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Saturday 21 May 2022
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The American Center for Disease Control revealed the most prominent symptoms of “monkeypox”, following the rare disease made its way to the United States of America, where a case of “monkeypox” was reported, following a patient was admitted to a hospital in Massachusetts, and the patient had traveled Finally to Canada using private transportation.
Cases of monkeypox have been observed mostly in West and Central Africa, but additional cases have been seen in Europe, including the United Kingdom, and other parts of the world in recent years, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Control (CDC).
These cases are usually related to international travel or the import of smallpox infected animals, the agency said.
“At this time, we don’t want to worry people,” US General Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said, according to CNN’s New Day.
What are the initial symptoms of “monkeypox”?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Control (CDC) states that there is an incubation period of 7 to 14 days.
The initial symptoms are similar to those we encounter with influenza, such as heat, chills, fatigue, headache, and muscle weakness, followed by swollen lymph nodes, which help the body fight infection and disease.
“The feature that distinguishes monkeypox from smallpox is swollen lymph nodes,” the agency said.
Then a widespread rash appears on the face and body, extending to the inside of the mouth, the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.
The rash is usually painful, and is blisters of fluid surrounded by red circles.
The agency said that the pills peel and disappear within a period of two to three weeks.
How does monkeypox spread?
Experts say that close contact with an infected individual is what causes the monkeypox virus to spread.
“When the ulcers heal, the crust (which may carry an infectious virus) can fall off in the form of dust that can be inhaled,” Dr. Michael Skinner, a member of the College of Medicine’s Department of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London, explained in a statement.
“Monkeypox can be a serious infection, with a mortality rate of regarding 1% of other outbreaks,” said Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. lack of access to health care.”
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, common household disinfectants can kill the monkeypox virus.
Genesis of “monkeypox”
The name “monkeypox” came in 1958, when “a disease similar to smallpox broke out twice in research colonies of monkeys.”
The agency added that the main vector of “monkeypox” is still unknown, although “African rodents are suspected of playing a role in transmission.”
She explained that the first known case of “monkeypox” in humans “was recorded in 1970, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the period of intensive efforts to eradicate smallpox.”
The US Centers for Disease Control and Control said monkeypox re-emerged in Nigeria in 2017, following 40 years during which no cases of infection were reported.
Since then, more than 450 cases have been reported in Nigeria, and at least eight known cases have been exported internationally.
The agency said that an outbreak of the disease occurred in the United States in 2003, following 47 people became ill in six states, due to contact with pet prairie dogs.
“The pets became infected following being housed near small mammals imported from Ghana… This was the first time that human monkeypox had been reported outside Africa,” the agency said.
