Homoeopathy Treatment for Zika Virus Infection

Zika virus is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. These mosquitoes are day biters and are the same ones involved in spreading the dengue and chikungunya fever.

Mosquito can spread Zika virus 

Symptoms

• It causes illness in about one in five people, but is particularly dangerous for pregnant women.
• It can cause a condition called microcephaly, which means that children are born with an abnormally small head.
• Many children die from this condition, which causes severe brain damage.

         

Zika virus causes newborns to have unusually small heads

• About 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus become ill.
• The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis (red eyes).
• Other common symptoms include muscle pain and headache. The incubation period (the time from exposure to symptoms) for Zika virus disease is not known, but is likely to be a few days to a week.
• The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week.
• Zika virus usually remains in the blood of an infected person for a few days but it can be found longer in some people.
• Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon.
• Deaths are rare.

Zika Virus Symptoms

Diagnosis

1. The symptoms of Zika are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya, diseases spread through the same mosquitoes that transmit Zika.
2. See your healthcare provider if you develop the symptoms described above and have visited an area where Zika is found.
3. If you have recently traveled, tell your healthcare provider when and where you traveled.
4. Your healthcare provider may order blood tests to look for Zika or other similar viruses like dengue or chikungunya.

 Homoeopathy Treatment:

• Eupatorium
• Perfoliatum
• Belladonna
• Rhus Tox

These medicines can be selected on symptomatic basis in treating the symptoms of Zika virus infection. These medicines will act as prophylactic and prevents further progression. In case of emergency, consult allopathy doctors.  

'Homeopathy can better immunity to fight zika'

Prevention: 

1. No vaccine or medications are available to prevent or treat Zika infections.
2. Get plenty of rest.
3. Drink fluids to prevent dehydration.
4. Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants.

 

Zika Virus Prevention

Note :

Homeopathic Treatment requires stringent individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your Homeopathic Physician.