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• Steps
• Part 1 of 2: Symptoms of Chikungunya Fever
• Part 2 of 2: Treating and Preventing Chikungunya Fever
• Tips
• Warnings
• Additional articles

Chikungunya is a disease that spreads from person to person through the bite of a mosquito infected with the virus. The disease is characterized by high fever and joint pain of moderate to high intensity. There is currently no cure for Chikungunya fever, so it is only possible to prevent mosquito attacks. However, the disease rarely progresses severely and even less often leads to death. To learn about the symptoms of chikungunya fever, read this article.

Steps

Part 1 of 2: Symptoms of Chikungunya Fever

1. 1 Temperature increase. A rise in temperature to high values ​​is the first symptom of chikungunya. The temperature can reach 40 degrees Celsius and last 2 days with a sharp disappearance.
2. 2 Joint pain. Chikungunya fever is characterized by severe pain in the joints of the limbs (arthritis), usually several at the same time.
   • The word "chikungunya" in the language of the Makonde people who live in southern Tanzania means "to be twisted", which describes patients who hunched over due to joint pain.
   • For most people with Chikungunya fever, joint pain lasts for several days, but in older people, the pain may last longer. There are cases when the pain lasted for several weeks, months or even years.
3. 3 Rash. People with Chikungunya fever usually develop a rash all over the body, including the extremities. These are purple or red dots or small red spots.
4. 4 Nonspecific symptoms. Common nonspecific symptoms of chikungunya include persistent headache, nausea, muscle pain, fatigue, vomiting, photophobia, and partial loss of taste.

Part 2 of 2: Treating and Preventing Chikungunya Fever

1. 1 Call your doctor if you suspect you have chikungunya fever. If you suspect you have chikungunya or if you have a high fever, be sure to see your doctor.
   • Chikungunya is difficult to diagnose (it is often confused with dengue fever), so the doctor will need to learn about the symptoms of the disease, your location and take a culture for virological examination for the correct diagnosis.
   • However, the most informative method for confirming chikungunya is by laboratory analysis of blood serum or cerebrospinal fluid. These research methods are rarely used because the disease rarely has a severe course.
2. 2 Relief of symptoms of the disease. There are currently no antiviral drugs available to treat chikungunya fever, but your doctor may prescribe medication for you to relieve symptoms.
   • For example, fever and joint pain can be treated with medications such as ibuprofen, naproxen, acetaminophen, or paracetamol. Medicines containing aspirin should be avoided.
   • Chikungunya patients should stay in bed and drink plenty of water.
3. 3 Avoiding mosquito bites is the best chikungunya prevention. There is currently no vaccine for Chikungunya fever. The only way to prevent the disease is to prevent mosquito bites, especially if you are traveling in areas where there are outbreaks of fever, such as Africa, Asia and parts of India. To prevent mosquito bites:
   • Wear long sleeves and long pants when traveling in an endemic area. Apply insecticide to clothing to keep mosquitoes away.
   • Use repellents containing DEET, IR3535, lemon oil, eucalyptus, or icaridin.
   • Make sure mosquito nets are securely tightened on windows, doors.
   • Apply insecticide to mosquito nets before falling asleep if you sleep during the day.

Tips

• An infected person should be isolated from mosquitoes for the first few days of illness. If someone is bitten by a mosquito, another person will be infected.
• Strengthen your immune system by consuming beta-glucan, which is found in mushrooms.
• Laboratory diagnostics of transmissible viral infections is carried out through serological analysis of cerebrospinal fluid.
• The incubation period for chikungunya lasts from 2 to 12 days, usually 3-7 days.
• Sympathetic treatment means that it is impossible to neutralize the infectious agent.

Warnings

• Some chikungunya sufferers report joint pain (arthritis) that lasts for weeks or even months.
• There is no vaccine or medicine available to treat chikungunya fever.
• Do not use aspirin for chikungunya fever.

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