Chikungunia is much deadlier than you imagined.
Finally reports are coming from various research labs that the chikungunya virus is fast becoming deadly and cases where patients are dying with other complications such as multiple organ failure and heart attacks. The following places recently reported positive for Chikungunya.
Sri Lanka
Australia
Singapore
Taiwan
China
Hong Kong
While in the good news section to a cure/treatment for chikungunia, Scientists have now found a way to learn how the chikungunya disease spreads in the human body by using a genetic variation of mice. A special variety of mice was created to reduce their inherent capability to fight the virus.
According to the scientists,
“It is hoped that further studies with the mice will explain how the virus spreads from the muscle and skin tissue to the central nervous system in the more severe cases of the disease, and how the virus penetrates the placenta barrier when it is spread from mother to child. The team hope that the work may also help to explain how viruses are transmitted across tissue barriers for other diseases too.”
Hopefully the vaccine/treatment for chikungunya is not far off.
November 1st, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Hi
I had or still have Chikungunya… Last year during my travels through India, I picked the Virus through a Mosquitobite.
It has been over a year now and I am still suffering from several symptoms. When the virus was accute, I suffered from all the “normal” symptoms as of: Extreme Joint pains, headaches, a rash, fever and so on. After approx. 2 weeks I kind of recovered. During that time I also had other problems that I haven’t read anywhere accept on your website. I suffered and still suffer from vision problems and heart rythm problems. I am extreme fatigue and there are days where I can’t even get out of bed.
I have been to every specialist you can imagine! I live in Switzerland and I think that we really have one of the best health programms on earth. Yet every doctor I went to in Switzerland (after my travels) told me I am healthy and have a psychosomatic problem!
I really do understand why all these fantastic doctors say I am healthy after every examination… it’s because they are unable to track anything on a scientific level.
What I want to say is… Allthough the tropical Institute in Basel (one of the best in the world) can tell, after examinating me, that I am now “cured” from Chikungunya there are still several symptoms that haven’t gone away. TILL today! These symptoms as I told you before are vision problems and heart rythm problems with EXTREME fatigue.
I am writing this here, because (again) you are the only website talking about heart attacks (or heart problems) and vision problems. And this after 14 Months since I had Chikungunya in India.
I am writing this here, because I am hoping that other people who are suffering like me have the courage to write it down too. It has been very exhausting, going to about 10 specialists (that do cost a lot of money) and have always been told the same thing. “You are completely fine. Mr. von Arb! Go home and rest or go to a psychologist…” It is really not there fault, it’s just our doctors in Europe do not have the experience with Chikungunya.
If you have experienced a similiar story, please do not hesitate and write back to me: eetobicoke@gmail.com.
Thank you for reading, I hope my story can help you.
Best regards karl
November 19th, 2011 at 6:01 am
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