What are the possibilities that a person affected by Chikungunya will not get it again?
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Infected persons should limit further exposure to mosquito bites, stay indoors and under a mosquito net. Further, "supportive care with rest is indicated during the acute joint symptoms. Movement and mild exercise tend to improve stiffness and morning arthralgia, but heavy exercise may exacerbate rheumatic symptoms." [3]
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Well, if you don't know the person and had no health checks you will most definitely contract some sort of disease.....AIDS for one.  Maybe you should think twice in doing it if you are not absolutely sure about that persons health history.
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It may have been a viral encephalitis.  My professor says that the patients generally recover well; "with few sequelae" as the medicos say.  These days, diagnostic methods are better; we can test for the RNA or DNA of many viruses, in cerebrospinal fluid (or other samples), and determine what the infectious agent is.\n\n\nYou might never know for sure what the cause was.  If you had your full medical records, you would do better to read all of their test results.  They should say which diagnoses were "excluded" (ruled out) and why.  That would be better than asking here, with such sketchy info.
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Chikungunya symptoms may last for if you are unlucky 3 months....but, what u should do is to treat for the leg pain...bring her to a doctor for her leg pain...treat all the symptoms...
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Arthropod-borne (arbo) virus infections ranging from mild febrile illness to hemorrhagic fever and encephaitis are identified. They incude: Nairobi tick-borne sheep disease, mosquito borne chikungunya, West Nile and jungle yelow fevers.\nChikungunya is a rare viral infection transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. It is characterized by a rash, fever, and severe joint pain (arthralgias) that usually lasts for three to seven days. Because of its effect on the joints, Chikungunya has been classified among the Arthritic Viruses. It primarily occurs in tropical areas of the world.\nPlease see the webpage for more details on Chikungunya.
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There really is no specific age group for this serious condition. It is easily transmitted by blood or other bodily fluids. There is treatment but no cure. Emergency medical workers fear this as much as HIV.
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no, your body has built an immunity to the virus....unless it mutates while in his, then you can catch it again but technically it won't be the same virus. Good luck.
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That's hard to say.  It may be that he has HIV but hasn't been infected with it.  I know that is possible.  Also, since he is wealthy and well-known, he likely has more access to drug therapies that may help him hold off the infection's progress.\n\nAs a world-class athlete (at least then), his body may be able to better withstand the effects.  Or he's just unbelievably lucky.  Take your pick.
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There are several alternative treatments that have been yielding encouraging evidence in controlling the virus.\n\nYou may visit the source website below for further description of these.
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First check the symptoms your brother has.\n\nThe common symptoms of chikungunya include fever which can reach 39 °C, (102.2 °F) a petechial or maculopapular rash usually involving the limbs and trunk, and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints which can be debilitating. There can also be headache, conjunctival injection and slight photophobia.\n\nAs for the treatment:\n\nWhile supportive or palliative medical care with anti-inflammatories and analgesics is available, there is no specific treatment for chikungunya. The illness is usually self-limiting and will resolve with time. Symptomatic treatment is recommended after excluding other more dangerous diseases. Vaccine trials were carried out in 2000, but funding for the project was discontinued and there is no vaccine currently available.\n\nA serological test for chikungunya is available from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.\n\nPossible role for chloroquine in the treatment of chikungunya: There is an interesting dialogue, mostly in French, about the possible use of chloroquine in the treatment of the arthralgia associated with CHIK.\n\n1. A paper published in South Africa in 1984 concerning 10 cases of CHIK showed some effect of CQ in treating the symptoms of arthritis. Brighton SW. Chloroquine phosphate treatment of chronic Chikungunya arthritis. An open pilot study. S Afr Med J 1984 Aug 11;66(6):217-8.