Introduction
Monkeypox can be spread through skin to skin contact or through sex. The best way to mitigate the spread of Monkeypox is by isolating any positive testers so they can heal throughout the process. In this report, I will be identifying what monkeypox is, the symptoms and solutions to mitigate the monkeypox virus.
What Is Monkeypox
Monkeypox is a rare disease that has recently had an outbreak. This outbreak began in the United kingdom. Monkeypox is similar to smallpox but milder and it rarely is fatal. Monkeypox was first found as a disease inside of a colony of monkeys. Soon, it was realised that monkeys could infect humans with this disease. Monkeypox typically appears the most in central and western africa. As well as animals, humans can also pass it onto other humans. Monkeypox can be transferred through close contact with rashes or sore skin. You can also transfer it by sneezing or coughing. Contaminated objects such as towels could transfer the disease as well. It isn’t just monkeys that can catch the disease. Squirrels, rats and non-human primates can carry this disease or pass it on. There are multiple ways you could gain the disease from these animals. You can gain it through direct contact with blood, body fluids or mucosal lesions from infected animals.
Symptoms Of Monkeypox
The main symptom of monkeypox is gaining a rash near your genitals. This rash will go through several stages including spreading, scabs and more before it begins to heal. At the start of the rash, it will initially begin to look like blisters or pimples. These beginning rashes may be painful or itchy. With the monkeypox, you may begin to gain a fever, headaches and some flu-like symptoms with your rash. These may come before the rash but it is more likely to get the rash first. With a headache, you may begin to feel aches in your back, muscles and you might get joint pains from time to time. Along with the symptoms mentioned, you will gain chills, feel exhaustion and start getting swollen lymph nodes. These symptoms may end up appearing when the fever-like symptoms do. With the rash, throughout the monkeypox virus, the rash will begin to spread to your arms and legs. The rash may also infect the perianal while it spreads.
The Beginning Of Monkeypox
Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958. This was discovered when two outbreaks of pox-like diseases spread throughout colonies of monkeys. The source of the virus is unknown but it was first found inside of monkey’s which had been kept for research. However, the first human case of monkeypox was not recorded until 1970. Prior to the 2022 outbreak, monkeypox had just been reported in several central and western African countries. Historically, monkeypox from outside of the central and western countries, cases have rarely occurred in countries like the United States. Usually if there is a case there, it would be from international travel or just importation of animals. Until the recent 2022 outbreak, monkeypox has not been shown to be a danger in countries like Canada, the United States, or Europe. In a laboratory, monkeys were discovered to be containing a viral disease called monkeypox. In 1958 these monkeys were the first of the disease. As it soon spread to humans, it was most affecting people living in central and western african countries. This most of the time affected children dangerously as they have had a mortality rate as high as 10 percent in some outbreaks.
The 2022 Outbreak Of Monkeypox
On 6th of may 2022, monkeypox infections were confirmed in England. The outbreak has been in men with gay or bisexual sexualities who have sex with men. As of August 1st 2022, 2,672 confirmed cases of monkeypox and 87 highly probable cases had been discovered across the United Kingdom. On May 18th 2022, the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the US and Canada was found. The confirmed case was from a man who was from Boston, Massachusetts. He had travelled to Canada, where the virus was reported the following day. He was hospitalised in Boston, where he tested positive becoming the first man in the U.S to have the monkeypox. The 2022 monkeypox outbreak has rapidly spread across North American and European nations. These parts of the world are very unusual for the monkeypox to occur. Europe has reported 80% of confirmed infections worldwide in 2022. The United States has more than 2,500 cases of monkeypox so far across 44 states. Monkeypox for now is moderate globally, but the threat is high in Europe.
Solutions To Help Mitigate The Outbreak
To mitigate the spread of monkeypox, avoid handling clothes, sheets, blankets or other materials that have been contaminated by an infected animal or human with monkeypox. People who have monkeypox must be isolated from people who have tested negative and are healthy. Remember to wash your hands after coming into contact with any infected person or animal who has caught the monkeypox. You can catch monkeypox not just by intimate contact, you can also catch it from skin to skin contact. It is even possible to catch it from someone in a large crowd of people like at a show or concert. Fully covering your body with clothing would help you to reduce the risk of catching monkeypox from skin to skin contact. Another way to reduce the risk of monkeypox is by having less intimate moments. This can be by just having less sexual relations so you don’t catch monkeypox from someone who doesn’t even know they have it. By doing this, it will lower your overall risk of catching monkeypox when you’re having intimate moments.
Conclusion
To end off this report I’d like to state this. In conclusion, The best way to mitigate the spread of Monkeypox is by isolating any positive testers so they can heal throughout the process. By isolating the positive testers, it will let them heal from the symptoms they will find in the disease. Giving them 2-4 weeks to isolate will be the best option as the virus will wear off after that time period.
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