How to identify a person with monkeypox? -Life health
Symptoms of monkeypox include headache, fever, lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), muscle pain, back pain, and weakness.
According to WHO, during the recent outbreak of monkey disease, from the first case detected in the UK on May 13 to May 25, the world recorded more than 158 cases of the disease, 117 cases. suspected in 19 countries and no deaths have been recorded.
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According to the Ministry of Health, WHO also defines cases of monkeypox specifically as follows:
– In case of doubt: Be a person of any age, residing in a country where monkeypox is not endemic, with an acute rash of unknown cause and one or more of the following signs and symptoms as of March 15, 2022: Headache, fever (> 38.5 degrees Celsius), lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), muscle pain, back pain, weakness.
– Possible cases: Is a suspected case and has one or more epidemiological factors: Direct contact with infected people; direct physical contact with skin or skin lesions, including sexual intercourse; or contact with contaminated items such as clothing, bedding or utensils of a possible or confirmed case of monkeypox in the 21 days prior to the onset of symptoms; a history of travel to countries where monkeypox is endemic within the 21 days prior to symptom onset; had multiple sex partners in the 21 days before the onset of symptoms; have a positive serological test for orthopoxvirus (in the absence of smallpox vaccination or exposure to other known strains of orthopoxvirus); have the above symptoms to the point of hospitalization.
– The case is determined: Is a suspected or possible case and has a positive RT-PCR test for monkeypox virus.
– Exclusions: A suspected or probable case with a negative RT-PCR test result for monkeypox virus. According to WHO recommendations, suspected cases of monkeypox should be investigated and, if diagnosed, isolated until the skin lesions of the infected person are dry, scaly, and completely healed. .
Symptoms of monkeypox include headache, fever, lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), muscle pain, back pain, and weakness.
The Department of Preventive Medicine, the Ministry of Health, requested that health facilities strengthen surveillance to detect suspected and possible cases of monkeypox (as defined by WHO). When detected, medical facilities immediately report to the Department of Health to coordinate with the institutes: Hygiene and Epidemiology, Pasteur to diagnose and confirm the case.
Symptoms of monkeypox usually include fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion, and a chickenpox-like rash on the hands and face. The illness usually lasts 2-4 weeks, and symptoms can appear anywhere on the body 5-21 days after infection. Symptoms of monkeypox at onset are usually fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, chills, exhaustion, and swollen lymph nodes. Once febrile, the typical clinical presentation of monkeypox is an itchy rash 1-3 days later, which usually begins as pustules on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body. body. The number of vesicles can range from a few to thousands. These pustules will “rip” up and then burst out very ugly. The pimple first emerges from a tiny flat nodule that becomes a vesicle (the inside of the pimple is filled with fluid), then becomes a pustule (the inside is filled with pus) and finally scabs over before disappearing. |
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