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Anush, Jagdish & Nidri

Dengue had really torn a path through the settlement when I was there. These three brothers are all recovering. Their little sister Padma has developed complications and is still fighting the disease. Dengue is sometimes called breakbone fever because it feels as if all your limbs have been broken, they ache so badly. Its horrible. I had it in 2001 and really thought I was dying. However it is not usually fatal, but in the the very young and elderly fatal complications can occur such as haemorragic dengue where you bleed under the skin, this can affect the heart and the eyes with nasty consequences.

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Uploaded on February 12, 2010
Taken on October 20, 2009