What are the Symptoms of Chikungunya fever, prevalent many places in India?


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Symptoms of chikungunya include Fever with joint pains chikungunya is caused by virus which is introduced into your body wen a mosquito(ADES)bites u
this mosquito bites u during the day time
Prevention of chikungunya is by preventing mosquito bite
using mosquito repellents, nets and to prevent water from stagnating around your locality

In chikungunya fever subsides within three to five days
but joint pains can persist for 2 to 6 weeks
but some may have residual joint pain that may persist beyond 6 months
This virus temporarily cripples a person and only very very rarely kills a person

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Symptoms: Fever of 39 deg Cel and rashes especially on the limbs and trunk and also arthritis affecting multi-joints. in the recent incidences in Andhra Pradesh, high fever and crippling joint pain were the symptoms. The fever is due to musquito bites caused by a viral fever alphavirus. Still more information can be had from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/chikungu...
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