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One risk of monkeypox infection
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29 July 2022 19:25
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Smallpox monkeys are prepared to erupt all the time.
And finally, Thailand found a second case of smallpox monkey pox, which was the first Thai to suffer from monkeypox.
After finding the first patient in Phuket
I am a Nigerian man
West African strain
which is less severe than the Central African species
Although the second case of smallpox monkey pox in Thailand has not been confirmed which species it is.
And experts in the medical field urge people not to panic.
because it is not as easy to contact as with COVID
But be more careful.
When monkey pox has spread in Thailand
From examining the history of smallpox patients
who is a 47-year-old Thai man living in Bangkok
and before having smallpox
have had homosexual sex with foreigners
But there is no link to the Nigerian patient.
The other 10 people in close contact with the Thai man are currently being tested.
and observe symptoms for 21 days
While the Ministry of Public Health continues to give smallpox to monkeys.
is a contagious disease
due to the current situation in Thailand
Dangerous communicable diseases have not yet been defined under the Communicable Diseases Act B.E. 2558, while the World Health Organization.
has declared monkey pox a public health emergency of international concern.
This is the highest warning level.
After the outbreak has spread in more than 70 countries around the world.
Case of a Thai man with monkey pox
Even more reinforcing that homosexual sex
or men love men
It is another risk of contracting monkeypox infection.
Although at the moment smallpox monkey
It has not been officially classified as a sexually transmitted disease.
and the World Health Organization
came out to introduce men who love men
to reduce the change of sexual partners
after the number of infected people has increased around the world
from the New England Journal of Medicine report.
A study published on July 21, 2022 found that of the 528 monkeypox cases of monkeypox between April 27 and April 24 in 16 countries, 98% of them were Gay or bisexual, the median age of 38, who is working age, has changed an average of five sex partners in three months, and 41 percent were also infected with HIV.
The transmission was found to be 95% likely to occur while having sex, with 95 percent having a blistering skin rash after smallpox infection.
and found around three-quarters of the anus or genitals, or 73 percent, while 41 percent had mucosal, of which 54 had a single genital blister rash.
As for the symptoms found before the rash appeared, 62% had fever, 41 percent had lethargy, 31 percent had muscle pain, 27 percent had a headache, and 56 percent had enlarged lymph nodes.
and other sexually transmitted diseases were found in 109 of 377 cases or 29 percent.
In addition, 23 cases had an incubation period of about seven days, and between 3 to 20 days, 29 of the 32 cases of virus DNA were found in the semen, and 13 per cent, or 70, had to be hospitalized.
21 cases of severe pain in the anus and genital organs, 18 have recurrent tissue infections, 5 have pharyngitis, 2 have eye abnormalities, 2 have kidney problems, 2 have myocarditis and 13 others. for disease control
but no deaths.
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