Zika virus: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment

Zika virus is transmitted by bite of mosquitoes. Study on mosquitoes show that the incubation period in mosquitoes is about 10 days. Sexual contact can also transfer Zika virus. Zika virus can transmit from pregnant mother to her baby.

Symptoms

-   Main symptoms of Zika virus infection are fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis (red           eyes).

-   Other common symptoms include muscle pain and headache.

-   Mild illness is observed in infected person lasting for several days to a week.

-   Virus usually remains in the blood of an infected person for a few days or weeks but it can        be found longer in some people.

-    Deaths are rare.

Diagnosis

• Visit your family healthcare hospital if you suffer same symptoms as described above.
• If you have recently traveled, tell your healthcare provider so.
• Conduct blood test for Zika or other similar viruses like dengue or chikungunya.

Treatment

• No vaccine is still available to treat Zika Virus.
• Get plenty of rest and do not work hard.
• Drink fruit juices which contains plenty of water for example watermelon or orange or sugarcane to prevent dehydration
• Take medicine such as acetaminophen to relieve fever and pain
• Do not take aspirin
• Use mosquito repellent to avoid mosquito bites for the first week of your illness.

and last Get well soon..!