Some Nasty Ways Chik V can Affect the body that You Haven’t Heard About
“Once you have Chik V you are never the same” is a saying that is being heard more frequently each day across Jamaica.
In fact most Jamaicans have now been impacted by the dreadful ‘Chikun-gunman’ in one way or another though it appears less people are contracting the virus.
Many people are not aware of the vast amount of ways Chikungunya can negatively affect the body even after the initial symptoms have dissipated.
Numerous persons who have already been through the initial phase of the illness are returning to doctor’s offices across the island with a wide array of symptoms associated with Chik V.
Knowledge of the hallmark symptoms such as fever, rash and joint pains is widespread but there are several other nasty ways this sinister virus can affect us; some of which can seriously affect one’s quality of life for a very long time or even lead to death.
Here are a few:
It can seriously affect your eyes or even lead to blindness
Eye problems due to Chikungunya are varied. Problems may involve the conjunctiva, the iris, the anterior and posterior chambers of the eyes, the retina and even the optic nerve (the main nerve supply of the eye). A person may even go blind.
It can affect your blood, brain and nervous system
Chikungunya may affect the meninges or coverings of the brain, the spinal cord, the brain itself, and the nerves. Some disorders of common knowledge would be seizures, nerve pain, and altered mental condition of the patient. As for blood complications, bleeding can occur under the conjunctiva of the eyes, nose- and gum.
We have seen numerous complaints in various forums online from Jamaicans and other persons in the Caribbean suffering from neurological complications after contracting Chik V.
It can seriously affect the heart and blood vessels
Some conditions seen in Chikungunya would be myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), pericarditis (inflammation of the heart covering or the pericardium), heart failure, irregular heart beats, and abnormal blood flow.
Disorders of blood vessels like Raynaud’s phenomenon can occur.
- Raynaud’s phenomenon is a condition where there is decreased blood flow to the hands and feet in response to cold or emotional stress.
The Jamaican Blogs™ has also been informed by doctors that the virus appears to be affecting the immune systems of many individuals making them more susceptible to bacteria and viruses. Additionally it is known to exacerbate pre-existing conditions such as Diabetes and Heart Disease.
If you have contracted Chikungunya please let us know of any strange changes you have noticed in the comments.
Source: wikiHow
AS I sit here writing my knee and the top of my feet is in pain this morning I can hardly walk if I don’t try very hard to, I am having pains in my body now just like I have the chick v and it is since it has affected me I am having this problem, right now my knee is swollen.
i never had sinus problems… now i have to be visiting the doctor regularly for infected sinuses
Constant numbness in my arm extending to my fingers
I had contracted the virus about three months now. about a month ago i started having joints pain, in my wrist, knees ankles, foot-bottom and my pointer fingers, the pain move from one side to the other. Today the right hand and foot, tomorrow the left hand and foot. The side of my right knee is swollen and so is the pointer finger on the right hand. sometimes on the same hand my hand middle is swollen too. I can hardly walk especially in the morning when i get up. and late in the evening when i am going home from work.
I got Chikungunya in early October and to date I still have pains in my knees, but what is really of concern now is the fact that my stomach is always sick, if I smell food cooking I get nauseous, when I eat its like the food stops at the entrance to my stomach and nothing I take seems to help.
Dear Hod ,deliver us
u c how the health Authority did not advise the public about the major impact of this virus. This goes to show that the department of health are not doing their job to educate the people.
I think that Health Prifessionals should encourage individuals not to have unprotected sex, No one is sure about what kind of Chikungunya germs and its symptoms that can be passed on in the sperm.
Chikungunya brought out every problem I ever had after contracting the virus. Even after being on heavy medication and feeling literally pain free then, 31/2 months later I am having recurring mild pain and stiffness in the knees, sometimes cramping in one hand and other joint pains. My ankles also swell some nights and even in the days for about a week now
Since chic v I have not felt pains I have had problems with over the years and my then uncontrolled high blood pressure is now tested normal since chick v, I wonder?
my girlfriend use to have seizures before chic v now they are no more!
It also makes you itch sometimes. Like you feel sharp itchy spots all over your back and your hands
I think I have a blood vessel disorder,
I’m still having symptoms in my body from chik v
Dry cough which does not goes a way for weeks i have this cough and i know people who have after the Chick V
Chi k V I brand as the ‘All inclusive ‘ virus. I had it and now I have nerve damage and back pain at times.
I never had any joint pain before this, but on day 21 after the onset of ChikV I woke up with pain in my shoulder, knees, elbows, wrists and fingers, and the top of my feet. The pains are worst in the early morning, gradually lessen through the day, but start all over the next day. When will it end? Five weeks in this phase so far. Can hardly walk sometimes.
