TRIBUNNEWSDEPOK.COM, CIPUTAT TIMUR – Entering the peak of the rainy season, people are advised to be aware of mosquitoes Aedes Aegypti.
The reason is, one family who lives in Gang Haji Risma RT 01/02 Cirendeu, East Ciputat, South Tangerang City (Tangsel) is infected with chikungunya disease caused by mosquitoes. Aedes Aegypti.
This was acknowledged by Wahyu Endro (40) as a local resident who also had suffered from chikungunya disease.
In fact, not only himself, his wife and four children were also affected by the chikungunya disease.
“There are 6 family members in total, but the pain is different. Until early February my child was still not perfect, he was still walking with a cane. But like me, my wife, and the second and third children have recovered first,” he said. to Wartakotalive.com when met at the location, Cirendeu, East Ciputat, South Tangerang City on Monday (7/2/2022).
Endro said that at first he and his family members had symptoms of high fever in the first week of January 2022.
Worried about being exposed to COVID-19 infection, he and other family members also had time to check up at a hospital.
“So when I had a high fever, I took him to the hospital for the Covid-19 antigen and the results were negative, so I wasn’t exposed to the corona. Only then did I do a lab test, the results were negative for Corona, DHF, and others,” he said.
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Surprised, he continued to find out the disease that attacked his family.
Until it was found a number of residents who experienced the same symptoms in the form of high fever accompanied by pain in the joints of the bones.
“So after returning from the doctor we were given several drugs such as fever medicine, then antiviral drugs, and drugs to reduce the fever. But after three days the fever had gone down after that symptoms appeared, such as pain in the bones,” said Endro.
“So it’s not in the skin, but in the bones and that happened in early January to February,” he continued.
Meanwhile, said Endro, a resident and the head of the local RT reported the incident to the Cirendeu Health Center.
Then the Puskesmas stated that a number of residents of Gang Haji Risma, Cirendeu, East Ciputat, Tangsel City had chikungunya disease.
“One of the residents conveyed to the Puskesmas and then directly to prevention such as fogging,” he explained.
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