hope u got what chikun ganya is. it spreads my mosquitoes. and the pain and joint inflammation as said by aisha kb, persist from weeks to months. usually symptomatic treatment with some antibiotic course will be given. to prevent the joint pains and stiffness, patient should be active like just warming up the body with simple exercises once in every 4 hours involving all the muscles around the joints and taking good diet in regular intervals. this improves the patient's condition.