DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2018.v06i04.015

Pages: 384-388

Dengue virus Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by single positive-stranded RNA virus of family Flaviviridae of genus Flavivirus. Epidemiologically its predominantly prevalent in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas. Neurological complications are widely variable There are several types of neurological complications observed in dengue fever. This is a retrospective study showing various neurological complications in dengue fever in last 2 years. Patients with positive dengue serology (IgM Ab) with neurological manifestations were selected. They were subjected to routine laboratory investigations like CBC, PSC, Hematocrit, serum creatine kinase, Biochemical investigations, CT scan brain, MRI Brain, CSF Study, coagulation profile, EEG, Nerve conduction study. 22 patients were found to have some neurological complications, out of which 18 were male, 4 female. Out of 22 patients 13 patients presented with encephalopathy,2 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage,2 patients with Bell's palsy,1 patient with cerebellitis,1 patient with meningoencephalitis,1 patient with AIDP,1 patient with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and 1 patient presented with compressive myelopathy secondary to epidural hemorrhage. Encephalopathy was found to be the most common neurological complication.