What are the overlapping symptoms of COVID and dengue? Symptoms of Dengue include high fever, headache, rash, and muscle and joint pain, which bear significant resemblance with that of COVID-19 infection.
COVID-19 symptoms include fever, chills, muscle or body aches, fatigue, and headache among others. In such cases, it gets difficult for the doctors to figure out whether the person is COVID positive or not. "Covid cases are declining right now, but the virus is still there.
I am still seeing Covid cases in my OPD. In the last 3-4 days, two cases were detected in OPD and one later in an ICU. However, on average, dengue infection is on the rise right now," said Dr Suranjit Chatterjee, a senior consultant at Apollo Hospitals. "There are a few overlapping symptoms when it comes to both dengue and Covid, such as fever, body aches, and headache, and in such cases diagnosis cannot be that black and white.
So, we are prescribing both Covid and dengue tests to ascertain the exact infection. In fact, in some cases, even malaria and typhoid tests are also being done," informed Dr Suranjit Chatterjee. How to know whether it is COVID or dengue? There is a catch for the doctors in between the lines of the symptoms reported by patients.