Revista de ciencia y medicina dental.

Abstracto

A Case Report on Chikungunya with Diagnostic Evaluation & Management

Alfiya Shaikh

Introduction: Infection with the Chikungunya virus is spread via mosquitoes. The chikungunya virus is to blame (CHIKV). Fever and arthralgia are the most common symptoms. Chikungunya virus is spread by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitos, which are found throughout the. Asia, Europe, Africa, and America are the four continents. The same mosquitos that cause Chikungunya also spread Dengue and Zika viruses, and there have been occurrences of coinfections. To tackle the infection, there is currently no vaccine or specific therapy available. The goal of treatment is to reduce the severity of the disease's symptoms.

Patient Information: A 33-year-old male was admitted to AVBR hospital with a chief complaint of fever, & severe joint pain for 3 days, headache, muscle pain, nausea & vomiting.

Main symptoms & important clinical finding: He has the chief complaint of fever, & severe joint pain for 3 days, headache, muscle pain, Nausea & vomiting after careful history collection, physical examination, Complete blood count, RBS, CT scan, MRI Etc. my patient diagnoses as chikungunya.

Medical Management: A patient provides a medicine as per doctor’s order like antipyretics, analgesics such as Tab. Paracetamol, Tab. acetaminophen, Tab. Emset.

Nursing Perspectives: Monitoring vital signs hourly. Prescribe medicine as per doctor’s order. Maintain IV fluid 4 hourly & record intake output charts. Maintain records & reports.

Conclusion: Early Diagnosis & Timely Treatment patient condition was improved.