Chikungunya Disease, No Cause Death or Paralysis!

Earlier this year, in addition to the spread of dengue fever cases in some parts of Indonesia, the community is also troubled by cases of Chikungunya Disease.
The cause of this disease is a type of virus, Alphavirus, and is transmitted through mosquito Aedes aegypti. The same mosquitoes transmit dengue fever. Although still "brothers" with dengue fever, the disease is not fatal.

Diseases originating from mainland Africa are found in Indonesia was started in 1973. Chikungunya fever was first reported in Samarinda, then spread in Kuala Tungkal, Martapura, Ternate, Yogyakarta then expand into other areas.

Beginning in 2001, remarkable incident (KLB) Chikungunya fever occurred in Muara Enim, South Sumatra and Aceh. Bogor followed in October. A year later, another outbreak of Chikungunya fever in Bekasi (West Java), Purworejo and Klaten (Central Java).

Number of cases of chikungunya disease that happened during the years 2001-2003 reached 3918 cases without mortality. The main symptoms of Chikungunya disease is the body suddenly felt a fever followed by rheumatic pain in joints. In fact, because one of the typical symptom is the emergence of a sense of aches, pain, pain also arises in the bones, there are named as a fever or flu-bone bone.

The following questions and answers about the disease whose symptoms similar to dengue fever this. Chikungunya disease is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. Does this disease is also caused by dengue virus? So, what's the difference with dengue and how to distinguish?

Chikungunya disease caused by a virus called the Chikungunya virus. Chikungunya virus was signed in the family Togaviridae, genus alphavirus. Symptoms are similar to dengue virus infection with a bit of difference on certain things. The virus is transferred from one patient to another patient through the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, among others.

Viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will breed in the human body. Virus attack all ages, both children and adults in endemic areas. Patients will experience a sudden high fever for five days, so it is known the term fever of five days.

In young children begins with sudden fever, skin redness. Red rashes that appear after 3-5 days. Usually accompanied by red-eye signs such as the flu. Child's febrile seizure is common.

In older children, fever is usually followed by pain in muscles and joints, and enlarged lymph nodes occurred. In adults, symptoms of joint and muscle pain is very dominant and to cause temporary paralysis because of pain when walking. Sometimes nausea vomiting arise.
Fever in children is generally only lasts for three days with no or very little bleeding and shock are found.

The difference with dengue fever, Chikungunya none on bleeding, shock (shock) or death. With adequate rest, drug fever, compress, and the anticipation of febrile seizures, these diseases usually heal themselves within seven days.

What does "Chikungunya disease"?

Chikungunya Disease comes from the Swahili language based on patient symptoms, which means (body position) bend or curve (that Which contorts or bends up), referring to the bent posture of patients due to severe joint pain (arthralgia).
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