Abstract

A REVIEW ON CHIKUNGUNYA AND ITS MANAGEMENT

*Dr. Anchal Rana and Dr. Priyanka S. Thakur

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that recently re-emerged in many parts of the world causing large-scale outbreaks. CHIKV infection presents as a febrile illness known as chikungunya fever (CHIKF). chikungunya fever is characterized by an abrupt febrile illness, polyarthralgia and maculopapular rash. Infection is self-limited, that can last for weeks or months; however, severe disease presentation can also occur in a minor proportion of infections. In chikungunya fever, shock or severe haemorrhage is very rarely observed; the onset is more acute and the duration of fever is shorter than dengue disease. The pain is much more pronounced and localized to the joints and tendons in chikungunya fever, in comparison to dengue fever. Virus evolution, globalization, and climate change may have contributed to CHIKV spread. The only effective preventive measures consist of individual protection against mosquito bites and vector control. In allopathic, there is no treatment of this disease, treatment is based on the symptoms. In Ayurveda Chikungunya is known as Sandhigatjvara which literally means "Fever of the joints". The symptoms of Sandhigatjvara and Chikungunya are very similar and hence Ayurveda treatment provides relief for disease. In this review, we discuss CHIKV Epidemiology, pathogenesis and correlation with ayurvedic symptoms and its management.

Keywords: Chikungunya, pathogenesis, epidemiology, Sandhigatjvara.