Prevention and Awareness: Learn About the Smallpox Outbreak in Thailand and How to Protect Yourself

2023-07-07 04:57:38

Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Report on the situation of the outbreak of smallpox (monkey pox) in Thailand, found a cumulative total of 98 patients in June. 66 The number increased to 48 cases, or 2.3 times more common among men who have sex with men. There are risk factors for having sex with strangers. and not protected

For the prevention of infection, avoid having sex with strangers, avoid touching other people’s skin with blisters, rashes, pus, and avoid touching other people’s secretions such as saliva, blood and urine.

In this regard, observe the symptoms following touching the patient within 21 days and should be promptly examined by notifying symptoms and risk history as follows:

Early symptoms: patients will have fever, headache, back pain, muscle aches, extreme fatigue and enlarged lymph nodes.

Rash phase symptoms: After the fever, the rash often develops on the face. on the limbs than on the body, palms, soles, lining of the mouth, genitals and anus. and more anus

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