Can’t sleep on pillow any more, pain in the back of my neck can’t hold my head down for too long either a hell fi hold it up back because of the pain at the back of my neck. Only the almighty God can help us, people let us look to him, he is our deliver.
Since chick v my sinus as been draining , pain in my knee, at times I can’t use my left to pick up anything because of pain in my elbow at times my left hand numb and the worst part my scalp scratches a lot and am losing my hair from the root.
Since chikV i think i have developed arthritis in my both hands, i somethings cant hold on to nothing, not even a key to pull a door. Sad, i need my arms back.
I had Chik V 3 months ago – but my symptoms were not as severe as many people I know – however my eyesight and balance and movement have been affected since and stiffness in the legs when I get up
I had contracted the virus about three months now. about a month ago i started having joints pain, in my wrist, knees ankles, foot-bottom and my pointer fingers, the pain move from one side to the other. Today the right hand and foot, tomorrow the left hand and foot. The side of my right knee is swollen and so is the pointer finger on the right hand. sometimes on the same hand my hand middle is swollen too. I can hardly walk especially in the morning when i get up. and late in the evening when i am going home from work.
I had chic v in October and since then I have joint pains,as a result of that I can hardly wear heel shoes.There is also numbness in my toes if I am sitting in one position for a while.
Swollen finger joints and pain, numbness in the finger tips on the right hand, pain in the right arm, swollen ankles and pain in the leg where I had a damaged nerve. Stiffness when standing from either lying down or siting down. I could go on but i wont. No boy, chik v turn me into a real old woman before time. walking is at a rpemium as well. is just will power sometimes to move.
Although the pain is gone if I hit anything too hard I feel a sharp stabbing pain. Also, I lost about 6lbs.
Weak and constantly swollen ankles and toes, constant fatigue, inability to concentrate. It really has reduced my productivity significantly since October til now
My toes especially the big ones have a burning sensation,,,,,and tingling in my fingers….. and the list continue…. my pressure points in my feet burns….. Chic V has sent me to the foot doc.. Dermatologist/ Optimologist and general practitioner…. wow…. this is radical.
Soles of my feet started stripping, it got so rough and disgusting. I scrubbed and scrubbed but I eventually gave up and allowed it to just get back normal on its own. I have dry patches all over my body, apparently chik-v has escalated my eczema related issues. My eyes used to twitch occasionally, now my entire face twitches now and then. I My joint related issues have eased up somewhat, I can start wearing heels again (not too high though)
I now have Costochondritis…inflammation of the junctions where the upper ribs join with the cartilage that holds them to the breastbone or sternum. First felt it while in the acute phase of CHik V, on and off since then and pain getting worse. Tingling and numbness in hands, pain in insteps of feet. Daughter had the bleeding gums, now has the dry cough. We both had Chik V in October last year.
I knew all along that this chikungunya virus would have had a sustained chronic effect on ppl. The notion by the ministry of health and other health officials to trivialize the lasting chronic impact I knew was misleading. These stated possible effects are really troubling. My one remaining pain is in my left ankle. It just never goes away.
Had Chik-V over 3 months now and I am still having pains in ankles and wrists. My hands have lost the strength it had before and my muscles are much weaker. Had a relapse and had to go on steroids for a month to function as I had to go to work. Never knew pain until I had that relapse…. made the first one seem like a joke. A few days after finishing the steroids I started having flashes of light in my right eye and I thought it was a side effect from the steroids but now I’m seeing this article that’s saying the eyes can be affected too. Sighhhhh, my life feels upside down trying to live with this Chik-V effect. Made appt. to see an ophthalmologist to sort the right eye out.
i so agree with this article since chik v my pressure has been out of control went to the dr he gave me an additional tab that wasnt controlling it either. my bottom reading is what bothers me the most and na lie am really worried about it and now seeing this article confirms it. EVen my eyes nU feel right sometimes.
I still have pains in my neck, shoulders, fingers, the top of my feet , my knee and my blood pressure went way down. I think this chick v is worse than aids!
well the mild joint pain is still there, left eye waters and itches a lot. Dont have a firm grip in the right hand anymore. this is 3 months on.
At nights I am feeling pains in my hands serious pain in the morning serious pain in my foot bottom
omg!! I thought I was solo here. I am having shoulder, ankle, elbow, back, waist pains and a pounding headache. my fingers are stiff, numb, and swollen. sometimes blurred vision. All this after chickv. my body is not the same. Will I be whole again?
stiff and swollen fingers, blurred vision, neck, knees, elbows, back, waist, shoulders, ankles, and pounding head pains. my body has changed since chickv.
Numbness in my fingers and feet.
