Homoeopathic medicines | Dr. Prasanna Kumar, Homeopathic Clinic, Mangalore.

Chikungunya- a viral self limiting illness but causing prolonged joint pain even after clinical recovery in many affected persons. Homoeopathy has effective medicines in the management of chikungunya through symptomatic approach. Chikungunya was first detected and confirmed in TANZANIA in 1952-53 by isolation of chikungunya virus. This virus was first isolated from patients with suspected dengue fever. Chikungunya is a local word in Makonde language, meaning doubling up owing to excruciating joint pains. In India the first outbreak was in Kolkata in 1963-64 and another in Chennai in 1965 which gave rise to 3, 00,000 cases in Chennai city alone. Later there was no epidemic of chikungunya for 40 long years.