Is dengue turning into an epidemic?
The number of patients was only 184 in May but rose to 1,796 in June Four and a half year old Tahmeed Mehbub, admitted to a private hospital in Dhaka on July 14 with heavy fever and body pain, was diagnosed with dengue. Within a day of his admission, his condition deteriorated rapidly and he developed difficulty in breathing. Doctors said it was pulmonary edema, a condition caused by excess fluid in the lungs. He was sent to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) where he was undergoing treatment up until Sunday, before he was shifted to a cabin.