All of us wish to be 100% healthy which is the reason why we ensure that we always look after our bodies. At times, despite how attentive we are, we still get ill unexpectedly and this is what we want to prevent from taking place. Getting sick will not ever be fun, most notably if it comes without warning.
There are regularly health hazards everywhere and it can get frightening at times how life-threatening these risks can bring to lives.
This month, information about a specific sickness is spreading and it is already making headlines. People are warned but few of us are familiar with it, some have never even heard of it. This has been around for some time and is very normal in Central and West Africa.
This is Monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a particularly uncommon sickness and it is typically associated with fever, muscle soreness, and rash. Most patients will get better in a few weeks but there are extreme scenarios that have a significantly more perilous outcome.
There was a Monkeypox epidemic in 2017 but it only remained in Nigeria. It is presently a great concern that the disease is beginning to spread out in other areas of the globe.
Monkeypox is actually a zoonotic virus which is in the same family as smallpox however, it is much less dangerous and according to professionals, the possibility of infection are lowered. This was initially discovered in monkeys back in 1958. People were first diagnosed with Monkeypox back in 1970. The scenarios can be moderate or it can be deadly, and according to studies, there is a 10% fatality rate. This is already regarded as a serious quantity.
This virus can be passed on from animals to humans, and the other way around. They are transmitted by air or via body fluids. This suggests that by merely being in the same space with an infected person can spread the virus.
Having the sickness is unfrequent but it is crucial that we know about this illness particularly now that in the last two weeks, two unassociated cases have surfaced in the United Kingdom. These diagnoses were validated by the Public Health of England. Although these two individuals are unrelated, both of them fairly recently took a trip to Nigeria.
Nick Phin who is the Deputy Director of the National Infection Services acknowledges that this is an odd situation and they are trying to ensure that they keep this illness from spreading.
According to Phin, it is extremely abnormal to see that there are two reports in such a very short period of time.
They are now trying to contact the individuals, along with the healthcare professionals who could have come in contact with these sick patients in order to supply them with the info that they need to have about the disease, and also give them health tips.
Phin said, “It is likely that monkeypox continues to circulate in Nigeria and could, therefore, affect travelers who are returning from this part of the world.”
There are no announced cases of Monkeypox in the United States but it is incredibly vital to keep an eye out for the symptoms.
The United Kingdom is presently alerted about these individual cases because they are not exactly sure how many were exposed to the illness, but they are doing their absolute best to keep people from panicking.
