Treatment of chikungunya chronic arthritis: A systematic review.
Gabriella Maria Pitt Gameiro SalesIzabel Crystine Pereira BarbosaLaura Maia Sampaio Canejo NetaPaloma Lopes de MeloRaphael de Azevedo LeitãoHugo Moura de Albuquerque MeloPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2018)
When the manifestations of CHIK become chronic and, the longer they last, more complications arise. Polyarthralgia can be immaterial, distancing individuals from their daily-life activities. Anti-inflammatory drugs (either steroid or not), in addition to immunosuppressants, homeopathy and physiotherapy are measures of treatment that, according to the literature, have been successful in relieving or extinguishing symptoms. However, it is fundamental that studies of CHIK treatment be further developed.