Living in a country that battles the mosquito menace on an everyday basis the rainy season can be quite daunting. With the rains and change in weather come various vector borne diseases like chikungunya. In this post we explain how this disease is caused why it is often misdiagnosed and how it is managed. How does it spread? A condition that is spread by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito ‘chikungunya’ means ‘to distort’ directly relating to the extreme pain the patient experiences in and around his/her joints during the disease. Once bitten the patient will experience symptoms such as arthritis like pain around