Effectiveness of 'Tawa -tawa plant' for Dengue Victims

[jmercado]

Hello, I'm joan mercado. I happen to browse this site and i should say i love sites that invites a healthy conversations. A week ago i suffered Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Grade 1 and I spent 7 days in the hospital. When my platelet went down at 82 my doctor told my relatives to prepare atleast two donors for a possible blood transfusion since it is critical on my case because my hemoglobin is only 10 which means I am way anemic. My relatives started to get anxious and they made more tawa-tawa for me to drink and they really invest on it because they believe it is very effective. I see its result that's why when my platelet went down again to 79K they again insist on me to drink a lot of it. So the blood transfusion was never made to realize because on my next blood count the trend of my platelet is ascending and I got no more fever for two days. I was made to discharged with 97K of my platelet. My questions are; How does 'tawa-tawa' works as it comes inside the body? What is with the 'tawa-tawa' that made my relatives believe its effectiveness to cure Dengue?

Thanks for taking time reading my message. Hoping from your response.

[Ceal Craig]

Joan, thanks for posting your experience on our Ask an Expert Forum! Glad you are doing well now.

We are not experts in medical treatment; instead we are here to help K-12 school students with their science projects. Thus, having a dialogue on this here in this Forum is probably not your best place. Good luck in your future endeavors finding a discussion board. Sounds interesting...

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[sabinuta]

If you are anemic you got a real problem there, but i do not know if anyone around here has medical training so what can i say keep on searching. You could look up on the Supplement Discussion forum for some vitamins who could help you adjust your condition.