𝙏𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙁𝙡𝙪

What is Tomato flu that is spreading in India? Symptoms and treatment

Find out the symptoms and treatment options for the tomato flu which medical experts have termed "very contagious".

Medical experts in India are battling the spread of yet another virus in the country. According to a Lancet study revealed on Saturday, India has recorded as many as 82 cases of tomato flu or tomato fever since the virus was first reported in Kerala on May 6.

According to the study, the common infectious disease targeting mostly children aged one to five years and immunocompromised adults could also be a new variant of hand, foot, and mouth disease. Some case studies have even shown hand, foot, and mouth disease in immunocompetent adults, said the study.

WHAT IS TOMATO FLU?

The tomato flu was first identified in Kerala's Kollam district on May 6, 2022. The study said the tomato flu virus shows symptoms similar to those of Covid-19 but the virus is not related to SARS-CoV-2. Rather than a viral infection, tomato flu could be an after-effect of chikungunya or dengue fever in children. 

WHAT IS TOMATO FLU?

The tomato flu was first identified in Kerala's Kollam district on May 6, 2022. The study said the tomato flu virus shows symptoms similar to those of Covid-19 but the virus is not related to SARS-CoV-2. Rather than a viral infection, tomato flu could be an after-effect of chikungunya or dengue fever in children.

The flu was named on the basis of the eruption of red and painful blisters throughout the body that gradually enlarge to the size of a tomato. 

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨? 

The primary symptoms observed in children with tomato flu are similar to those of chikungunya, which include high fever, rashes, and intense pain in joints. Some of its symptoms like body aches, fever and fatigue are similar to those experienced by Covid-19 patients. Other symptoms include joint swelling, nausea, diarrhoea, dehydration, joint aches and high fever. In some cases, patients also reported the development of rashes on their skin.

The study added that 𝙏𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙡𝙪 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙮𝙖, 𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚. 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨.

"𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙", 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮. 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝘿𝙄𝘼𝙂𝙉𝙊𝙎𝙄𝙎

𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙮𝙖, 𝙯𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙨, 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖-𝙯𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙨. 𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙.

𝙏𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙡𝙪 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙮𝙖, 𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚. 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨.

"𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙", 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮. fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, dehydration, swelling of joints, body aches, and common influenza-like symptoms, which are similar to those manifested in dengue.