What are the Symptoms and Treatment of Monkeypox

What is Monkeypox Virus?

Monkeypox is a disease that is caused by a virus named Monkey Pox. It is a viral infection and the disease has the tendency to spread by contacting wild animals. Human to-human transmission is due to contact with contaminated material like the bed or respiratory droplets.

The monkeypox virus is similar to the smallpox virus and is mostly found in West Africa and central Africa. The 1st case of the monkeypox virus is reported in 1970 in Congo. After that other monkeypox virus cases were reported in 11 African countries.

In the United States of America in the spring of 2003, some cases of the Monkeypox virus were reported. In Sep 2018 monkeypox case was reported in Israel and in Sep 2018 & December 2019 some cases were reported in the United Kingdom. The main reason for the virus in these countries is from Nigeria, African people who visited America and United Kingdom.

What are the Symptoms of Monkeypox?

Monkeypox is similar to smallpox, a disease that was eliminated in 1980, but is less transmissible, causes milder symptoms, and is less deadly.

If we see symptoms of Monkeypox it appears after 5 to 21 days of infection and remains for 2 to 4 weeks. Monkeypox signs typically start with a combination of fever, headaches, muscle aches, backache, chills, exhaustion, and swollen lymph nodes.

The last symptom is very helpful to doctors differentiate monkeypox from chickenpox or smallpox. Fever is the important feature of monkeypox with terrible rashes starting from the face and spreading all over the body within 1 to 3 days of the disease.

Transmission of Monkeypox

People can be affected by the Monkeypox virus when they have direct contact with an infected animal or contact with contaminated material or with an infected human. The virus passes in the body through wrecked skin, respiratory tract, or mucous membranes.

How Monkeypox can be Treated?

As monkeypox is spread due to monkeypox virus from animals there is no proper proven treatment available for monkeypox virus infection. To treat this virus smallpox vaccine, and vaccina immune globulin is mostly used.

Monkeypox Symptoms and Duration

At the initial stage of the disease patients suffer from fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, backache, chills, and exhaustion. A rash can grow, often starting on the face, then spread to other portions of the body, mainly the hands and feet.

Why do People Think Monkeypox Comes From Monkeys?

Monkeypox was primarily exposed in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like sickness happened in groups of monkeys reserved for study, hereafter the name monkeypox. In 1970 first human case of monkeypox was noted in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

What Happens if you get Monkeypox?

When a person is affected with the virus of monkeypox then after 12 days its symptoms show to the person affected by the virus, he can face fever, muscle aches, face backache, suffer from swollen lymph nodes, and feel discomfort, and exhaustion.

People Think Monkeypox is Highly Contagious.

Monkeypox virus has a 7-14 days incubation period and during this time monkeypox is not contagious. The incubation period can vary from 7-14 days to 5 to21 days.

Is Monkeypox Mortal?

Approximations of the death rate for monkeypox in Africa fluctuate from 1% to 15%. Young children are at higher risk of death and the mortality rate in unvaccinated children was 15-20%.

How can you save yourself from the Monkeypox Virus?

By adopting the following things, you can prevent yourself to be infected by the monkeypox virus.

• Do not touch or contact infected animal
• Take care of your hands, wash them when contacted with an affected animal or persons
• DO not use contaminated bed and material