CHIKUNGUNYA

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CHIKUNGUNYA

• A HOMOEOPATHIC PROSPECTIVE
• MAKONDE THAT WHICH BENDS UP

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Aedes Aegypti Mosquito
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Characteristics Of Chikungunya Virus

• Group Group IV (() ss RNA)
• Family Togaviridae
• Genus Alphavirus
• Species Chikungunya Virus
• Onyong nyong Virus

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Dermatological Manifestation

• Maculopapular rash
• Nasal blotchy erythema
• Freckle like pigmentation
• Flagellate pigmentation
• Lichenoid erruption and Hyperpigmentation

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Dermatological Manifestation

• Multiple aphthous ulcers
• Lymphoedema
• Vestibulo bullous lesions (Infants)
• Multiple ecchymotic spots (children)
• Subungal haemorrhage

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DIAGNOSIS

• ELISA or EIA
• Ig M Capture assay

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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

• Dengue Fever
• Yellow Fever
• Eruptive Fevers like Measles
• Other Viral Fevers
• SINDBIS Virus
• MAYARO fever infection
• Epidemic Polyarthritis (ROSS RIVER Virus
  Infection)
• Influenza

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HOMOEOPATHIC PROPHYLAXIS

• Eupatorium perfoliatum
• Gelsemium
• Rhustox
• Bryonia alba
• Ars alb
• Aconite

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HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT

• Eupatorium perfoliatum
• Pyrogenicum
• Rhustox
• Cedron
• Influenzinum
• China
• Arnica
• Belladonna
• Bryonia

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IMPORTANT RUBRICS

• EXTREMITIES PAIN fever during Bry, Eup-per, Nux
  V
• FEVER CHILLINESS with Apis, Calc, Coff, Kali-
  bi, Puls, Thuj, Verat
• HEAD PAIN heat during Apis, Arn, Bell,
  Eup-per, Nat-m

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IMPORTANT RUBRICS

• STOMACH, VOMITING heat during Ant-t, Eup-per,
  Nat-m
• GENERALS WEAKNESS fever during Ars, Cupr, Nux-v
  , Phos, Verat