Hyperthermia related to Dengue Fever

Hyperthermia related to Dengue Fever

Hyperthermia is defined as a temperature greater than 37.5–38.3 °C (100–101 °F), depending on the reference used, that occurs without a change in the body's temperature set point.
The normal human body temperature in health can be as high as 37.7 °C (99.9 °F) in the late afternoon. Hyperthermia requires an elevation from the temperature that would otherwise be expected. Such elevations range from mild to extreme; body temperatures above 40 °C (104 °F) can be life threatening.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe, potentially deadly infection spread by mosquitos, mainly the species Aedes aegypti.
Early symptoms include:
  • Decreased appetite

  • Fever

  • Headache

  • Joint or muscle aches

  • Malaise

  • Vomiting

Nursing Diagnosis for Dengue Fever : Hyperthermia related to increase the rate of metabolism
Defining characteristics :
  • Convulsions

  • Skin redness

  • Increased body temperature above the normal range

  • Seizures

  • Tachycardia

  • Tachypnea

  • Skin feels warm
Goals:
  • Maintain normal body temperature with the expected outcomes: body temperature from 35.50 to 37.00 c
Outcomes:
  • Body temperature between 36-370 c,

  • mucous membranes moist,

  • muscle pain disappeared
Interventions:
1) Measure vital signs (temperature)
Rationale: Temperature 38.90 C-41, 10c, shows an acute infectious disease process
2) Give warm compresses
Rational: Warm compresses will happen conduction heat transfer
3) Increase fluid intake
Rational: To replace fluids lost due to evaporation

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