Food Treatment for Chikungunya
- Divya Bharti
- Feb 7, 2017
- 2 min read
Chikungunya is caused due to the viral infection of chikungunya virus (CHIKV). This virus infection is basically spread by an infected female ‘Aedes aegypti’ mosquito which carries the virus from an infected human to a healthy person.
Symptoms of chikungunya virus
It is much similar to dengue and last for 2 to 10 days in the body and which results in causing various symptoms like:
Headache
Joints pain
Fever
Vomiting
Rashes
Wwelling
Fatigue
Nausea
Given below are some of the effective food treatments for the chikungunya virus.
An apple a day
Apples are one of the super food which helps in fighting against chikungunya virus. An apple generally contains a boost immunity compound called as ‘Quercetin’ which works effectively in maintaining a good health of your digestive system and prevents your body against all infections and bacteria.
For a better health against the chikungunya virus start eating a fresh apple daily or a glass of an apple juice.
Plantains
Plantains are the member of banana family. A plantain is quite beneficial in reducing the effect of chikungunya virus due to the presence of high amount of fibers, starch and very less amount of sugar in it.
Green Veggies
With the rich amount of antioxidants, nutrients and minerals, green veggie helps in improving your immune system and prepares your body strong for fighting against the infection of chikungunya virus.
In chikungunya infection doctors also recommends consuming more and more green leafy veggie due to fact that it contains very low amount of calories in it which is easily digestible in your stomach.
Vitamin C and E
For the treatment of chikungunya infection you must also start including Vitamin C and E rich food in your diet such as strawberries, broccolis, kiwi, guavas, orange, raspberry and nuts. The vitamin C and E rich food helps in easy digestion of food by boosting up your metabolism level to a faster rate.
Depend more on soupy diet
Include things in your diet which are easily consumable and digestible. Prefer having liquid or soupy meal in your daily diet like juice, vegetable soup, lentil soup, tomato soup and water.
Coconut water
Coconut water also helps in detoxifying your body and protects it from bacteria, germs, virus and infections. In case of chikungunya infection, it also works greatly in eliminating the effect of virus because of the rich content of nutrients and potassium minerals present in it.
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