symptoms listed of a patient that presented with Dengue Fever. There are 4 types of Dengue and a mosquito could potentially be a carrier for all 4 at one given time. When treating this disease, the healthcare professional has to be mindful of fluid overload and be monitoring their fluid and electrolyte statuses carefully. This virus destroys the platelets in the blood and cause the person to be very susceptible to bleeding excessively. The complete blood count should be monitored as well as watching for any bloody stools and avoiding unnecessary IV placements to ensure no bleeding occurs. The greatest risk for contracting the disease is within the first 3 days of the febrile symptoms a mosquito must bite you and will then be able to transmit the disease to someone else. An interesting fact is that only the female mosquito will bite people and transmit the diseases where the mosquitoes are the vectors.