The Chickungunya

Treasure Beach Forum: TB Runnin's: The Chickungunya
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Paranoid on Thursday, December 04, 2014 - 10:23 pm: Edit Post

Can we please start a thread here about the Chickunguna. What is it, really? How are sufferers coping? And I mean some people are really suffering. Lots of pain.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rebecca on Friday, December 05, 2014 - 12:06 pm: Edit Post

Here is a definition of Chikungunya.

This is from the Jamaica Information Service.

There have been several persons in Treasure Beach who have contracted chikungunya (ChickV as it has been nicknamed). The Ministry of Health has had this area sprayed to kill mosquitos regularly and everyone is now very aware and doing our best to cover up and use insect repellant with DEET.

It seems for most persons the first 2 - 3 days are the hardest having severe pain in their joints, rash, and fever. They start to feel better after that with some getting back on their feet quickly and some taking longer.

We recommend for those coming to visit to bring plenty of repellant containing DEET and be vigil about applying it in the day as well as at night. It is also good to ask the staff of where you are staying to regularly spray out the house with an insecticide.

Make sure there is no standing water around your homes and if you need to have standing water around (like water for your pets) change it daily so mosquitoes don't have time to breed.

We have been blessed because of the drought conditions here that there were not so many mosquitoes, however, with the blessings of the rain the mosquito population has increased.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Experience on Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 07:25 am: Edit Post

Speaking from experience, Chikungunya is nothing to play with…no brush over as people first thought when it was first detected in Jamaica. Chikungunya (pronunciation: \chik-en-gun-ye) features sudden onset fever usually lasting two to seven days, and joint pains typically lasting weeks or months, and now we are learning that this pain sometimes lasts for years. The most common symptoms of chikungunya virus infection are fever and joint pain. Other symptoms may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash. Joint pains are severe in character. This pain seizes some sufferers much--worse than a woman giving birth. You writhe and groan, unable to walk for a while. and when you do walk, the body is contorted--that's where it got its name chikunguna. Persons who suffer from other types of illnesses (such as sickle cell, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart problem) will likely suffer even more, and unfortunately, may die.

There is no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat chikungunya virus infection. There is no medication on the market to fight this virus (other than pain medication that eases the pain) -- instead, you address the symptoms and your body fights off the virus over time.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Van on Friday, December 05, 2014 - 05:30 pm: Edit Post

Please keep us posted on this.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Missing my yard on Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 01:23 am: Edit Post

Love yard! but can't deal with this type of pain.Have to stay away this Christmas.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By K James on Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 08:48 am: Edit Post

I had found this online information which may or may not help those suffering from the virus, I shared with my cousins which thankfully helped them maybe it could help others? so sharing.

The webpage can be found at: http://www.drhealth.md/chikungunya/

Home remedies

The chikungunya virus develops in the liver. Coconut water has the ability to detoxify the liver and flush out the virus. Thus, drinking coconut water proves to be quite beneficial in case of chikungunya.

Basil or tulsi leaves boost our immune system, hence enhancing our ability to fight diseases. Chewing on basil leaves everyday can help to reduce fever in chikungunya.

In order to ward off the chikungunya symptoms and regain energy, take dry, seedless grapes with cow milk, everyday.

Mix garlic paste or clove oil with powdered pepper, and apply this mixture on the painful joints. This eases the joint pain and helps you recover quickly.

Add Epsom salts in a bath tub filled with warm water and soak yourself in it for a few minutes. This relaxes the body and provides relief from pain. You can also add some neem leaves to the bath.

Raw carrots, which boost the immune system and help in easing joint pain prove to be highly beneficial for a person suffering from chikungunya.

Ashwagandha is an immunity booster, and is considered to possess great medicinal properties. Chewing on leaves of the ashwagandha herb helps to build up our body’s immunity to fight back the infection.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Saturday, December 06, 2014 - 08:20 am: Edit Post

http://en.ird.fr/ird.fr/the-media-centre/scientific-newssheets/363-chikungunya-t he-key-role-of-innate-immunity

In order to have a properly functioning immune system, pay attention to diet, exercise, sleep and anxiety reduction.

There are many articles that help:

http://www.health.harvard.edu/flu-resource-center/how-to-boost-your-immune-syste m.htm

http://www.doctoroz.com/slideshow/boost-your-immunity-naturally

Have a listen to Dr White on Newstalk 93 FM on Wednesday nights.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Experience on Sunday, December 07, 2014 - 04:03 pm: Edit Post

Seriously, I believe with all my heart that this chikunguna virus has been downplayed by many Jamaicans. I have seen big tough guys lament about excruciating joint pains, pains so bad they couldn't sleep or make it to the bathroom on their own. I have seen some swollen joints, spoke to friends who can barely speak, spoke to a family where a forty-one year-old teacher spent five days in the hospital, and I found the experience frightening and heartbreaking.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 08:28 am: Edit Post

It hit me after I posted Experience. Started by taking hold of joints with old injuries.

