Dos
- Isolate the sick person from others to prevent the disease from spreading.
- Use the hand
sanitisers . - Wash hands with soap and water.
- Cover your mouth with a mask and your hands with disposable gloves when approaching the patient.
- Use disinfectant to clean the surroundings.
No
- Avoid sharing bed linen, linens, clothing, towels, with other people, with people who have tested positive for the infection.
- Do not wash the linen or laundry of the patient and those of those who are not infected together.
- Avoid public events even if you are only showing symptoms of the disease.
“Do not stigmatize those who have had the virus and also suspected patients. Also, do not believe in any rumors or misinformation,” it said.
It also highlights that anyone can become infected with the virus if they have prolonged or repeated contact with an infected person.
Meanwhile, a task force on monkeypox has been established to closely monitor the emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to address the spread of the disease. .
It will also provide guidance to the government on expanding diagnostic facilities in the country and explore emerging trends related to vaccinations for the disease, official sources told PTI.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared monkeypox a global public health emergency of international concern.
According to the World Health Organization, monkeypox is a viral smallpox – a virus transmitted to humans from animals – with symptoms similar to smallpox although clinically less severe. more serious.
Monkeypox usually presents with fever, rash, and swollen lymph nodes and can lead to a range of medical complications. It is usually a self-limited illness with symptoms lasting two to four weeks.
The ‘Monkey Smallpox Management Guidelines’ issued by the Center state that human-to-human transmission occurs primarily through large respiratory droplets that often require prolonged close contact.
It can also be transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids or wounds, and indirect contact with wound material such as through contaminated clothing or linen of an infected person. Animal-to-human transmission can occur from the bite or scratch of an infected animal or through bush processing.
The incubation period is typically six to 13 days, and mortality from smallpox in monkeys has historically been up to 11% in the general population and higher in children. In more recent times, the mortality rate in this case is about 3 to 6 percent.
Symptoms include lesions that typically begin within one to three days of the onset of fever, last about two to four weeks, and are often described as painful until a healing stage when they become itchy. .
The guidelines say a notable predisposition to the palms and soles is characteristic of monkeypox.
(With agent input)
