Chikungunya disease

www.healthydailymail.com Chikungunya fever is a type of virus that caused alphavirus that is spread by the bite of mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti. Its name is derived from a word in the Makonde language that means "curved upwards", referring to the body that bends due to arthritis symptoms of this disease.

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Definition of Chikungunya

Chikungunya is derived from the Swahili based on patient symptoms, which means (postures) twisted or curved (roomates that contorts or bends up), referring to the bent posture of patients due to severe joint pain (arthralgia). Joint pain, according to the safety data sheet (MSDS) Office of Laboratory Security Canada, especially in the knees, ankles and joints of the hands and feet. In addition to the spread of dengue fever cases in some parts of Indonesia, the community is also bothered by Chikungunya cases. Symptoms of the disease include sudden fever that reached 39 degrees C, pain in the joints, especially the knee, ankle, toes and hands and spine with rash (collection of reddish spots) on the skin. There is also a headache, conjunctival injection and slight photophobia.

Serological examination for Chikungunya available at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

There is not any special treatment like Chikungunya. The disease is usually self-limiting and will heal itself. Treatment is recommended after a symptom-based side to other diseases more dangerous.

Causes of Chikungunya

The cause of this disease is a virus, namely alphavirus and transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The same mosquitoes transmit dengue fever. Although still "brothers" with dengue fever, the disease is not lethal. Chikungunya disease is spread by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Is this disease is also caused by dengue virus? So, what's the difference with DHF and how to distinguish? Chikungunya disease is caused by a virus called Chikungunya virus. The Chikungunya virus entered the family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus. Chikungunya in Indonesian history of this disease originated from mainland Africa and began to be found in Indonesia in 1973.