\n\nThe abstract of the paper: "Over 12% of patients who contract Chikungunya virus infection develop chronic joint symptoms. These symptoms respond only partially to the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. An open pilot study on the efficacy of chloroquine phosphate was carried out and 10 patients completed 20 weeks of therapy. Both the Ritchie articular index and morning stiffness improved significantly. In the patient's assessment, 7 out of 10 considered their conditions to have improved. On the basis of the doctor's assessment, 5 of the 10 had improved. These results justify further controlled blind trials of chloroquine in chronic Chikungunya arthritis."\n\n2. From the University of Malaya: http://www.vadscorner.com/alphaviruses.html\n\n"Treatment [of chikungunya]:\n\nSupportive care with rest is indicated during the acute joint symptoms. Movement and mild exercise tend to improve stiffness and morning arthralgia, but heavy exercise may exacerbate rheumatic symptoms. In unresolved arthritis refractory to aspirin and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, chloroquine phosphate (250 mg/day) has given promising results."\n\n3. From the French government (in French): http://agmed.sante.gouv.fr/pdf/10/chicungu.pdf\n\n"Dans le cadre de l'enquête mise en place pour identifier les molécules actives contre le virus du Chikungunya, des essais ont été réalisés en laboratoire sur des cultures cellulaires in vitro et ont montré une activité antivirale de la chloroquine (Nivaquine®) sur ce virus. L'Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Afssaps) relève qu'il s'agit de tests préliminaires et qu'à ce stade, aucune donnée d'efficacité et de sécurité n'est disponible chez l'homme.\n\nDans ce contexte, l'Agence rappelle les indications et les conditions d'un bon usage de la Nivaquine®. La Nivaquine® est indiquée principalement dans le traitement préventif et curatif du paludisme. Elle aussi utilisée dans le traitement des symptômes de la polyarthrite rhumatoïde et dans le traitement du lupus. L'utilisation de ce médicament nécessite une prescription médicale."\n\nRough translation: "In the context of the search for molecules with activity against the chikungunya virus, lab tests on cell cultures in vitro have shown that chloroquine (NivaquineR) has some antiviral activity against this virus. The Fench agency of health and medicines safety (AFSSAPS) points out that this involves preliminary tests and that at this stage,
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Chikunguya is a vector-borne disease carried by Aedes mosquito, same vector that mainly causes dengue fever, very vastly affecting the tropical country like in Malaysia, Brazil etc... It really much resembles dengue fever in terms of symptoms. While dengue fever is caused by parasites (Plasmodium), Chikungunya is caused by chikunguya virus. symptoms include fever, joint pain, muscle pain and headache and some severe cases might have haemorrhagic.
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It is somewhat common for this disease to recur in a patient, but as long as they have good access to a good doctor, it is not cause for undue concern.\n\nYou should read the wiki on it, and not worry so much:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrofula\n\nhope it works out.
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First of all, it doesn't come from "nasty people who have sex with many people". That girl is such a moron. Anyway, you may become infected by someone who is carrying the virus by having sexual relations with them. This also includes oral sex. You've seen people with cold sores, right? If someone has oral sex with another person who has the disease they may contract oral herpes. Same idea with genital herpes. If someone has herpes they may have active outbreaks or they may never have an outbreak in their life. They may not even know they have the virus but they are still able to pass it on. Even if you use protection there is still a chance to contract the disease. \nThere is no cure for herpes. It lies dormant in your spinal cord until it activates, then it rises to the surface of the skin to the spot where the disease was first contracted. It causes painful red sores that usually last for 1-2 weeks.
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Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alphavirus that is spread by mosquito bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The name is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease. The disease was first described by Marion Robinson[1] and W.H.R. Lumsden[2] in 1955, following an outbreak on the Makonde Plateau, along the border between Tanganyika and Mozambique, in 1952. Chikungunya is closely related to O'nyong'nyong virus[3].\n\nChikungunya is not considered to be fatal. However, in 2005-2006, 200 deaths have been associated with chikungunya on Réunion island.
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a person can get affected to AIDS under three circumstances:\n1. through unsafe sex\n2. through (HIV)infected blood transfusion or using the infected needle\n3. through an HIV affected pregnant mother to her unborn child
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If one person does not have an STD, then there is no way it can be spread to someone else.  One person has to have it in order to give it to someone else- STDs do not occur out of the blue.
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A viral fever spread by mosquitoes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya