A person suffering from dengue can also simultaneously suffer from malaria. Malaria and dengue together can reduce platelet count to a dangerous low level leading to complications. According to the doctor, during dengue season people should avoid taking aspirin for bringing down fever as it can precipitate bleeding.

During dengue most complications occur within two days of subsiding of fever; this is the time when most patients get careless about their illness. If a patient complaints of abdominal pain, giddiness or weakness after the fever has subsided he should be immediately rushed to a doctor. Dengue complications during this period are due to shift of blood volume and a patient requires rapid infusion of oral or intravenous fluids in large quantity. There is no need to give platelets unless the count has fallen lower than 2% of original platelet counts.

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