Rest and ice water for me for now.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By How many? on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 11:40 am: Edit Post

Any idea what the infection rate is? How many people have gotten it? A lot or just a few?

I don't mean to minimize the pain the infected people feel, but I saw one posted here say they won't come for Christmas because of it and I wonder if everyone is getting it or just a few unlucky souls.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mnken on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 03:27 pm: Edit Post

I just Googled it, and you would be surprised how many countries have it. Check it oout.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Experience on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 03:26 pm: Edit Post

Response to "How Many":

I am not sure how accurate my summation will be, but about 80% of persons in my community, has gotten a taste of chikunguna. Now these persons have been affected in varying degrees--some brushed it off in a couple days, some weeks, a few are affected for months. Some experienced little pain; others have related that every inch of their bodies hurt, so much so that they could not put a glass of water to their mouths; they needed help to a drink of water to prevent dehydration. I am not sure how much control/involvement is being carried out by the Ministry of Health in terms of statistics.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By TBer on Monday, December 08, 2014 - 05:55 pm: Edit Post

For most it seems to affect them the hardest for the 1st two days. After that they start to feel better. Some take longer to bounce back than others but most persons I spoke with are back on their feet again in 2 - 5 days.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Tuesday, December 09, 2014 - 10:45 am: Edit Post

Day 3. Affected joints tolerably sore, only bread and ginger tea. Sunned the old bones this morning to chase the night chill. Yes, people are affected differently.

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2013/01/07/should-you-fight-fever-when-you-have-f lu/

Never took fever reducers, let the temperature rise do what millenia of evolution designed it to do.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By How Many? on Tuesday, December 09, 2014 - 10:55 am: Edit Post

Thanks for the info, Experience.

Any idea on the number of residents vs visitors it affects? I'm wondering if one needs to be in the community for a while before being affected or if even a short time will make one vulnerable.

Keep the faith, Turey. Relief soon come.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Uncle Peter on Tuesday, December 09, 2014 - 12:51 pm: Edit Post

In a 10 day visit to TB (18 - 28 Nov) ten of our local friends and aquaintences went down with it. Today I hear that ChikV is still around and people continue to go down with it. BUT it will burn out. It can't go on for ever. So keep the hope that it will soon be gone!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Experience on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 07:33 pm: Edit Post

Well my job (here in St. Bess)takes me into people's homes and lives, and I can tell you that the ChikV isn't going anywhere too soon. Today I visited three homes, and every single individual in all three homes (with the exception of a six-month old), had a taste of the MONSTER. One woman said she wouldn't wish it on her dog.

Yesterday I met two women (two sufferers) in Junction. Both showed me right hands stiffened and swollen. One said that after three weeks (and three visits to the doctor and three injections) she has to depend on her husband to give her a bath. The second said so far she has spent $50,000.00 on therapy and still no relief, no use of her hand.

Folks, I am seriously wondering whether this debilitating disease is caused by a mosquito. If this is the case, we are in deep and serious trouble. Perhaps it resembles something in other countries, but is has taken off into something much larger, much more crippling and deadly. A man in the Potsdam area will be buried on Dec.28. Granted he had a heart condition, but it was the monster that wiped him out after spending five days in Mandeville hospital


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Van on Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 02:07 pm: Edit Post

How are you feeling, Turey?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tadd on Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 02:32 pm: Edit Post

There was an article in one Jamaican newspaper a couple of weeks ago saying that the poison they are spraying to kill the mozzies that carry ChickV is not the right poison. This is the same mosquito that carries Dengue and Malaria, as I understand it - the little ones in your closet. So don't count on spraying to take care of it. I had it two months ago and my joints are still paining me. I am staying in the cold this year too - at least we don't have to worry about ChickV.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By turey on Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 05:03 pm: Edit Post

End day 5 Van. Symptoms fading, I still feel the effects and rest to enable the healing process.

No hard food yet but enjoy fruit blends and veg soups.

