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Nowadays, diseases spread by mosquitoes have become a big challenge for the world. After dengue, malaria, Chikungunya is now becoming a dangerous disease spreading rapidly. The disease is spread by the bite of mosquitoes, especially Aedes aept and Aedes albopictus. These are the same mosquitoes that also spread dengue and zika virus.
Recently, scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University and International Vaccine Institute at Seoul did a research, which found that around 1.44 million people are in danger of chikungunya infection every year. In this study, India has been described as the most affected country, where every year 51 lakh people are hit by this disease. This is followed by Brazil and Indonesia.
What is Chikungunya?
Chikungunya is a viral disease that spreads by mosquito bites. Its biggest impact falls on the joints of the body. High fever, body breakdown, and especially joint pain in joints are its main symptoms. In many cases this pain can persist for months or years, due to which a person can also become physically weak.
Why is the danger increasing in India?
India’s population, climate, cleanliness status and increasing urbanization create suitable environment for mosquitoes. Apart from this, dirty water accumulation, coolers, utensils and other places stalled water, lack of open waste and cleaning, increasing moisture during the rainy season, all these reasons increase the number of mosquitoes and give a chance to spread diseases like chikungunya. In such a situation, scientists have warned that if it is not stopped in time, then in the coming years this disease can spread in such areas where it was not present till now. Research has said that in the coming time, the number of infected people of Chikungunya can reach 3.49 crores in the coming time, which can include 1.21 crore people in India.
How dangerous is this disease?
Due to chikungunya, about 50 percent of the patients remain symptoms for a long time, due to which they are not able to do the work of daily life. This can be fatal among people more than 80 years and children below 10 years. At the same time, people between the ages of 40 to 60 are getting affected the most. According to research, 54 percent of Chikungunya cases reach the chronic level. In such a situation, prevent mosquitoes from being born to prevent this disease, do not allow water around the house, clean coolers, pots and tanks, wear body-covering clothes, use mosquito nets or repellent, use pesticides spray and take special care during the rainy season.
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