The name Chikungunya comes from an African Makonde language means ‘that which bends up’” The disease was given its name because it led to the affected persons walking in a stooped posture due to intense joint and muscle pains. Chikungunya is a viral infection caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Like dengue, it is also transmitted to humans after being bitten by the Aedes mosquito infected with this virus. Compared to dengue which is a serious infection, Chikungunya is usually not serious or fatal but the joint pains caused by it can be really nerve–wracking and disabling. High fever and joint pains are the most common symptoms of chikungunya. One infection with chikungunya virus gives lifelong immunity means a person cannot get this infection twice in his/her life.
Homeopathic Treatment
The homeopathic mode of treatment ensures complete relief from the symptoms of Chikungunya fever. It can be treated very effectively with natural homeo medicines that are made of natural substances and have no side-effects. The homeopathic treatment for Chikungunya fever is absolutely safe and can only benefit the patient, never harm. The aim of the homeopathic mode of treatment is to provide complete symptomatic relief to the patients. These medicines are also highly effective to manage chronic Chikungunya arthritis. The same medicines help in giving relief from the joint pains during the acute phase, and in some cases that may otherwise trouble a patient for months or even years.
The homeopathic medicines for treating Chikungunya fever are selected based upon the unique individual symptoms.
Top Homeopathic Medicines for Chikungunya Fever
1. Polyporus Pinicola – Top Medicine For Chikungunya Fever
Polyporus Pinicola is a leading homeopathic medicine for Chikungunya fever. It works best and manages fever with joint pains and headache. With fever – chills and shivers are felt. The joint pains are distinctly present in ankles, knees, hip, elbow, wrist, and finger joints. Fingers may be stiff as well. Restlessness may attend along with joint pains at night time. In some cases, back pain, and pain in the legs may be present. Those who need Polyporus Pinicola have severe headache along with confusion in head with a hot flushed face. Constant nausea may also be present.
2. Eupatorium Perfoliatum – To Manage Fever And Pains
Eupatorium Perfoliatum effectively manages high fever with severe pains. Pains can be in joints, bones, muscles, and the back. Those who need it feels as if the bones are broken. Chills are also accompanied along with pains all over the body. Vomiting specifically after chills may occur. Along with the above-mentioned symptoms there is excessive weakness, and fatigue.
3. Bryonia Alba – To Manage Fever, Joint / Muscle Pains Worse With Motion
Bryonia is a natural medicine to help manage fever and joint / muscle pains. The foremost feature to use this medicine is worsening of joint or muscle pains from movement and relief after complete rest. The joints along with pain are swollen and feel warm. In some cases, warm application on joints offers relief from the pain. During fever, chills are distinctly present. There is increased thirst and the mouth goes dry.
4. Rhus Tox – To Manage Joint Pains, Muscle Pain, Backache
Rhus Tox is an excellent remedy to control joint pains and muscle pain in case of fever. It can be given for pain in any joint of the body. A key feature to use Rhus Tox is worsening of joint pains while resting and relief from movement. The joints show stiffness along with pain. Backache during fever can also be relieved by Rhus Tox. Chills accompanying the fever are also noted that alternate with heat in the body. Rhus Tox is also indicated to manage chronic Chikungunya arthritis.
5. Actaea Spicata – To Manage Small Joint Pain
It is a wonderful remedy to help in case of pain in small joints. Pain in small joints including the wrist, fingers, ankle, and toe. The affected joint may be swollen as well. Pain gets worse upon touching and moving the affected joint.
6. Arnica – To Manage Sore Bruised Pains
This natural remedy is perfect to manage pains that are sore and bruised which means the affected part pains upon being touch. It feels as if the part under pain is being hit hard or beaten. Pain can be generalised, or in some joint or muscle or back. Arnica can be used to manage pain during the acute phase, and it can also be administered in case of pain that lasts for longer duration, particularly, at the time one is making a recovery from infection.