I wrap in two fleece blankets at night to induce a sweat and to keep night drafts away.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Van on Friday, December 12, 2014 - 10:45 am: Edit Post

Glad you're better. Please keep us posted. You're a good reporter.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Karen Kennedy on Friday, December 12, 2014 - 04:09 pm: Edit Post

I am not minimizing Chik-V, but I was there for the last two weeks of October, and I got nothing. Yes, I always wore mosquito repellent; however, I am what is known as a "mosquito magnet." I usually get bitten when others swear there are no mosquitoes around--even with mosquito repellent.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By pe on Friday, December 12, 2014 - 02:38 pm: Edit Post

should i consider cancel my visit for Christmas/new years?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Concerned on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 01:57 am: Edit Post

Below is an article I found to be interesting:

Chikv conversation highlights the “classisim” in Jamaica
Posted on October 15, 2014 by jay

At the onset of the Chikv outbreak the conversation went along these lines.
” The chikv epidemic is a result of the unsanitary environment in around the areas that these folks live and they must accept responsibility for their own actions. They do not clean up their environment, they throw garabage in the gullies, on the side of the road, in the rivers in the open lots and its no wonder, why these inner city communities are hardest hit by chikv.

The fact that the NSWMA is not moving to with haste to clean up garbage is not a factor as the mosquito that transmit chikv is found in stagnant water in and around where people live and not in gullies, drains etc
If people fail to clean up their immediate surroundings and remove old cans, tyres, clean flower pot etc, we could get this thing under control., but those nasty folks expect the government to come and clean up their back yards for them”.

As the Chikv started to spread and started taking out people of influence, politicians and some big business men who happens to live in upper St Andrew the sentiments began to shift and the conversation began to sound like this.,
I am not so sure about the mosquito thing, I live in upper St Andrew and I have no stagnant water around, no mounds of garbage no old tires nothing of the sort and my environment is clean. I cannot recall being bitten by any mosquito as I apply off 3 times per day, my house has mosquito mesh and I sleep under mesh.
The fact that I have done all this and I and other members of my household and other friends have come down with this sickness suggest something is not quiet right.

This is the same mosquito that carries dengue, and while dengue is endemic to Jamaica, why are we not seeing a spread of dengue at rate we are seeing with chikv. Is it that the mosquitoes decide it easier to spread chikv than dengue. I know it may sound like I am questioning the authorities, but something does not add up.
The current response to the Chikv outbreak is what we should have had from the very onset, but the fact is that those with influence, were of the belief that this sickness was largely due to the very poor sanitary practice of poor people and those living in cramped environments and so largely ignored the problem as a nasty poor people issue.
They only began take notice when large sections of the country started getting ill and took on an even greater level of urgency when “society people” started becoming sick, which blew the perception that this was a poor nasty people sickness, given they did not fall into that class.

The approach to public health issues in Jamaica has always been like this. No rich guy, no politician, no one living in upper St Andrew will die on the floor of the Kingston Public Hospital or any hospital across Jamaica for that matte,r due to lack of medical attention after waiting for 12 hrs .

These public health issues are clear reminders of the problems facing the health sector and the message to the people of Jamaica is clear.
“Demand action now from your elected representative and the Government of Jamaica. Chikv has shown up the inadequacy of the system and is really a mock exam to test out preparedness for what may be looming out there. If we continue to hold the believe that it is only poor people that gets these illness and so we the more fortunate are in the clear, then you are in denial”.

The poor are the most vulnerable , yet they make the least demand of their favourite politicians.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Concerned on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 01:44 am: Edit Post

I agree with Experience. Let no one fool you. The CHIKV virus is raging in various regions of Jamaica and St. Elizabeth is one of such regions. From my humble experience, symptoms include headache, retro-orbital pain, photophobia, lumbar back pain, chills, weakness, malaise, nausea, and vomiting, but the hallmark feature of CHIKV disease is a debilitating and prolonged pain. The name itself indicates the degree of discomfort caused: ‘Chikungunya’ in Makonde means ‘that which bends up’ or ‘to dry up or become contorted’. The joints exhibit extreme tenderness and swelling with infected individuals frequently reporting incapacitating pain that lasts for weeks or months. Most affected individuals recover fully, but in some cases joint pain is persisting for several months, and we are now learning these pains can last for years. Occasional cases of eye, neurological and heart complications have been reported, as well as gastrointestinal complaints. Serious complications are less common,, and although no death has been solely and conclusively attributed to CHIKV infection, individuals with weakened immune systems, particularly those with underlying medical conditions have faced CHIKV-associated deaths (about five so far)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Experience on Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 12:37 am: Edit Post

I have done my own survey in areas of Newell, Bethany, Southfield, Top Hill, Ballards Valley, Potsdam, Junction, Heatfield, and Dalton (in St. Bess), and the results are as follows:

• One hundred percent of individuals interviewed knew about/heard about ChikV and heard about one or more deaths.
• Ninety percent lived in a home where there are ChikV sufferers/survivors
• Eighty percent are sufferers/survivors themselves. All have mentioned that they have never experienced this sort of pain or discomfort at any other time in their lives.
• Ninety percent do not believe the virus is caused by a mosquito.
• About 50% percent still suffer pain/numbness months after they first contacted the virus.

