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Originally Posted by Raimundo
I was in Rio last week for a while and Dengue Mosquitos are biting a lot of people in the suburbs around Rio de Janeiro. Even my Gym in Ipanema, a Doctor friend got bit on a side street nar Leblon. The News shows a horrible scene of poor people standing in long lines for miles waiting for treatment. They have make shift beds and Ivs in arms, people just sititng in tents near Tijuca. That was on the News. From what I understand if you get bit, seek treatment asap or you could die. There is no sure.
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Seek treatment asap but it's not as dangerous as all that (although if I do get bit, I'll be going to the hospital)
There are several different types of Dengue. The vast majority of Dengue are not comfortable but they are also not fatal. Of the 24000 reported cases of Dengue 800 were reported to be the nasty kind of which only 90 were confirmed and whereas 47 deaths were suspected to be related to Haemmorhagic Dengue, only three were confirmed.