Since i have Chik v,i feel older,my grandmother never feel dem pain yah
Since infected with the Chick V virus not confirmed but base on the symptoms and according to my Doctor. It have left me with pains in my right shoulder, my elbow, fingers, my knees; in the morning time they tend to seize up and paining until the sun comes out. sometime I have to assist my legs by lifting to come out of the car even when bending I having problems raising and getting up.
I got Chik V on September 13 and until now I cannot bend my left foot.
since contracting the chickv I am suffering with more severe joint pain and constant high blood pressure even when I am on medication. this is a terrible illness and should be treated as such the MOH needs to do more in helping to control it as it relates to cleaning up different areas in ja.
Well….. I think I first experience the initial symptoms in October of 2014 and to date my left knee aches when I kneel down or I attempt to lift it while driving or to get out the car. Thank God it is not the right knee.
I am here sitting ad feeling weak and dizzy, indeed my immune system has been affected as at time i am wondering if something else is going on. My left arm is still paining and my sinuses have not given me any ease.Honestly it has me thinking of only one thing left to happen to me
Fabolous Hair
When i got Chik V it lasted for 3 days…All I did and continue to do is drink soursop leaf tea twice a day. This solve all my issues.
I just got back from a hospital to visit a friend who went to Trinidad and came back sick. She is swollen all over, and her kidneys are affected. Heavenly Father, please weed out this disease in your precious name I pray.
I had chick v in October. I am still having burning under the bottom of my feet. I never had this before I had chick v. I still feel feverish from time to time. Not to mention the numbness that comes and goes in the shoulder and arm down to the fingers. This is an evil thing I tell you.
Since the Chik V; I am having pain in my fingers.
irregular heart beats twitching in the left eye
I got chick v oct,since then im having pain every inch of my body,visisit the doct last wednesday after being in bed all Christmas n new yr,feel i was about to die,after doing all the possible test ,blood ,urine etc i was told everything was normal but was told for the first my sinus as drained in my stomach and it maybe the reason i felt weak,dizzy n my mouth is constantly bitter like those days when i was pregnant, ,i even told the doc to do my pop smear, that was due untill feb,,,the antibiotics help me though,,hope it doesnt come back,,
The nail on my ring finger has turned pale yellow.
Chest pains.
Constant sinus and it triggers my asthma most of the time.
Wow, I feel lucky after reading some of the complaints listed here. My feet hurt continuously now, it came and went away for a bit and now it’s here for the past 2 weeks tender and hurting non-stop. I got chick V mid September and its the new year and same discomfort. I find I tire very easily but with the grace of God, I do all that I need to do and try and ignore the pain and fight along with my day, its worst in the mornings.
All the joints in my body still hurt everyday. Especially the joints in my right hand and my my left. This occurs especially in early morning or ehen am in a cold environment. When I sit down for more than 15 minutes it is painful for me to move, I call it the old lady body, as I feel and move like an elderly person.., this disease as changed my lifè and body… I am only 37 and I feel like I have skipped a good 30 years forward…
I still have a disfigured left wrist as if my wrist was broken/tractured..,,, The arch in my left foot is gone totally flat footed .
They diagnosed my son with with a disorder when he was having a sudden onset of heart palpitations and nervousness
I had Chick V in October. Since that I have had Shingles in November caused by suppressed immune system . never had so much pain in my life. I have also been having added problem with my vision and did not know that it could have been as a result of the chick v. Joint pains in my fingers ankle and knees are surfacing now and I cannot put on back the weight I lost.
Strange my sinus ,right knee, fingers and right shoulders still hurts. My feet start stripping I notice nobody spoke of it . I believe the moh knew what are the side effects and too scared of saying
i am not the same pains in my fingers toes and sometimes everywhere I just have to pray for deliverance
What are you planning to do with this information? Will it help those of us who already suffered and are still suffering? I will not be a part of your research study. Get the virus and investigate yourself ! You know the mosquito by name. It was known for TWO YEARS that this virus would affect us and to date I have seen NO wide scale fogging of mosquitoes that is supposed to have caused this. And who benefited from the sale of Panadols which helped no one? Some brand names I heard being reeled off by a radio station I had never heard before. Maybe they did more harm than good. Why the insistence that we take them? If this virus was spitefully let go on the nation I, as one who SUFFERED, declare that they are from the pit of hell and the end of their days will be the compounded suffering of all Jamaicans who got whatever it was. And what are the implications for our future athletes? If numerous children had this nasty thing which affected muscles?? The good Lord said, “…I will repay…’
constant pain in my legs and also in my arms like electric going through them.
