Saturday, September 29, 2012

New mosquito borne disease outbreak - beware

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From Yahoo News

DOH announced an outbreak of new mosquito born disease that bears similarity to dengue.  It is called Chikungunya.  It has no known cure;  and treatment just like in dengue consist of alleviating the symptoms.

It causes severe fever and joint pains;  nausea, muscle pain, fatigue, headaches.

There were l,000 reported affected by Chikungunya last year;  this year there are all ready l50 reported cases.

Dengue afffects mostly children;  Chikungunya affects mostly adults and arthritis accompanies the disease.  Chikungunya has been around/known since 1990

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