#but it's you or me buddy - it's fully about survival and you aren't endangered

[adrianastrix]

Went to the hospital yesterday. Good news is that there's a 90% chance not playing Dengue Fever Russian Roulette this time. Bad news is that it might be a bacterial infection (really really hope it isn't, I hate how antibiotics wreacks you and give you candida).

For those who are blissfully unaware of Dengue Fever Russian Roulette, it goes like this:

Dengue Fever is a tropical disease transmitted by mosquitoes that is like a REALLY UNPLEASANT flu episode that lasts about ten days. You have sharp pain on your joints and high fevers that alternate with you feeling weak and tired, with or without nausea and headaches. Then, when the fever and the pain subside, everything starts to itch and you develop a red rash under your skin. More damning, your coagulation blood cells (I'm feverish and don't wanna use Google Translate, I think you call then plaquettes?) are destroyed by the virus, so you have to be careful about injuring yourself.

The Roulette comes from the fact that there are around 4 or 5 types of Dengue Fever. Getting one makes you immune to it. And one of those types is called "Haemorrhagic Dengue Fever", which is when your blood coagulation REALLY goes down and you might start bleeding and bruising out of nowhere. Meaning that every time you get Dengue Fever, you SPIN! THAT! WHEEL! to see if you are getting the "after the 3rd day people start to get antsy because you are really sick without external noticeable symptoms like coughing and sniffling" type or the "you'll probably need to be on observation in the hospital so you don't bleed to death" option.

And don't start me on Zika Fever or Chikungunya Fever, which are different (and significantly worse) diseases, but also options on that wheel since they start similar to Dengue Fever and are transmitted by the same species of mosquito.

Tropical diseases just plain hate you, man.