Talk:Chikungunya
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"I was doing voluntary work near Tenkassi,Tamil Nadu, India in June/July of this year and was affected by Chikungunya. I was struck suddenly by a high fever, headache and aching joints but it only lasted for about 48 hrs. I took lots of Citracidal (concentrated grapefruit seed extract) with water, this can be purchased in health food shops globally. I strongly believe this helped as my syptoms were not as servere as in others in the village and did not come back. I advice anybody going to the region to take this with them. Paracetemol also helped reduce the fever. Prevention to bites is the best form of defence. I wish to urge anyone planning a trip to an affected area to help in any form of social work not let this virus cause them to cancel their trip. local people are having to deal with this on-going and largely un-reported virus on a daily basis and need help and support. Typicaly they will not be getting this from their government." Jago Neal. 5.10.06 222.155.19.217 08:52, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
'Insisting on the terms "relatively rare" and on the section on prevention which only has the statement "neem" does not improve the article. Look, just the presence of the neem tree does not prevent mosquito-borne diseases, ok? An appropriate prevention section would talk about quarantine and the need for mosquito netting and campaigns against mosquito breeding and so on. As it was written, the text (that I removed) does not stand on it's own - an appropriate section needs more fleshing out and may well include the use of neem. Alex.tan 03:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)'
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This was previously posted on the articles page...--Steven Fruitsmaak 18:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC) " Vague method of PREVENTING chickugunya fever. I am a doctor working in Gadag in the state of karnataka India. I felt like sharing this funny method of preventing chikungunya. Here people are tying camphor in a piece of cloth and this is put like a garland around the neck of people of all ages especially kids. the logic is that camphor repels mosquitoes and thus by preventing mosquitoe bites one can prevent the chikungunya fever. But if at all there is any scientific logic in this method I would be very much interested to know but I really doubt. The disease is so widespread that these areas may feel a acute shortage of camphor in the market!!!!!?? Dr. Y.M.Kabadi MD. DNB(Obstetrics and Gynaecology) "
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I'm from Hyderabad, India. There is a severe outbreak of Chikungunia in our city and almost every household is affected. It is found that homeopathic medicine Eupatorium Perf in 200c is helpful in preventing this viral infection. After using this preventive remedy, even if someone gets the fever it is likely to be less severe. - Shiv Asthana, Rxhomeo, Inc [1]
[edit] Outbreak in Maharashtra
I have just recived news from my parents saying that there is a severe outbreak of this disease in their place (Amravati), also a friend of mine has recently been infected and she stays in Jalgaon. Are any other areas reporting fresh outbreaks?08:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)~Neha
[edit] Spellings
I just added 5 more redirects to this page - there are multiple spellings out there, and it was very hard to find this article, even through google. There were already 11 redirects here, which shows how irregular the spelling is! There was also one orphaned article - chikun guniya - which I merged into this one. If anyone comes across any other alternate spellings, please redirect them here. Bruxism 21:42, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clean up guy
Hey, I've been cleaning up the article. I will continue my clean up tomorrow. If anyone is interested please improve the layout of the Chikungunya Outbreak of 2004-Present article. Lestat 17:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vector and Treatment
It looks like this page has been revised in a major way that significantly reduced the quality of the content. 1) CHIKV has always been able to be transmitted by mosquitos other than A. aegypti. A. albopictus is a more efficient vector. 2) The article now seems to support the same type of entrepreneurs who recommend yoga and/or herbs to "cure" CHIKV infections. 3) Chloroquine has extremely dangerous side effects. The French government did not "recommend" it; it merely stated it appears to be somewhat effective against arthralgia. There are only two studies on chloroquine's off-label use for CHIKV, a South African and an Italian. The study by Savarino et al. did not add "credence" to a claim; there had already been a study. 4) arthralgia and arthritis are not the same. 5) "conjunctival infection" is called conjunctivitis. 6) Serological tests are available in most countries!!!