Since contracting chickv early October, I have been experiencing frustrating symptoms within my body…palpitating heart; gapping/fluttering heart as if there is a hole and i am losing air; pressure moving up the back of my neck to my head, then head feels pressurized as if it wants to explode – feeling like i am having a heart attack or stroke; sometimes my stomach empty as if i have no intestines – when i eat the food feel as if they are falling into a pit and its like i cannot be filled…i have to stop eating when i get to the appropriate portion size and drink lots of water…even though that doesn’t help much – even after eating there is a burning in my stomach as if i am extremely hungry; sometimes when i eat, the food feels trap right in my chest and drinking water doesn’t help. i am experiencing so many things, from one extreme to the next. i have done numerous heart tests and they all come back normal. i try to put my best face forward, living by faith but its affecting my attendance at work when some days become more intense than others. we pray or each other.
I found that I had the usual joint pains after. I’ve even had to get fluid removed from my knee as there was a build up. Some of the other things I noticed was the dryness of skin. My skin got terribly dry as well as my scalp. I’ve never had scalp problems until after chic v. Myself and several family members n friends have experienced this not to mention the loss of appetite. I have to be on a tonic in order to eat food. What gave me some relief was a good ole aloe vera wash out. You know cut the aloe vera n let it drain in a cup then squeeze half an orange on that and drink broth. Yea real Jamaican country style wash out.
Developed a clot in superficial vein in leg two weeks after a severe, ten day, bout of Chick V…accompanied by most of the major symptoms….rash, high fever, leg and body pains, dizziness, etc…..
i never had headache but now aches sits at the left side oh my 4head just above my left eye also my fingers cant hold anything firmly especially my big fingers…and the symptoms continues..,
I had chick v mid sept and since then i’m still expeiencing joint pains, ankles, wrists, knees, elbows, knuckles, fingers (especially my left index finger)…the works. My fingers are swollen most mornings n the pain comes n goes, mostly at nights and in the mornings. Sometimes i’ll be sitting down and i’m fine until the moment i get up and the pain hits and I literally have to pause before even moving. But what is really strange to me are these little red dots that keep popping up all over my body…it’s not a lot..but randomly in different areas, my face, neck, back, legs, arms, feet…it’s so weird to me. These random little red spots which look different from when i had the rash, then i was completely covered. Some the spots are raised and some aren’t and those are smaller. They started popping up about 3wks after i initially got chick v and they’ve been popping up n fading and new ones pop up ever since. Everytime i think ok looks like they’re going away, i see new ones. Doc told me it’s the chick v that’s still in my system, sometimes I wonder if they really know much about this virus, cuz it just like a guessing game.
Chick V made my husband entire system change up. He has allergic reactions all the time along with itchy skin and swollen areas of his body. once him start itch a specific area it swells, he has never had allergic reactions before but now its hard to deal with these hanges caz of chick v, we tired to go doctor caz nothing helps.
ANY ONE WITH THESE PROBLEMS? I need some advice/help with this problem, please.
BOTTOM OF MY FEET FEELS VERY TENDER AND ALSO A PAIN DEEP WITHIN MY CHEST AND DEEP BACK PAIN CAUSES ME TO NT WALK PROPERLY. AND ALSO MU IMUNE SYSTEM
Been having fever in the nights. Having relapses where my right hand in the shoulder part feel weak and I have a hard time holding things for long. As well as rashes under neck and face that itch now and again. Also just found a cyst in throat through a ultrasound examination. It makes me lethargic. Tired and want to sleep most days.
tHIS DRY COUGH mek mi sound like when dem sand dog kmt
..yes…lingering symtoms……joint pain,a flare up of arthritis in my foot…..and fatigue and a tendency to pick up colds and odd infections…I assume as a response to a weakened immune system….x
As someone with Chikungunya I know that there is very little information on the disease, and some information is spreading that is not based in fact. I have experienced some of these. So I am wondering where this article found this information?
on going joint pain.forgetfullmess
I feel tingling pain in knee and shoulder joints several times per day since Chik-V. Finger joints are a little numb in the mornings.(I get relief by using Shea Butter on my hands before going to bed)
Nearly 6 months later I have slight lingering pain in my shoulders & wrists. Ironically I have a lot of arthritic joints and they ‘recovered’ first. What you haven’t mentioned is the lack of concentration, forgetfulness and depression which took several months to go away. That happened to me, other people I know and my doctor said he’d seen several like that.
People suffer………who is responsible …? …our government ! …….
Why were we
It affected my brain, suffered from confusion for a while. Had difficulty breathing as well. Still having shortness of breath from even slight exertion.
Since ChikV, I have experienced dermatitis in my hands twice, the first time was mild and the second severe…I have never had allergies of any kind before!