According to research published in the British Medical Journal on Thursday, people with monkeypox are showing symptoms that aren't usually associated with the disease, meaning they could be missed by clinicians.
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People who have been bitten by monkeypox are more likely to report rectal pain and penile swelling than people who haven't been bitten.
All but one of the 197 people with confirmed monkeypox infections were men and all of them had sex with men.
Most of the men were hospitalized for rectal pain or penile swelling.
Not typical symptoms of monkeypox were reported by 9 and 22 participants.
The researchers warned that the symptoms could be mistaken for other diseases and that they could help explain how the outbreak became so widespread.
Fourteen percent. Some of the cases did not meet the definition of a probable monkeypox case. Almost half had symptoms and disease progressions that were not in line with the UKHSA definition of probable cases.
Some people are having new symptoms of monkeypox, and experts don't know why. It is possible that the disease has changed and that the way in which it is transmitted may be a factor. Data shows that the current global outbreak is almost entirely caused by transmission among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. While the disease is not known to be sexually transmitted, the outbreak is being driven by sexual contact and the WHO recently advised members of this group to consider reducing their number of sexual partners Reports from the current outbreak point to higher rates of skin damage in the genitals and anal areas than was expected from previous outbreaks.
Most of the world ignores Monkeypox, which has been known for decades but has only been seen in a few areas of Central and Western Africa. It is thought that the virus is in a rodents. It doesn't spread easily and can be spread from close proximity. There is a shortage of vaccine and treatments for monkeypox but they are available. The World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency due to the rapid worldwide spread of the disease. Almost all of the countries that have not previously reported monkeypox have reported at least one confirmed case this year. The majority of these are in the US. The testing figures are likely to be much higher.
Doctors Warn says that the symptoms of monkeypox look different in recent cases than previous ones.
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