Vol. 3, Issue 2 (2014)

Background: The idea of fever is widely present in human literature, music, and art, and it has even been the subject of scientific investigation. Since fever is such a common indication of illness, finding detailed accounts of febrile patients in early historical records is not surprising.

Materials and Methods: This study will involve patients who are admitted to the D.D. Medical College and Hospital's Department of General Medicine in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India between January 2012 to December 2012. A prospective collection of one hundred patients with low platelet counts and fever will be made. The age range of the participants was 18 to 79, however this did not limit the study in any way. Of the hundred individuals diagnosed with fever and thrombocytopenia, fifty-eight were men and forty-two were women.

Results: Just 16 persons were unable to recuperate, while 84 people did so completely. Following up, thirty of the eighty-four patients who recovered completely had platelet counts that were within normal limits after being discharged. There were sixteen deaths in all, eleven from septicemia and multiorgan failure syndrome and five from dengue fever.

Conclusion: These feverish illnesses were molded by thrombocytopenia, which frequently resulted in bleeding signs. Patients who experience spontaneous bleeding ought to be assessed for disseminated intravascular coagulation. Patients with malaria do not require platelet transfusions since their platelet counts return to normal rapidly after therapy.