7. Gelsemium – To Manage Weakness, Muscle Pain, Headache
Gelsemium is a herbal medicine to manage weakness in Chikungunya. Those needing it have marked weakness and desire to lie down. They have excessive drowsiness and sleepiness. Chill along with shivering is marked. Usually, a person does not feel thirsty. Pain in muscles is prominent along with headache and heaviness in eyes.
8. Belladonna – To Manage Headache, Fever And Red Rash
Belladonna is the top medicine for managing headache. In cases requiring it, pain is mostly felt on the sides of the head (temples). Relief by tight bandage is a sign for using Belladonna. Pain may get worse from noise and light. There is fever with intense heat in body and body feels burning hot when touched. Belladonna is also indicated to manage reddish rash on skin along with above features. It is also recommended to manage conjunctivitis with redness of eye and burning pains.
9. Arsenic Album – To Manage Weakness And Fever
Arsenic Album is brilliant medicine to manage weakness and fever. Those needing it have so much weakness that they even cannot stand without feeling weak. They feel like lying down all the time. Internal chills are felt during fever. However, on touching the body form outside, it feels hot. Anxiety and restlessness accompany fever. Thirst for small quantity of water at very small intervals is felt.
10. Ipecac – For Relieving Nausea And Vomiting
Ipecac is considered the best natural homeopathic remedy for providing relief from nausea and vomiting. It can be used for persistent nausea and vomiting during Chikungunya Fever. Homeopathic medicine Ipecac always shows its worth in providing relief from nausea and vomiting. The tongue is usually found to be almost clean in most cases.
11. Euphrasia – For Managing Conjunctivitis
Euphrasia is a well-indicated homeopathic medicine for managing conjunctivitis in a person with chikungunya infection. The symptoms of redness, watering, burning, itching in eyes get relieved by using Euphrasia.
Cause And Transmission Of Chikungunya
Chikungunya is caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). It is transmitted to humans via bite from mosquito of aedes genus – Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti which are already infected with this virus. Such mosquitoes contract this virus when they bite a human being who has this virus in his blood. It can also spread by coming in contact with blood of infected person. It can also spread from a pregnant mother having chikungunya infection to the baby.
What Are The Symptoms Of Chikungunya?
The symptoms of Chikungunya viral infection start to appear around 3 to 7 days after mosquito bite. Recovery usually occurs in about a week or two but joint pains may linger on for long in some. The symptoms are as follows:
Most common symptoms are:
1.High fever above 102°F : The fever in Chikungunya infection usually subsides within three to four days
2. Joint pains: These occur in more than 85% of the cases. Multiple joints get affected here. Joint pain is symmetrical means if one joint wrist is affected on one side, then same joint on other side gets affected as well. The joints may also show swelling and stiffness. The joint pains continue for weeks, few months and even years in a few persons (approx. 40 % of persons) having this infection. This is then referred as Chronic Chikungunya Arthritis.
Other symptoms are as follows:
1. Rash on skin:In about 50% cases, the rash appears on the skin. The rash is red at times with small bumps. The rash may be localised to one body part or it may affect even 90% of body skin.
2. Headache, muscle pain, fatigue
3. Sometimes there may be abdomen pain, nausea, vomiting, conjunctivitis (inflamed conjunctiva – membrane that covers white of eyes and eyelids) and backache.
What Are Its Complications?
In most cases, no complications arise but in some cases, they may arise. Those at risk are persons with diabetes, high blood pressure, elderly people, young children. The complications include inflammation in various body parts like inflammation in liver (hepatitis), inflammation of kidneys (nephritis), inflamed retina of eyes or uveitis (inflammation of middle layer of eyewall), inflammation of spinal cord / membranes of brain. A complication may arise in the form of bleeding from any body part, cranial nerves function loss and Guillain barre syndrome (an autoimmune disorder affecting nervous system beginning with weakness in feet / lower legs usually that spread up that may progress to paralysis) .
