The O’Higgins Health Department, Dr. Carolina Torres Pinto confirmed this Friday the second infection of monkeypox in our region, the infected person would be in the Regional Hospital being evaluated to see if he continues his treatment in the health center or complete the 21 days of isolation in a health residence.
This contagion would correspond to the partner of the first case diagnosed in O’Higgins.
It is necessary to clarify that the so-called monkeypox is a generally benign disease, whose symptoms usually resolve spontaneously. The symptoms can manifest with acute skin rash on the hands and feet, lesions that could occur in the genital, perineal or perianal area and that can first affect the face and then spread to the rest of the body. Also, suffer from headache, fever above 38.5 ° C, muscle pain, back pain, feeling of exhaustion and swollen lymph nodes.
The time it takes for the first signs and symptoms to appear after exposure to the virus can range from 6 to 13 days, with ranges between 5 to 21 days, which would be the average incubation period.
Infection, meanwhile, is caused mainly by direct or indirect contact with blood, skin lesions or mucous membranes of infected people or animals, with droplets exhaled from a person with the virus, with objects recently contaminated with the patient’s fluids, such as towels or sheets, and through sexual intercourse.
It is important that if the person presents any manifestation of the disease, they can consult their Cesfam, SAPU or hospital emergency service, especially if they have traveled abroad.