Chikungunya and Zika causes , symptoms and treatments

Difference between Dengue and Chikungunya

As everybody knows rainy season brings many vector borne Diseases like Malaria, Filaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Typhus etc. Chikungunya, Dengue, Malaria and Zika is on peak now a days in India. As of now more than 40 cases has been identified in Delhi in this year. For prevention of these Diseases you need to know how they spread in people and what precautions you can take to avoid these vector borne Diseases. The main symptoms of these vector borne diseases are given below-

• Fever
• Joints pain and swelling
• Skin Rashes
• Insomnia
• Muscle pain
• Vomiting and nausea
• Eye pain and weakness

With the recent rapid outbreaks of Zika, more people are seeking for awareness to know the difference between these very similar diseases; there is a very thin line between the two and misdiagnosis is therefore very possible. Here is the difference between Chikungunya and Zika Virus(Chikungunya vs Zika)

• The Aedes aegypti is more likely to spread Zika virus and the Aedes albopictus, the chikungunya virus.
• Person infected with Zika virus and chikungunya, experiences Fever, joint pain, headaches, conjunctivitis, Rashes while nausea, vomiting, lower back pain and fatigue can be experienced by chikungunya patients only.
• Chikungunya mostly not fatal while Zika Virus has a serious complication named Microcephaly, babies infected with Microcephaly during pregnancy may born with relatively smaller brains and heads which makes Zika very serious.