As Dengue spreads its tentacles far and wide, patients are caught in a twister of dropping blood platelet counts. The drop in Ranji’s platelet count was sharp, dramatic and near-fatal. Frantic, his friends and relatives sent out messages all around as doctors readied the transfusion machine. In that eleventh hour, they knew his life depended on that urgent dose of fresh blood. Dengue had taken a menacing turn. Yet again! Monsoon might be on its last legs, but Bengalureans are still caught in a twister of Dengue and Dengue-like diseases. Thousands are hospitalised, their fluctuating platelet counts triggering confusion, fear, anxiety, and despair! Trying out a mix of allopathy, ayurveda...
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