"The first time I had dengue, I was starting my second pregnancy. I didn't know I was pregnant at that time. But I didn't feel well. It started with a migraine, which lasted a while. So I went to do a test, which confirmed that I was indeed pregnant. The migraines persisted. I took Efferalgan every day, but I still had headaches, it wasn't getting better. I had pain in my neck, a kind of stiffness there, it wasn't good. I had pain everywhere."
"I had pain in my joints, even to walk. I didn't have appetite. I often had trouble breathing. I felt like I was suffocating. Honestly, it was a whole sport to be able to breathe. My mother-in-law told me that since I had a girl for my first pregnancy, with the hormonal changes and all, this time it must be a boy for my second pregnancy. That explained my headaches. So, I didn't think it was an illness."
A woman in Burkina Faso contracted dengue in early pregnancy in 2023 and was admitted to hospital and diagnosed with dengue fever. The illness began with severe migraine and widespread pain, progressed to neck stiffness, joint pain, loss of appetite, and marked breathing difficulty. Daily analgesics did not relieve her symptoms, and she eventually lost consciousness. Dengue is a mosquito-transmitted viral disease that can be fatal in a small number of cases and has been linked to miscarriage in some studies. Dengue incidence is rising in Africa and Asia and is increasingly detected in Europe, in part due to climate warming.
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