Many questions arose during this period regarding the symptoms of monkeypox, regarding a few hours following the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced that it had decided to isolate the first case infected with this disease, and this was following the discovery of his infection through the epidemiological surveillance procedures carried out by the ministry, and then He was isolated inside a hospital affiliated with the Ministry of Health, which is designated to isolate those infected with this disease.
Egypt announces the isolation of the first case of monkeypox
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that the patient who was isolated due to monkeypox is a 42-year-old who has obtained residency in a European country and is frequented by it continuously, noting that the patient’s health condition is very stable.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, indicated that whoever is infected with monkeypox transmits the virus to only one person, stressing that the rates of infection with this disease in the Middle East are very few, and Egypt is following the situation through a strong and advanced health system through continuous epidemiological monitoring procedures. .
What are the symptoms of monkeypox?
According to what was announced by medical sources, the symptoms of monkeypox are headache and fever, as well as muscle and back pain, a feeling of weakness and weakness continuously, and swelling of the lymph nodes, and this is in addition to the appearance of a rash that can last for two or three weeks at the latest. .
The World Health Organization has confirmed that the symptoms of monkeypox disappear following two or three weeks, noting that the symptoms disappear on their own or with obtaining the necessary medical care.
