Since dengue, malaria and chikungunya are caused by mosquito bites, it is imperative that you take precautions to prevent mosquito bites
Some things never change – there is a disastrous predictability about them. The annual visit of Dengue, Chikungunya and Malaria is one such occurrence.
The months from August to October are to be navigated cautiously. Since all three are caused by mosquito bites, it is imperative that you take precautions to prevent mosquito bites. Once bitten, like in any other disaster, there is no choice but to go through it.
All three begin with high fever. The main difference between dengue ,chikungunyalies in some of their signs and symptoms. Dengue is associated with low platelet count, high bleeding risk, and pain behind the eyes, along with severe headache, body ache and rash. Chikungunya does not exhibit these symptoms. There are joint pains in both dengue and chikungunya, but in the latter it is more intense and pronounced inflammation. Malaria is best known for paroxysm, the cycle of chills/shivering, and then fever/sweating. This cycle usually occurs every two days.
However, once you bitten by a mosquito and contract one of these, the initial symptoms are similar; only a blood test can determine which fever affects you – dengue, malaria or chikungunya. Immediate and accurate diagnosis for malaria is done by the blood film, for dengue and chikungunya it is NS1 and ELISA.
“All tests related to dengue, whether NS1 or IgM, have a price restriction of Rest 600, and it is applicable to all labs. All variants of dengue virus are detectable by the test available, but virus mutation does occur every year,” says Dr Rajeev Nayyar, medical director, Fortis Memorial Research Institute.
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