I returned home from Dumaguete August 16 about 2 weeks later I developed a bad fever and other symptoms. After multiple unsuccessful blood tests and chest x-rays my doctor sent me to hospital where for 4 days I had so many tests I felt like a pin cushion and x-Ray model. No resolutions were found and I was released. Today I had a call from our state public health authority and they say they continued working with the blood and I tested positive to Chikungunya. My partner who is from Manila but living now in Dumaguete has never heard of it. The public health authority tell me it's a mosquito transmitted disease most probably from my time in Dumaguete. Have any of the readers suffered this or know of this? I have a friend from India who told me that it is a common disease there. Here in Sydney, Australia it is unknown and my doctor said he had to look it up as he's never experienced anyone with it before.. I am now getting better but have had a very rough 3 and a half weeks. I would appreciate any information . Cheers Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Thanks for sharing. I never heard of it so looked it up. Although I'm sure it is not fun to experience Chikungunya, it reads like it is not as serious as Dengue Fever, a fairly common mosquito disease. Glad you recovered. Cheers
Thanks Pat, No, not nearly as serious as Dengue Fever but was wondering given that I most probably caught it in Dumaguete and did so in only 2 weeks of visiting if it is common or even known there. The public health authority here were also interested in dates and address I had stayed in Cebu having stayed one night at Hotel Elizabeth and just visiting the malls there. In Dumaguete I did a number of outdoors things from Twin Lakes, Siquijor and Casaroro Falls but at dusk each day I was conscious of being bitten by tiny mosquitos just in and around my partners home in Dumaguete. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Wow, after 18 years in Cebu and Dumaguete I have never heard of it. Glad you finally found the cause and hope you are back to speed soon. Cheers....Ron
I lived in India a couple of years and shortly after a field trip in India my 12 year old got a terrible fever very high and continued up and down for about 4 months. after returning to Europe (month 4) we had her tested up and down. they never found a thing, and after about a month "it" just never came back