What is virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agents that replicate only inside the living cells of an organism.
Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms , including bactearia and archea.
Monkey pox virus
How monkey pox spreads
- When you are in close contact with someone who has the virus:
- Through direct contact with their rash, scabs, or body fluids
- By breathing in the virus during prolonged, face-to-face contact or during intimate physical contact such as kissing, cuddling, or sex
- From touching items (such as clothes, bedding, or towels) that were used by someone who has the virus
- During pregnancy, from the pregnant parent to the baby
- From infected animals:
- By being scratched or bitten by the animal
- By preparing or eating meat or using products from the animal.
After exposure, it may be several days to a few weeks before you develop symptoms. Early signs of monkeypox include flu-like symptoms like:
- Fever
- Chills
- Headach
- Muscleach
- Swollen lymph node.
After a few days, a rash often develops. The rash starts as flat, red bumps, which can be painful. Those bumps turn into blister which fill with pus. Eventually, the blisters crust over and fall off — the whole process can last two to four weeks.
There are steps you can take to help prevent monkeypox:
- Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with the monkeypox rash. So, while a person is sick with monkeypox:
- Do not touch their rash or scabs.
- Do not kiss, hug, cuddle, or have sex with them.
- Do not share eating utensils or cups with them.
- Do not touch the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person who has monkeypox.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, especially after contact with sick people.
- In Central and West Africa, avoid contact with animals that can spread monkeypox virus, such as rodents and primates. Also, avoid sick or dead animals, as well as any bedding or other materials they have touched.
Monkey pox virus usually takes 2-4 week to run its course.
It is a self limiting virus.
Is monkey pox virus is fatal
Usually the monkey pox virus is not fatal.
But it causes some complications like pneumonia and encephalitis.
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