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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijamy.0974.6986.10217.4

Abstract

 Chikungunya is an acute disease it is mean doubling up. Which results in fever, arthritis & skin rashes because of severe arthritic symptoms fever rises abruptly to 103-104F is accompanied by rigors joint pain appears suddenly & often very severe the arthritis mainly affects small joints of hands, wrist ankle feet & less involvement in larger joints the joint pain may continue for many months after illness. It can be nearly compared with the samasannipataja jwara the lakshana later stage of chickengunya is nearly compared with the aamavata lakshana which includes the shoola, shotha, ruja & raga over the sandhi along with the restricted range of motion in later condition pain will be like vrischikadamshavata the treatment modalities such as rksha swedana such as valuka swead even shodhana like vaitarana basti, kshara basti & virechana are also prime line of treatment along with topical application such as kumaribandha & parisheka helps in relieving the sotha & stabhata in these cases. A paediatric case of post chikungunya mimicking the lakshana of aamavata is being presented here.

Keywords: Chikungunya; Aamavata; Samasannipataja Jwara; Basti.

 

Corresponding Author : Mahadev P.M., 2nd year PG Scholar, Department of PG studies in Kaumarabhritya, KLEU’s, Shri B.M. Kankanawadi Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Shahpur, Belagavi - 590010, Karnataka.