The most common symptoms of monkey pox [LIST]

Monkey pox has spread outside Africa since early May, where it is constantly present. So far, it has been diagnosed in nearly 100 people, in over a dozen countries, mainly European. And although experts indicate that it is not so easy to spread from person to person and is mild, it is worth recognizing it.

1. Monkey pox is an infectious zoonotic disease, characteristic mainly of central and western Africa. It was discovered in 1958.
2. The disease is caused by orthopoxviruses. It is closer to the smallpox that was eliminated over 40 years ago, which decimated the population for centuries. However, it has little to do with the easily contagious childhood disease – chicken pox
3. Cases of monkey pox from 13 Member States were reported to the World Health Organization from 21 to 12 May. That’s a total of 98 cases of this disease and 28 suspicions. No deaths have been recorded. No case has been confirmed in Poland so far
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Monkey pox – what do you need to know about it?

Monkey pox is an infectious zoonotic disease. It was discovered in a Danish laboratory in 1958 in macaques brought from Singapore for polio vaccine research.

The disease is usually mild. The infected person heals completely after a few weeks. It is caused by orthopoxviruses. Monkey pox is poorly transmitted from person to person. He must come into close contact with or come into contact with objects that have residual discharge from blisters forming on the patient’s body. The virus enters the body through damaged skin, respiratory tract or mucous membranes.

This pathogen is transmitted to humans mainly by rodents (most often squirrels and rats), less often – despite the name – monkeys. The latter animals are carriers of the smallpox virus, just like humans, and not its reservoir, i.e. the organism in which it multiplies.

Monkey pox – symptoms

In the initial stage of the disease, the following appear:

1. fever
2. muscle aches
3. headaches
4. back pain
5. chills
6. fatigue

The patient also develops enlargement of the lymph nodes (this is different from chickenpox). Often times, within one to three days of the onset of fever, a rash develops first on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body, including the hands and feet. Initially, they are spots that turn into lumps, vesicles, pustules, and crusts. There may be several such changes, but also hundreds and thousands. Skin lesions appear at the same stage, unlike chicken pox.

After completing the treatment, the skin should be properly cared for. For this purpose, order Mediskin Medisil Cream, hypoallergenic regenerating cream for irritation, with cleansing, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, softening and smoothing properties.

Monkey pox – pay particular attention to these two symptoms

London Public Health Director, prof. Kevin Fenton on an official UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) profile asked “everyone, especially gay and bisexual men, to watch out for any unusual rashes or blister-like lesions.”

“At this point, we ask everyone to be aware of the signs and symptoms which include – rashes around the mouth as well as around the genitals,” he said.

Great Britain was the country where the first case of monkey pox was detected. Information about him was released on May 7 this year. Since then, nearly 100 patients have been diagnosed in several countries outside Africa, where the disease is considered endemic, i.e. it occurs constantly.

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