Chikungunya Swelling Legs

Histology of the hind leg at the site of virus challenge showed evidence of myositis and synovitis starting on 5dpi.

Chikungunya swelling legs. Chikungunya is a local word in Makonde language meaning doubling up owing to excruciating joint pains. Ocular inflammation from Chikungunya may present as iridocyclitis and have retinal lesions as well. Why am I suffering from swelling in legs and joint pain.

Joint pain occurs in knees and shoulders but it is not as high as in Chikungunya. Swollen and stiff hands of a 70-year-old woman with post-chikungunya rheumatoid arthritis 10 months after acute infection with chikungunya virus Saint Martin. Swollen legs a condition known medically as pedal edema can suddenly occur in individuals infected with Chikungunya.

Inability to get up and walk around or a stiff gait and halted with broad stance owing to severe painful swollen joints. The rash in dengue appears on the third or fourth day predominantly over the legs and trunk and in some these rashes may be haemorrhagic purpuric. In chikungunya a reddish rash appears on the second or third day over the face and the chest.

Muscle pain is not present. The incubation period time from infection to illness can be 2-12 days but is usually 3-7 days. Chikungunya virus is also commonly associated with postviral arthralgia.

Chikungunya Fever is a viral disease caused by Chikungunya virus and is transmitted to humans by the infected Aedes mosquito. Symptoms include fever and joint pains. There is muscle pain on the back side.

It is characterized by fever chills severe headache muscle pain and dizziness. Chikungunya disease is very rarely fatal but the virus sometimes causes serious complications mostly in older people babies or people with underlying medical. Measurable swelling was observed between 5 and 8 days after virus inoculation while joint pain and swelling in infected patients can be observed for weeks to months and may even persist for years in some individuals Couturier et al 2012.