Diagnosis of Chikungunya
1. The main recommended test is Serological test ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays) to rule IgM and IgG antibodies to chikungunya virus. It is a blood test. In chikungunya fever IgM antibodies can be detected 3 to 4 days following symptom start and remain for 3 to 4 months. IgG antibodies are detectable 6 to 7 days post symptom onset and persist for many years.
2. Virological test: RT-PCR(reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction). It is a rapid method to detect chikungunya virus in blood.
3. In addition to the above, in CBC (complete blood count) lymphocyte count is found to be less.
Chikungunya Vs Dengue Fever
Both Chikungunya and Dengue are viral infections transmitted to human beings by bite of an infected mosquito of Aedes genus. But dengue is a much serious infection and can turn fatal if not treated carefully and timely, while chikungunya is not usually fatal and a person recovers in a week or two. In both these infections, high fever and joint pains are prominent but in dengue, pain behind eye is highly characteristic. Additionally, in dengue, bleeding from various body parts like under skin from the nose, gums, rectum can occur if the platelets get lowered (called dengue hemorrhagic fever) which usually is not the case with chikungunya. As both Chikungunya and Dengue have common symptoms of high fever and joint pain in the initial phase, so confirmed diagnosis cannot be made alone on symptom picture and blood tests are required to confirm whether it is dengue or chikungunya.
Preventive Tips
1. The best preventive tip to prevent chikungunya infection is to prevent a mosquito bite.
2. Control mosquito breeding.
3. Wear full sleeves clothes and clothes that cover the entire legs when going outside.
4. Throw away unused containers holding water. Properly clean the necessary water-holding containers regularly and keep them covered.
5. Use insect repellants that have DEET or picaridin.
6. Use mosquito net to prevent mosquito bites.
Dr. Sharma ji,
Good evening
My sister she’s 42 years old recently she gone through chicken ghunia fever now she’s having very much joint pains like her knees , elbows, feet’s and fingers Kindly suggest me which medicine she can take to get relief from this pain I will be thankful to you.
My wife suffering from Chickn Gunia since last two months.
She is only having pain in hands and some part of feet both legs.
She is activtely doing all work at home and doing job.
Kindly advise. She has taken allopathic medicine, but not of use.
Ple sir help to me I self gagan deep I suffering checkengunea guniya ple tel me what can I do
Respected Dr. Sharma,
Sir my name is SARMA.NBR. age-53 years 4 months. I have been taking diabetic medicine GLYCOMET GP1 daily twice half an hour before taking food. I don’t have B.P.
Complaint:
I have been suffering from severe joint pains for the last one and half month.
I am not able to walk freely.
I hereby request you to kindly advice a medicine to get ride of this problem.
Thanks and Regards
SARMA.NBR.
Plz let me treatment for chikengunia and share medicines name joint pain killer.
Please advise the treatment for post fever reactions I.e. joint pains in knee fingers & wrist etc.
DEAR SIR
PLEASE ADVICE FOR CHIKAN GUNIYA DESESES
Dear Dr. Sharma,
My wife aged 44 year had attack of chichenguniya about 3 months ago, fever gone in 3 days but still having joints pain on neck, shoulder, legs, ankle, fingers. Hardly to stand when she sits anywhere , and taken medicines for joints pain, muscular pain, after consulted with Allopathic doctors but still no relief,
Pls suggest any medicine for joints and muscles pain…thank u in anticipation.
I am 41 Years old & am suffering chichenguniya from last 03 months. I follow my medicine regular. fever gone in 4-5 days but still having joints pain on neck, shoulder, legs, ankle, fingers. Hardly to stand when she sits anywhere , and taken medicines for joints pain, muscular pain, after consulted with Allopathic doctors but still no relief,
Pls suggest any medicine for joints and muscles pain…thank u in anticipation.