What do you think folks ? Is this a pestilence/plague of some sort? Do we need to call out to our Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization???


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Question on Monday, December 15, 2014 - 09:30 pm: Edit Post

Can someone get the chickV more than once?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rebecca on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 09:42 am: Edit Post

Okay folks. Once again, I think we need to look at the reality and not give in to hearsay. Yes, this is a serious issue and we need to fully educate ourselves on the facts so we can better fight the spread of chikV. Hysteria and misinformation helps no one.

This is not something that is hitting Jamaica alone. It has been around for many years and has spread through many countries. Here is an article from the World Health Organization.

Chikungunya

Chikungunya is a viral disease (genus Alphavirus) which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes – including Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The name chikungunya originates from a verb in the Kimakonde language, meaning 'to become contorted'. This refers to the 'stooped' appearance of those suffering with joint pain.

Symptoms

Symptoms appear between 4 and 7 days after the patient has been bitten by the infected mosquito and these include:
High fever (40°C/ 104°F)
Joint pain (lower back, ankle, knees, wrists or phalanges)
Joint swelling
Rash
Headache
Muscle pain
Nausea
Fatigue

Chikungunya is rarely fatal. Symptoms are generally self-limiting and last for 2–3 days. The virus remains in the human system for 5-7 days and mosquitoes feeding on an infected person during this period can also become infected. Chikungunya shares some clinical signs with dengue and can be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue is common.

Chikungunya can be detected using serological tests. Recovery from an infection will confer life-long immunity.

Geographical range

Chikungunya has been identified in nearly 40 countries. Map of countries at risk available here

Countries having documented, endemic, or epidemic chikungunya are:

Asia: Human chikungunya virus infection has been documented in Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Africa: Chikungunya occurs in Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Europe and the Americas: Aside from minor incidence rates caused by imported cases from travelers, Italy is the only European country which has had an outbreak. The Americas have not had any major outbreaks so far.

Recent outbreaks

Chikungunya was first identified in Tanzania in the early 1952 and has caused periodic outbreaks in Asia and Africa since the 1960s.

Outbreaks are often separated by periods of more than 10 years. Between 2001 and 2011, a number of countries reported on chikungunya outbreaks.

2005-2006: More than 272 000 people were infected during an outbreak of Chikungunya in the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius where Ae. albopictus was the presumed vector.

2006: Outbreak in India, more than 1 500 000 cases of chikungunya were reported with Ae. aegypti implicated as the vector.

2007: Migration of infected people introduced the infection in a coastal village in Italy. This outbreak (197 cases) confirmed that mosquito-borne outbreaks by Ae. albopictus are plausible in Europe.

Prevention and control

In areas where the vector of chikungunya is Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus, vector prevention and control can be combined with dengue control efforts. See “Control strategies”.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Concerned on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 05:23 pm: Edit Post

Here is a nice article:
http://time.com/3631711/chikungunya-epidemic-2014/


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By From yard on Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 12:08 am: Edit Post

I truly believe this is airborne- could this be an attack on Jamaica? trying to cripple our athletes? I truly believe the government needs to get more involved and call on the WHO for some answers or some help. The after effects are very painful.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Universal on Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 12:29 pm: Edit Post

Yes it is airborne - flying airborne mosquito's.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Archie on Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 03:11 pm: Edit Post

Yes, the aliens are dissatisfied with how we have been behaving, oh dear, the only to prevent getting it is to stop breathing!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eric on Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 11:20 am: Edit Post

"From a yard", Rebecca's post above is from the WHO's website on Chikungunya: http://www.who.int/denguecontrol/arbo-viral/other_arboviral_chikungunya/en/

If you decide not to believe their science-based information that's your choice, but your call for information from the WHO has already been answered.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Concerned on Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 10:37 pm: Edit Post

Dear "from yard" I don't know what to think anymore. I look at some ChikV infected persons and my heart is extremely weighed down.... and I am convinced this is a demonic plague springing out of the depth...out there somewhere... no help from this awful pain and swollen joints. Some folks get over the attack in days...and others are basically crippled/paralysed.

