Symptoms and Signs of Chikungunya
The incubation period of chikungunya is usually 1-12 days. This means the disease manifests 1 to 12 days after the mosquito bite. The symptoms of chikungunya include the following-
- Fever (> 40 C / 104 F)
- Headache
- Joint pain (or arthralgia)
- Arthritis affecting multiple joints that can be debilitating
- Swelling of Joints
- Rash (may occur rarely)
- Sometimes there maybe infection of the conjunctiva of the eye and some photophobia
- Chills
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Bleeding or hemorrhage (may occur rarely).
Study suggests that most patients recover fully from chikungunya. They get better after a few days, however sometimes joint pain can persist for a longer period after the other symptoms have disappeared. Over 12% of patients tend to develop chronic joint symptoms.
