Chikungunya - Mosquito Bites Aedes Aegypti - Causes Symptoms Patients
Chikungunya
Chikungunya is a kind of viral fever caused by alphaviruses are spread by mosquito bites from Aedes aegypti species. Its name comes from a word in the Makonde language meaning "curved upward", referring to the body that bend due to the symptoms of arthritis disease.
Chikungunya comes from the Swahili language based on symptoms in patients, which means (body position) twisted or curved, referring to the bent posture of the patient due to severe joint pain (arthralgia). Joint pain, according to safety data sheets (MSDS) Office of Laboratory Security Canada, mainly in the knee, ankle and joints of the hands and feet. In addition to cases of dengue fever are rampant in some parts of Indonesia, the community is also troubled by the case of Chikungunya. Symptoms of the disease include sudden fever that reached 39 degrees C, pain in joints especially knee joints, ankles, toes and hands and spine are accompanied by a rash (a collection of red spots) on the skin. There is also a headache, conjunctival injection and photophobia bit.
The cause of this disease is a type of virus, ie Alphavirus and is transmitted through mosquito Aedes aegypti. The same mosquitoes that transmit dengue fever. Although still "brothers" with dengue fever, the disease is not lethal. Chikungunya disease is spread by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Whether the disease is also caused by dengue virus? So, what's the difference with dengue and how to distinguish? Chikungunya disease is caused by a virus called the Chikungunya virus. Chikungunya virus is enter the family Togaviridae, genus alphaviruses. History Chikungunya disease in Indonesia is from mainland Africa and began to be discovered in Indonesia in 1973.
Chikungunya in Indonesia
This disease was first recorded in Tanzania, Africa in 1952, then in Uganda in 1963. In Indonesia, extraordinary events (KLB) Chikungunya were reported in 1982, Chikungunya Fever in Indonesia was first reported in Samarinda in 1973, then an outbreak in Kuala Tungkal, Martapura, Ternate, Yogyakarta (1983), Muara Enim (1999 ), Aceh and Bogor (2001). An outbreak of Chikungunya found in Port Klang in Malaysia in 1999, then developed into other areas. Early 2001, outbreaks of Chikungunya fever occurred in Muara Enim, South Sumatra and Aceh. Followed Bogor October. A year later, another outbreak of Chikungunya fever in Jakarta (West Java), Purworejo and Klaten (Central Java). It is estimated that during the year 2001-2003 the number of Chikungunya cases reached 3918 souls and no deaths attributable to this disease.
Symptoms of Chikungunya patients
The main symptoms of Chikungunya disease is the body suddenly felt a fever accompanied by pains in the joints. In fact, because one typical symptom is the emergence of a sense of aches, pain, pain may also arise in bones, there are named as bone fever or flu-bone. The symptoms are similar to dengue virus infection with a bit of difference on certain things. This virus is transferred from one person to another person via mosquitoes, including Aedes aegypti. virus that is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will breed in the human body. virus attacks all ages, both children and adults in endemic areas. Patient will experience sudden high fever for five days, so the term fever also known as five days. In young children begins with sudden onset of fever, skin redness. Red rash appears after 3-5 days. Red eye usually accompanied by flu-like signs. Febrile seizures are common child. In older children, fever is usually followed by pain in muscles and joints, as well as enlarged lymph nodes occur. In adults, symptoms of sore joints and muscles are very dominant and to cause temporary paralysis due to pain when walking. Sometimes arise nausea to vomiting. In general, fever in children only lasted for three days with no or very little bleeding and shock encountered. The difference with dengue hemorrhagic fever, the Chikungunya no severe bleeding, shock and death.
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