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Cikungun Disease

1. Understanding
Chikungunya is a flu-like illness caused by a virus.
Transmission
Through mosquito bites Aedes Aegypty
mosquitoes or Aedes Africanus mosquitoes that
usually attack in the morning and evening
Cause
 Temporary paralysis
 Body bent because of pain due to inflammation
of the joints.
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2. Signs and Symptoms


 Fever for 3-7 days
 Skin red spots
 Pain in joints / inflammation of the joints
 Headache
 Nausea Vomiting
• Light bleeding
This is a picture of the patient who has been
infected and who has been sick
3. Treatment
 Compress warm water
 Advise to drink plenty of water
 Take it to the nearest hospital
 Eat nutritious foods
 Maintain cleanliness of the environment
4. Prevention
 Fooging to kill mosquitoes
 Maintain cleanliness
 Eradicate mosquito nest, with 3 M (drain, bury, close)
• Use bedtime netting
• Wear an anti-mosquito lation
• Using abate powder
• Fishing of mosquito larvae

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