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Today's Homepage article :Chickengunya -Shadows kerala Kerala's Shame
Chickengunya is spreading very fast in kerala ,especially in Alappuzha and kochi .The ruling LdF & Opposition UDF is playing cheap cards of politics . Why you politicians blame each other Who is responsible ? We all are responsible for this Yes it is .Made by us & Spread by mosquitos >Earlier there was only one famous brand of mosquito repellant .Tortoise mark - But now there are lot of brands .The sales increased ,as the number of mosquitos is increasing .It is said in a recent study that per house there is 20 000 mosquitos !!! To control ChickenGunya its important to kill mosquitos & reduce mosquito population What we can do
The situation is critical
Chickengunya is not happened immediately ,it is our negligence .Polluting the nature ,allowing the mosquitos to have thier own heaven in this god's own country (God may pardon me ")The people who lossed thier lives ,who is responsible for this .? We have to act now . in Cherthalai the courts closed ,lots of people are with chickengunya ,including doctors . People are leavving thier home and going to near relatives home . In kerala every house have a share of 20 000 mosquitos !!! What is ChickengunyaChikungunya 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]. Chikungunya is not considered to be fatal. However, in 2005-2006, 200 deaths have been associated with chikungunya on Réunion island. Health minister Ramdoss Says "There is no Chickengunya deaths " (you may be right sir ,but if chicken gunya does not happened ,,those people should not have died now ) In kerala more than 60 persons died due to Chickengunya ? Does this makes any sense MR .Minister Kerala should immediately equip itself with laboratories for viral diseases - We need health care systems .Health is wealth .We have money for IT parks .Super highways ,but no money to save the poor .Shame !!! The 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. While 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 [4] and there is no vaccine currently available. A serological test for chikungunya is available from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Possible 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. 1. 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. The 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."
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