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"United they were-in health and disease"

Along came a man, limping but not crying,
Behind him,a girl, her face reveals her agony,
A woman was at the back of the pack,
She seemed to be a cripple, the pain obvious on her face,
They belonged to the same family,
I was lost in thought for a while,
What would have brought a whole family to the doctor,
Is it scabies or tinea?
Or is it, hepatitis or chickenpox,
I am the doctor and I will have to diagnose
There I was sitting, bewildered,but determined to find the cause.
Hence I began to examine the man,and found Swelling around the knee,
He was febrile and appear to be tired,
There were patches on his face,
And gave a history of mosquito bites,
All his neighbours were affected too,
All others showed the same findings,
Soon came to the realization,
The vector is a mosquito and the signs are consistent with,
A viral etiology,
I ruled out all other causes and came to a solid diagnosis,
It was nothing other than Chikungunya.
United they were, in health and disease,
I was a happy man, having treated them as a family!

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