Question

Severe pain and swelling in the joints along with high fever is a symptom of ________.

Answer 1

Symptoms:

1. These are the conditions which a person feels when something is not normal in the body.
2. They are the indicators of presence of a disease.
3. Example: headache, dizziness.

Chikungunya:

1. This disease is caused by the Chikungunya virus.
2. This disease spreads by a vector(carrier): female Aedes mosquito.
3. The virus is present inside the salivary glands of this mosquito.
4. When the mosquito bites a healthy person this virus will be transmitted into the person's body.
5. The symptoms of chikungunya are high fever, severe pain, rashes and swelling in joints.
6. The spread of chikungunya can be controlled by fumigation (disinfection by fumes of certain chemicals) of the localities.

Final answer : Severe pain and swelling in the joints along with high fever is a symptom of chikungunya.