Tropical vector borne Viral Double Whammy

[BOD]

Just had the blood tests in.

Pleased to announce that I have a double honours - a first in Chikungunya Fever and a second in Dengue Fever with a minor in plasma leakage.

I used to read the old explorer stories of chaps in deepest Africa or whereever who managed to get several illnesses at once and simply wonder.

Finally I have achieved what the old timers did two mosquito borne viral tropical fevers running in parallel!

And yes it hurts like the old names suggest - Bent-up Fever and Breakbone Fever

Have I cooked my brain in the process? Possibly but BCUK is the only path to sanity I know so please humour this odd post

 

[resnikov]

Congratulations (i think )

Hope you get better soon.

 

[Robbi]

ouch !...sounds very sore mate, hope you recover OK

 

[Ogri the trog]

The all original "Yellow Monkey Gob Rot"

Never mind the ailments, what does the medication feel like?

Get well soon

Ogri the trog

 

[BOD]

Never mind the ailments, what does the medication feel like?

Ogri the trog

Ones similar to methadone (the pain killer) and the other is methyprednisolone ( for the inflamations/swelling)

TRying to get better else I miss a couple of trips so off the booze

 

[RonW]

Ooff.....

That's some serious stuff, both the illness AND the treatment.

Get well soon, is all I can say.

 

[pauljm116]

Now thats an acheivement I think I'll give a miss but congrats all the same.

Get well soon.

 

[Toddy]

Ooooh :yikes: that's worse than measles and mumps at the same time

Really hope the medicines do their job and you're well asap.


M

 

[John Fenna]

I never did like the jungle!
Heal fast mate!

 

[BOD]

I never did like the jungle!
Heal fast mate!

I wish I could say I got it while hacking my way through the jungle to discover a Lost World but the reality is that Dengue is an urban tropical disease as is Chikungunya too.

I probably got it in my garden.

The jungle is cleaner - in bacteria and viral terms - than the cities

 

[sandbender]

"...I used to read the old explorer stories of chaps in deepest Africa or whereever who managed to get several illnesses at once and simply wonder..."

Oooo bad one, reminds me of those old Sir Richard Burton books, get well soon.

 

[mikeybear]

I wish I could say I got it while hacking my way through the jungle to discover a Lost World but the reality is that Dengue is an urban tropical disease as is Chikungunya too.

I probably got it in my garden.

The jungle is cleaner - in bacteria and viral terms - than the cities

I was just about to ask how you got it, and what should you do to avoid this sort of thing .
But if you can catch it in your back garden ....... what hope is there ...

hope you recover quickly,

MB

 

[BOD]

I was just about to ask how you got it, and what should you do to avoid this sort of thing .
But if you can catch it in your back garden ....... what hope is there ...

hope you recover quickly,

MB

Put insect repellent on and wear long trousers and socks in the evenings or napalm the local village on the other side of the fence that has stagnant water in the drains and discarded items.

I did neither

 

[mikeybear]

Put insect repellent on and wear long trousers and socks in the evenings or napalm the local village on the other side of the fence that has stagnant water in the drains and discarded items.

I did neither

Just packing for East Africa, So i've put in an extra pair of long trousers an the jungle formula .

Cheers

MB

 

[JonathanD]

Blimey mate, that's pretty nasty. I've luckily managed to escape getting aything serious and only had a minor bout of malaria. I hope you get back to being 100% as soon as possible.

 

[BOD]

Just packing for East Africa, So i've put in an extra pair of long trousers an the jungle formula .

Cheers

MB

Chikungunya is in East Africa. That's where it was first discovered.

Drink lots of water.

http://www.jrheum.com/subscribers/08/05/935.html

http://www.youandmemagazine.com/articles/chikungunya-that-which-bends

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya

Good luck.

 

[mikeybear]

Thanks, I don't want to get that , Time for plenty of insect repellant.

Cheers

MB

 

[born2roam]

Ouch.... get well soon mate!

Grtz Johan