Chikungunya | Chikungunya fever | Viral disease
Chikungunya is a fever which is an illness that can be caused by a virus and it can spread by mosquitoes. The name Chikungunya means it bends your joints or it makes you stop walking because this viral infection causes severe joint pain and muscle aches. Other symptoms of this viral fever include high fever, headache, fatigue, rash, nausea and red eyes. Usually symptoms show up within 2 to 7 days after a mosquito bite from an infected mosquitoes. Till now there is no vaccine for Chikungunya fever. And there is no treatment for this viral fever. But in some rare cases, chikungunya causes very serious health complications or death. Most people with this viral chikungunya fever can recover within a couple of weeks. But some others may experience joint and muscle pain that can last almost months to years after they have been affected with this chikungunya fever. The only aim of treatment for this viral infection is to ease the symptoms with the help of rest, fluids and medicati...