The after effect of dengue

It is been almost a month since I was down with dengue fever. I am feeling quite OK now. When I was down with the dreaded desease, I lost all my appetite and have since lost almost 3 kg and my skin is very dry and I am really dehydrated. I do not like to look at myself in the mirror, because I am now so thin. I have only skins and bones left on me.

But the most dreaded thing is I am now experiencing terrible itch all over my body. I have to keep on scratching and scratching like crazy. Sometime I have to wake up in the middle of the night to scratch. The doctor has prescribed me with a calazin cream which is now almost gone,but my itchiness still persist.

Although my appetite is slowly coming back, but my choice of food has suddenly changed. I prefer to eat only freshly charcaol grilled fish with plenty of soy sauce. But of course that is not always possible so I have to make do with oven grilled fresh fish. So I have to make a daily trip to the fish market. No choice, but I am so lucky that the market is not too far away from my place.

My preference for rice has also changed. I now take only beras wangi which is softer in texture in contrast to my usual preference of Siamese rice. I wonder whether this is normal?