Monkeypox in 5 minutes

Rapid review of essential facts on monkeypox Monkeypox Key facts https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/monkeypox Cases around the world, therefore sped for past few weeks Severe cases occur more commonly among children https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/20/monkeypox-outbreak-doubles-health-authorities-set-announce-11/ Transmission Contact with an infected animal or human Respiratory droplets Lesions Skin contact Broken skin Bodily fluids Mucous membranes Contaminated materials, bed linens, clothing, towels Fomites NHSE High Consequence Infection Diseases (airborne) Network / WHO Incubation, 6 to 13 days https://www.gov.uk/government/news/monkeypox-case-confirmed-in-england-1 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/monkeypox/ https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON381 https://www.who.int/emergencies/outbreak-toolkit/disease-outbreak-toolboxes/monkeypox-outbreak-toolbox An acute illness with fever more than 38.3⁰C (101⁰F) Chills Intense headache Prodromal lymphadenopathy Back pain and muscle aches Myalgia and intense asthenia Followed one to three days later by a progressively developing rash, often beginning on the face (most dense), and then spreading elsewhere on the body, including soles of feet and palms of hands. Symptomatic, then rash, 1 to 5 days after first symptoms The rash changes and goes through different stages before finally forming a scab, which later falls off. (can look like chickenpox or syphilis) Starts as raised spots, forming into fluid filled blisters, then scabs which fall off Lesions can be very itchy or painful Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices