What is monkeypox? How to prevent it?

Monkeypox, it seems that the name has something to do with monkeys. In fact, as early as 1958, it was found that monkeypox virus can cause diseases similar to human smallpox in experimental macaques, which is called monkeypox, hence the name monkeypox virus.

Later, Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at UCLA, said that the name "monkeypox" was actually a misnomer and should be called "rodent pox". In fact, monkeys are not the main virus carriers, and this virus may persist in squirrels, kangaroos, Dormice or other rodents.

Let's have a look. What is monkeypox? In fact, monkeypox is a viral disease caused by monkeypox virus infection. At present, such cases have been found in11countries and regions around the world.

Just today, official website, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced that two cases of monkeypox were found in Beijing. Details are as follows:

Recently, medical institutions in Beijing reported two cases of monkeypox virus infection, one of which was an imported case and the other was an associated case of an imported case. Both cases were infected through close contact. After the case was discovered, the municipal and district health and disease control departments quickly carried out traceability and medical treatment. At present, 2 patients are being treated in isolation in designated hospitals, and their condition is stable.

Knowing the concept of monkeypox, how to prevent it in daily life and how to do it? Please remember the following points:

Avoid contact with the source of infection The main source of infection of monkeypox virus is rodents infected with monkeypox virus. In addition, monkeys and other primates may become the source of infection after infection. If you know the source of infection, you should try to avoid contact.

There are many ways to contact. Usually, people can get infected by touching respiratory secretions, pathological exudates, blood and other body fluids of infected animals, or being bitten or scratched by infected animals. Contact between people is mainly spread through close contact, but long-term close contact can also spread through droplets. If it is during pregnancy, it may also be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta.

Therefore, to avoid close contact with people suffering from monkeypox, sexual contact, especially male-to-male contact, is very risky. It is also necessary to avoid direct contact with wild animals in high-incidence countries, such as catching, slaughtering and raw food.

Do a good job in household disinfection protection. You can wipe and disinfect high-frequency contact parts at home, such as wardrobes and articles, with disinfectant wipes or 75% alcohol every day. As a matter of fact, it is the Yang Er period in COVID-19, so we should do a good job of disinfection to avoid being infected with this virus.

Finally, everyone should make time for proper aerobic exercise to enhance the body's immunity. For example, skipping rope, running, climbing mountains and doing yoga are all good methods.

Know how to prevent it, and then further understand the symptoms, incubation period and clinical manifestations of monkeypox, so that it is easier and better understood:

Usually the incubation period of the disease is 6- 13 days, and the longest is 2 1 day. At the initial stage of human infection with monkeypox, the symptoms are fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, etc., and then it will develop into a large-scale rash on the face and whole body, and most of them will recover within a few weeks, but some infected people will have serious diseases.

After the above symptoms appear, the infection usually lasts for about a week, and then it will scab, and it is not contagious after the scab falls off. In most cases, the symptoms of monkeypox will disappear by themselves within 2-4 weeks.

In terms of treatment, monkeypox is a self-limiting disease, and there is no specific anti-monkeypox drug in China at present. Treatment is mainly symptomatic support treatment and complications treatment.

So, don't panic, as long as you do all kinds of prevention and pay attention to personal hygiene, you can effectively avoid the infection of this disease. Don't panic even if you are infected. Once you have a fever, a rash, etc. Go to a regular hospital in time and tell the doctor the epidemiological history, so as to facilitate early diagnosis and avoid delaying the illness.