AYURVED & MODERN PERSPECTIVE OF DENGUE FEVER (DANDAKA JWARA)
Rahul Panditrao Surnar*, Avinash Deshmukh and Deepali Amle
ABSTRACT
Dengue fever is a Viral disease,which spreads to the people through the bite of an infected Aedes Species (Aedes Aegypti or Aedes albopictus) mosquito. Dengue virus belongs to the family of Flaviviridae,having four serotypes that spread by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue is common in more than 100 countries around the globe. Modern medicine does not have any specific treatment for this disease.Whatever treatment is available that is based on the signs & symptoms in this disease. In Ayurveda,Dengue fever can be correlated with Dandaka Jwara,which means joint pain.Because of this,it is also known as Breakbone fever. As there is no treatment of Dengue fever in modern science ,Ayurveda can be very useful in managing the disease. But for this thorough understanding of Dengue fever from both the perspective i.e Modern as well as Ayurved is necessary.
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