Main symptoms of Chikungunya disease is exposed suddenly felt the body followed by rheumatic fever in the joint. In fact, as one of the typical symptoms of precipitation is feeling stiff-stiff, pain, pain relief is also on the bone-bone, it is as a fever or bone flutulang.
Following discussion about a disease with symptoms similar to dengue fever this disease.Chikungunya disease spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Whether this disease is also caused by dengue virus? Then, what is the difference with the DBD, and how to distinguish them?
Chikungunya disease is caused by a similar virus called chikungunya virus.
Chikungunya virus is entering the family Togaviridae, genus alphavirus. Symptoms are similar to dengue virus infection with a few differences on certain issues. This virus is transferred from one patient to another patient through the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, among others. The virus is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will breed in the human body. The virus attacks all ages, both children and adults in endemic areas. The patient will experience sudden high fever for five days, so the term is also known a fever five days. On a small child starts with a sudden fever, skin redness. Rash, red rash that appears after 3-5 days. Eyes are usually accompanied by red signs, such as flu. Children often found fever convulsions. On a larger child, a fever is usually followed by pain in muscles and joints, and occur lymph gland enlargement. In the adults, symptoms of sore joints and muscles are very dominant and to cause temporary paralysis due to pain when walking. Sometimes arise until feeling nausea vomiting. In general, only children in the fever lasts for three days with no or very few found bleeding and shock. The difference with dengue dengue fever, Chikungunya on the bleeding does not have great, renjatan (shock) and death. With adequate rest, drug fever, compress, and the anticipation of spastic fever, this disease is usually cured in the seven days.
Chikungunya comes from the Swahili language based on patient symptoms, which means that (body position) bend or curve (that which contorts or bends up), refers to the postures of the bend due to severe joint pain (arthralgia). Painful joints according to this safety data sheet (MSDS) Office Safety Laboratory Canada, mainly occur in the knee, and ankle joint of the hands and feet.
This dangerous disease and death?
There are many more members in the community, that a fever or flu Chikungunya fever, bone or bone disease as a dangerous, so make a panic. Not infrequently people also believe that this disease can cause paralysis.
Indeed, when the virus multiply in the blood, the patient felt pain in the bone-tulangnya especially around the joint so that it does not dare to move the body. However, there does not mean paralysis. Incubation period of Chikungunya fever two to four days. Manifestation of the disease lasts three to 10 days. The virus is self limiting disease, including lost alias itself. However, the pain is still left behind in a matter of months until sunday. There is no vaccine or medication specific for Chikungunya. Simply drinking febrifuge and pain remover that can be purchased at the stalls. Important enough rest, nutritious food and drink. The virus is self limiting disease, including lost alias itself. However, the pain is still left behind in a matter of months until sunday. So, do not panic when there are family members who suffer this disease, as not to cause death. Pain in the joint that does not cause paralysis. People can move the body as usual. Doctors usually only give paregoric and fever or the medicine, known as flu medicines and vitamins to brace the body resistance.
Some people say that this disease can be overcome with mengonsumsi fresh fruit juice, what is?
Highly recommended for people with eating nutritious food, enough carbohydrates and protein, and especially drinking as much as possible. Perbanyak consume fresh fruits. Should drink fresh fruit juice. After the five days, a fever will gradually subside, feeling pain and pain in the joint and muscle is reduced, and penderitanya will recover as they are. Vitamin peningkat resistance body are also useful for this disease. In addition to vitamins, foods that contain enough protein and carbohydrates also increase the body's resistance. Resistance body and a good enough rest can make sense of pain in the joint quickly lost. Drinking lots of water and white is also recommended to eliminate symptoms of fever
The only way to avoid this disease is killing mosquitoes carrying virusnya. This mosquito, happy life, and breed in clean water such as bathtub, flower vase, and also used cans or bottles that hold water. Insects have the character of black and white is also happy to live in the property such as clothes-hang clothes in the back room door. In addition, the mosquito is also the place like a dark and stuffy. Given that the disease carrier mosquito Aedes aegypti is the best way to cut off the chain of transmission is to combat the mosquitoes, as often suggested in the eradication dengue dengue fever. Insecticide used to eradicate this mosquito is of the malation, while themopos to shut jentik-jentiknya. Malation used to the way evaporation, not to inject the wall. This is because Aedes aegypti does not like to perch on the wall, but on the things that hang. However, prevention is cheap and effective way to combat mosquitoes is to drain a shelter water, bathtub, flower vase, and so forth, at least once a week, because the mosquitoes are breeding from the egg to mature within a period of 7-10 days . Page or in the garden around the house must be clean of objects that allows to clean water, especially in the rainy season like now. House doors and windows should be opened every day, starting the morning until the afternoon, so that fresh air and sunlight can enter, so that the exchange of air occurs and a healthy lighting. Thus, there is not the ideal environment for mosquito's.
Can someone this disease many times?
The good news, it is difficult to attack people with the same. Will form the body of antibody that will make them immune to outbreaks of disease in the future. Thus, the smaller the possibility for them to be more. (ZRP / various sources)
