CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER (基孔肯雅蚊症)

Today want to highlight a popular thing, but the popular is such not talking movie, fashion, war, scandal, Olympic…but I talking disease.

This time, I want to highlight some information about CHIKUNGUNYA.

I received many friends’ friends ‘parent or relative met this kind of disease recently, and what the thing that makes me worry is:
It is serious worrying many town peoples when such a case happens in their hometown. Minister of Health (MOH) already did their effort to ‘cool down’ the affected town people, but worrying level to this disease look like never get down.

I’m not doctor, but I found some information bout this disease, hope can share to all of you. Prevention starts from you and me:


CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER (基孔肯雅蚊症)
Source: Subang Jaya Medical Centre

Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected female mosquitoes of the aedes species, mainly aedes aegypti.

It is rare in Malaysia, however in April 206, 27 people were affected in Perak.
From Tanzania in 1953, it has since been identified repeatedly in west, central and southern Africa and many areas of Asia, now Singapore.

基孔肯雅蚊症（chikungunya ）是由基孔肯雅病毒 (chikungunya virus, CHIKV)引起，经黑班蚊传播，以发热、皮疹及关节疼痛为主要特征的急性传染病。1953年首次在坦桑尼亚证实了基孔肯雅热流行。本病主要流行于非洲和东南亚地区，近年在欧洲也发现病例。它屬于风土病, 経常发生在亚沙哈垃非洲，印度，东南亚，印尼和菲律宾。
基孔肯亞蚊症並非一种不知源头的神秘疾病

Signs and symptoms (基孔肯雅蚊症的症状)

• Fever up to 39 Degree Celsius (may last weeks)
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Nausea and/ or vomiting
• Muscular pain
• Rash
• Severe joint pain (may be persistent)

*no deaths have been conclusively proven due to this virus

本病为自限性疾病，患者一般会不治而癒。症状有

• 突发烧
• 头痛
• 关节出現剧烈疼痛
• 发疹

一般发热1～7天即可退热（通常5天）。由于其临床表现类似骨痛热症，有时会被誤认为骨痛热症。

在大马，未有报告说基孔肯雅蚊症会导致出血或死亡.

Treatment (治疗)

There is no vaccine or specific medication. Medication that will be prescribed is for fever and pain. Treatment is

• Rest
• Plenty of fluids.

就如由病毒引起的疾病，本病无特效葯物治疗，主要为対症处理。大部分的病例只需接受外来门诊。目前没有疫苗可预防此病的发生。
最好是多休息，多喝水。

Prevention (如何避免被传染此病)

*As normally done to prevent mosquito bites

• use insect repellents, mosquito coils/mats/nets
• proper clothing that covers your body when outdoors during dusk or dawn
• eliminate breeding sites- they breed in clean stagnant water
• Proper disposal of rubbish bins should be properly closed.

公众须了解确定住家四周経常保持清洁和消灭黑班蚊滋长的重要性。公众也受促参与大掃除活动，以确保各住家环境清洁和避免成为黑班蚊滋长的场所。卫生部劝請公众採取以下步骤，以避免受到传染。

• 确保住家四周経常保持清洁和消灭黑班蚊滋长，特别是通过居民協力大掃除。経证实，経过大掃除的地区再没有新案例投报。
• 一週至少檢查一次家园的清洁, 若出现基孔肯雅蚊症的症状，马上到鄰近的诊疗所或医院就医

Recent News (相关新闻)

http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?sec=local
基孔症蔓延至多村
(直涼21日訊) 彭亨州百樂縣上月開始出現基孔肯雅蚊症，並在一個月內，由金馬揚和武吉高林開始，到武吉敏蒂和明加叻新村。
由于症狀與骨痛熱症相同，居民初時都把此病誤當骨痛熱症，可是隨后彭州衛生部在抽樣本血液檢查吾，才得知目前在百樂流傳廣泛的是基孔肯雅蚊症。

http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/Tuesday/Nasional/20080819002441/Article/
"Di Johor saja 880 kes deman chikungunya dilaporkan menjadikan kes itu serius dan wabak yang merebak. Tolonglah beri kerjasama dan membuka pintu rumah mereka ketika operasi semburan kerana kita mahu perang habis-habisan," katanya.

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/arkib.asp?y=2008&dt=0816&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=johor&pg=wj_06.htm&arc=hive
''Simptom chikungunya adalah demam yang kuat, ruam pada tangan, kaki dan badan, sakit kepala, mata merah, loya serta muntah dan gejala yang ketara adalah sakit-sakit sendi di hujung jari, pergelangan tangan, buku lali dan rasa nyilu pada tulang,''

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/31/nation/21964401&sec=nation
fewer than 100 Malaysians tested positive for the illness last year but up to yesterday morning, 136 people tested positive from the 631 cases detected at 20 localities in Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan and Perak.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2310082/Article
SLIM RIVER: At least 400 villagers, including Indonesians working at several rubber plantations near here, are feared to have contracted Chikungunya, an illness with symptoms similar to dengue fever, for the past five weeks.

To get further information bout CHIKUNGUNYA, please contact:
欲获取更多詳情，請联絡:

卫生部疾病控制組行动室
热線电话 03-8881 0600 和 03 8881 0700

Bilik Gerakan
Bahagian Kawalan Penyakit
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
Aras 3, Block E10, Parcel E
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan
62590 Putrajaya.
Website: www.moh.gov.my