At the time when I was definitely being when I had dengu in back in class 6, it was a very brutal time for me. I felt very weak, I felt very bad, I felt very sick. I was not at my best at all. I was in a very bad shape at that time I would say. It lasted for 10 to 15 days and those days were very tough for me I would say. And I was not very old at that time, I was like 12-13 years old. So that makes it even more difficult being a kid. So as you all know dengu is a disease that travels from mosquito bite. It is not something that passes from one person to another. It happens due to a mosquito bite, by the bite of the 80’s mosquito. And if you want to confirm if you have dengu or not, you cannot just use a thermometer like it happens in favour. You have to go to hospital and take a blood test and then they will treat that blood test and they will see a platelet count. And according to that platelet count, they will confirm if you have dengu or not. Platelet count decrease in dengu. So that is why the symptoms of dengu will be you have a lot of weakness and you feel you have digestion issues, you often puke. And at times it is also dizziness and nausea. So yes, in order to see if you have dengu or not, you have to have constant blood tests. They literally use needle. And we all know for blood tests they use needles. And they suck blood from that needle. And as a kid needles were very scary for me. And the fact that I had to go to hospital and needles were plucked and they would take blood from my hand constantly just to see the platelet count. Because if you have your diagnosis with dengu, you have to constantly go to the hospital for blood tests for your platelet count to see if it is cured or not. So that was very harsh for me I would say. But yes, I don’t feel any needles anymore because I had to go through them a lot. But I am good now.
Band 6+: Describe a time when you were ill. You should say: when this was what your symptoms were how long the illness lasted and explain how it affected your life at that time.
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At the time when I was ill, I had dengue back in class 6. It was a very brutal time for me. I felt very weak, I felt very bad, and I felt very sick. I was not at my best at all. I was in very bad shape at that time, I would say. It lasted for 10 to 15 days, and those days were very tough for me. I was not very old at that time; I was around 12 or 13 years old. So that made it even more difficult being a kid. As you all know, dengue is a disease that is transmitted by mosquito bites. It is not something that passes from one person to another. It occurs due to a bite from the Aedes mosquito. If you want to confirm if you have dengue or not, you cannot just use a thermometer like you would for a fever. You have to go to the hospital and take a blood test, and then they will analyze that blood test and check your platelet count. According to that platelet count, they will confirm if you have dengue or not. The platelet count decreases in dengue. So the symptoms of dengue include a lot of weakness, digestion issues, frequent vomiting, dizziness, and nausea. In order to determine if you have dengue, you have to undergo constant blood tests. They use needles for blood tests, and we all know that they draw blood with a needle. As a kid, needles were very scary for me. The fact that I had to go to the hospital and have needles inserted to take blood from my hand constantly just to check my platelet count was very difficult. If you are diagnosed with dengue, you have to go to the hospital regularly for blood tests to monitor your platelet count and see if you are cured. That was very harsh for me, I would say. However, I don't fear needles anymore because I had to go through them a lot. But I am good now.
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