Chikungunya claims more lives in Delhi; toll rises to 10

Chikungunya claims more lives in Delhi; toll rises to 10
An 80-year-old succumbed to chikungunya today in a Delhi hospital.

Chikungunya is a condition that is spread by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, ‘chikungunya’ means ‘to distort’, directly relating to the extreme pain the patient experiences in and around his/her joints during the disease. Once bitten the patient will experience symptoms such as:

Arthritis-like pain around the joints Muscle aches Fever Malaise Headache Fatigue Nausea Vomiting (within approximately two to 22 days of infection, in some cases) Tender lymph nodes Swelling behind the ears and in

Here are how the symptoms of chikungunya are different from malaria and dengue.

There are very subtle differences between the three mosquito-borne diseases and one of the most clear difference is the type and frequency of fever a patient experiences.In the case of dengue a patient suffers from high fever that appears and subsides quickly only to reappear with rashes and in the case of dengue haemorrhagic fever, along with bleeding.In malaria, the patient suffers from high fever, most predominantly in the evenings with chills followed by sweating in quick succession.In the case of chikungunya, the patient suffers a high fever with severe pain in the body especially the joints along with all the symptoms mentioned above. In all three conditions, the patient will experience a temperature of about 102o .

Source: IANS

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