4. Joint Pain
Joint pain can come and go like the wind and the rain. It can be ball and socket joints or hinge joints that feel the effects of this early warning sign. It can be there at night time and completely gone in the day time, or visa versa. When joint pain is an early sign of Zika, it usually builds slowly, from a nagging ache right up to searing discomfort and pain.
The pain could be felt in any joint in the body and will usually be painful in the joint site itself, as well as in the surrounding structures. For instance, with knee pain, a person can affect to feel the pain in both their upper and lower leg, as well as in the muscles and ligaments which support the joint’s integrity and function. Not a particularly common later symptom of Zika, joint pain serves its purpose well as a very early precursor to more troubling developments.