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Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is primarily known as a mosquito-borne viral infection that causes a range of physical symptoms, ranging from myalgia to bleeding tendencies. However, there is growing recognition of its potential to trigger psychiatric manifestations, although such cases remain relatively rare. We repo...

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Autores principales: Elavia, Zenia, Patra, Soumya Suvra, Kumar, Sumit, Inban, Pugazhendi, Yousuf, Mohammed Adnaan, Thassu, Ishaan, Chaudhry, Hassan A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10658754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022096
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47425
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author Elavia, Zenia
Patra, Soumya Suvra
Kumar, Sumit
Inban, Pugazhendi
Yousuf, Mohammed Adnaan
Thassu, Ishaan
Chaudhry, Hassan A
author_facet Elavia, Zenia
Patra, Soumya Suvra
Kumar, Sumit
Inban, Pugazhendi
Yousuf, Mohammed Adnaan
Thassu, Ishaan
Chaudhry, Hassan A
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description Dengue fever is primarily known as a mosquito-borne viral infection that causes a range of physical symptoms, ranging from myalgia to bleeding tendencies. However, there is growing recognition of its potential to trigger psychiatric manifestations, although such cases remain relatively rare. We report a case of acute dengue fever in a 25-year-old male who developed mania and psychotic symptoms after one week of infection. A comprehensive diagnostic workup, including laboratory tests, including cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and neuroimaging, confirmed the absence of organic causes for his psychiatric symptoms, except for his prior exposure to the dengue virus. The patient was initiated on mood stabilizers and antipsychotic medications, leading to a gradual improvement in his mental health.
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spelling pubmed-106587542023-10-21 Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever Elavia, Zenia Patra, Soumya Suvra Kumar, Sumit Inban, Pugazhendi Yousuf, Mohammed Adnaan Thassu, Ishaan Chaudhry, Hassan A Cureus Psychiatry Dengue fever is primarily known as a mosquito-borne viral infection that causes a range of physical symptoms, ranging from myalgia to bleeding tendencies. However, there is growing recognition of its potential to trigger psychiatric manifestations, although such cases remain relatively rare. We report a case of acute dengue fever in a 25-year-old male who developed mania and psychotic symptoms after one week of infection. A comprehensive diagnostic workup, including laboratory tests, including cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and neuroimaging, confirmed the absence of organic causes for his psychiatric symptoms, except for his prior exposure to the dengue virus. The patient was initiated on mood stabilizers and antipsychotic medications, leading to a gradual improvement in his mental health. Cureus 2023-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10658754/ /pubmed/38022096 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47425 Text en Copyright © 2023, Elavia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kumar, Sumit
Inban, Pugazhendi
Yousuf, Mohammed Adnaan
Thassu, Ishaan
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Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever
title Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever
title_full Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever
title_fullStr Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever
title_full_unstemmed Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever
title_short Acute Psychosis and Mania: An Uncommon Complication of Dengue Fever
title_sort acute psychosis and mania: an uncommon complication of dengue fever
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10658754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022096
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47425
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