My husband had chikunguniya 2 months back and still suffers from severe joint pains. Pls suggest medicine
i am suffering pain in my leg Because of chicken guniya i am Fredup now bec of medicine can u plese tell me the right medi
Dr Sahab, namaste. I am Sudha from California. I was in India for a month and return on 9 nov, I had high fever in the plane and on arrival in USA, I went to urgent care where doctor did blood test for malaria but it was negative. I also had high sugar reading 176 after food. I never had high sugar in my history of health. After that I am strict diet without sugar n carbohydrate but no medicine.. After one day, fever is gone but I developed severe joint pain in my feet, hand wrist, elbow, shoulder. I went to my Indian doctor, he said it is chickengunia. And advised me to take Advil but it is only temporary reliefs. I heard homeopathy has the best medication for joint pain. Day time I can move my hands n shoulder but in the night it is severe and getting up in the morning is very very difficult. I would highly appreciate if you can advise me your medication for joint pain (I have no fever). I will check n try my best to find the medication here that you will advise me. Pls help doctor, I am 60 yrs old. Is it ok to call you in your day time tomorrow. Thank you.
sr. good morning mere wife nu 2month ho cuke han for chikungunya she feel not well at all. she has mostly joints pain and fever. it has also depression for 4years
Dr Sharma ji I have a question . Have you ever use Tetopathy . Or you made Homeopathy medicine from English medicine salts please help me if you have any info on Tetopathy.And I need help with
oral lichen planus . Thanks
Hi sir,
My wife aged 26 suffering from joint pain with swelling after Dengue fever.please suggest good homeopathic medicine.
Hi sir,
My father aged 56 suffering from left knee joint pain after chickengunia fever.please suggest good homeopathic medicine.
Sir my mother whose age is 70yrs got chickengyna 3 months back. Her joint pain is notbgetting reduce.can u suggest medicine.
Dear Dr. Sharma
My mother (70 yrs), sister (45 yrs) and me (39 yrs) got chickengunya 20 days back. we all are suffer joints pain, some time it getting reduce when we doing rest 4 to 5 hours but after that it again increase. please can you suggest us medicines.
Hello dr
I have very severe pain in my wrists shoulder.
Upon walking pain goes but when sit for sometimes pain comes back and even worse.feel tired a lot no energy and morning stiffness is daily routine till afternoon. feel sleepy also. its been 1 and half months since i suffered from chikungunia.but joints pain are getting worse.symptoms of Rhus tox and Eupa perm are more relevant. plz suggest help.
Sir Dr sharma ji namaskar. Sir 3 month pehle chikangunia hua 2nd in dobara hua ..Sir ghutno gardan unglis m pain h thand badne pr dark bad gaya please. ..Sir help me. .thanks
hello Dr. I am 46yrs old . 14.11.2016. I suffered from high fever for two days. now I have no fever but ankles joints have severe pain with swelling. pl advise homeo remedy. thanks.15.12.2016
Greetings Dr Sharma.
I am 77years old and my wife is 73. We both had an attack of Chikengunia two months ago and are suffering from joint pain ever since.
Our current symptoms match with Merc Sol as we are experiencing severe pain at night. Also we feel extremely weak for which we have to take Acid Phosphorus as recommended by you.
We shall feel highly obliged if you could tell us the. POTENCY of these medicine recommended.
Dear Dr.,
My wife,age 43 years, is suffered with viral fever about 4 weeks ago. Fever gone in 1day,but still having severe joints pain on knees,legs, ankle, wrist,fingers. Also swelling and stiffness in feet ,fingers, foot, wrist. Hardly to stand when she sits any where , and taken medicines for joints pain,Dear Dr.,
My wife,age 41 years, is suffered with viral fever about 4 weeks ago. Fever gone in 1day,but still having severe joints pain on legs, ankle, wrist,fingers. Also swelling and stiffness in feet ,fingers, foot, wrist. Hardly to stand when she sits any where , and taken medicines for joints pain, muscular pain, after consulted with Allopathic doctors but still no relief,
Pls suggest medicine for joints , muscles pain and stiffness . Thanks you. muscular pain, after consulted with Allopathic doctors but still no relief,
Pls suggest medicine for joints , muscles pain and stiffness . Thanks you. Narottam patel
Kutch
after feaver we are suffering from joint pains
what is the treatment and tell us homeopathic medicen