I am usually an optimist, always encouraging and upbuilding...but I have to say I have never been more fearful of an illness that just seems to attack you overnight and decapitate you forever.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By auntie Jeanne on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 03:23 pm: Edit Post

Since this is my 80 th year & I am on heart & blood thinner meds..I can't walk far as I did in earlier years in TB...I would walk from Treasure Cot to Trans Love everyday then on to God's school.....I can't now. I understand it makes walking a painful challenge....pain joints all over...where I already have the aches & pain of age....but I am doing well..so I just don't want this virus to make me worse. I am like the person above who wonders about a short visit Christmas week....or wait & come later as I usually did. I shall consult my cardio Dr & see what he says...he knows I love Treadure Beach!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Concerned on Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 10:04 am: Edit Post

For those of us who are sceptical that Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne infection, check out this list of other diseases that these tiny monsters do cause:

•West Nile virus Disease
•Eastern Equine Encephalitis
•St. Louis Encephalitis
•Dengue Fever
•Malaria
•Yellow Fever
•Rift Valley Fever

Do the research


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rebecca on Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 09:28 am: Edit Post

Yes Auntie Jeanne for sure you should check with your doctor before coming down. My 84 yr old mother with rheumatoid arthritis and my diabetic 88 yr old father are here with me now for the holidays. I did check with a doctor and he basically said take all the precautions and if they contract chikV just watch their blood pressure and sugar level with the fever that can come with it. Other than that just take the paracetamol as recommended and if they have a lot of pain he could give them a shot to help with the pain.

But again, you should absolutely ask your doctor.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Van on Sunday, December 21, 2014 - 12:29 pm: Edit Post

I've got enough mosquito repellant to cover the entire island and am looking forward to my usual Feb. visit. Watch out, little bugs, Treasure Beach, here I come.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jeanne on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 08:00 am: Edit Post

Thanks Rebecca feel better hearing about your parents..I remember meeting your mother. Hope to see you soon


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tadd on Friday, January 02, 2015 - 01:21 pm: Edit Post

I live in the UK now but have many friends and family in JA and nearly all of them have Chick V and are having a very bad time with it, even though the major symptoms have passed. I find it appalling that the people in the tourism industry (including the Minister and the people who manage this site) are all downplaying it while the people who have had it are telling people to stay away. I think it is irresponsible to encourage older people with possible health conditions to visit. I know you don't think this site has done that but it has. Throwing your 84 year old mother with arthritis to the dogs does not mean people are not at risk.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By From yard on Friday, January 02, 2015 - 11:36 pm: Edit Post

I am a snow bird, but I am certainly staying away this sickness is brutal! all my family tells me stay away. We can down play it all we want, I do understand that is probably the right thing to do.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rebecca on Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 08:25 pm: Edit Post

Thank you for your opinion Tadd. Everyone is entitled to one no matter how inaccurate or insulting it may be.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By mnken on Saturday, January 03, 2015 - 09:01 pm: Edit Post

Not sure if my past post will post..well said Rebecca. Very insulting that someone would even dare think you would put your mother at risk to 'the dogs'.. me? Coming 1/24 with me pickne dem!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Karen Kennedy on Sunday, January 04, 2015 - 12:50 pm: Edit Post

Though we were in Treasure Beach in October and didn't contract Chik-V, I did ask my physician about it regarding an upcoming visit. Here's what she had to say: "I have been reading about CGV too, increasing in prevalence but would not keep me from Jamaica at this point! The most important thing you can do is wear insect repellent containing DEET. Prevention is the key. Every day." And, if I were to contract it: "Alternating Aleve and Tylenol is the way to start. Keep in mind that CGV is a variable disease. If you were to contract it and be quite ill, you would need to seek medical care there. The physicians in Jamaica have experience with this condition and would give you stronger medications if needed."


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rebecca on Wednesday, January 07, 2015 - 08:59 am: Edit Post

The good news is I have not heard of any new cases in TB for a week now. I had heard from a friend in Kingston about a month ago telling me it seems to have passed through there so now it looks like it has passed through here. This does not mean to stop taking precautions but the good news it seems the risk is less.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By MilwaukeeMike on Sunday, January 25, 2015 - 07:47 pm: Edit Post

GMO mosquitos proposed to battle chickungunya~ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-gmo-mosquitoes-florida-keys-20150125 -story.html

MilwaukeeMike


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Coppa on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 11:28 am: Edit Post

The GMO mosquito sounds life the best way to deal with they invasive breed of mosquitoes. I know spraying is being carried out being carried out at various locations, but that is by far not the healthiest means of killing these pest


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mel on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 12:36 pm: Edit Post

Any more chick cases around Tb?