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September 18, 2024
Empox confirmed
A person under treatment with symptoms of pox in Malappuram has been diagnosed with the disease. A 38-year-old man from the UAE was diagnosed with empox. Those arriving here from other countries should seek treatment if they have symptoms. The information should also be reported to the health department.
Treatment and isolation facilities are available at the following hospitals of the Health Department. Phone numbers of nodal officers are also provided. Apart from this, treatment facilities are provided in all medical colleges.
What is Empox ?
Initially, empox was a zoonotic disease transmitted from animals to humans. But now it is a direct human-to-human disease. Although less severe, empox symptoms resemble those of smallpox, an orthopoxvirus infection that was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980.
Disease transmission
M pox is not an airborne disease like covid or H1N1 influenza. The risk of infection is high by coming face-to-face with an infected person, direct skin-to-skin contact, sexual intercourse, touching bed and clothing, not following safety standards, etc.
Symptoms
Initial symptoms include fever, severe headache, swelling of the sinuses, back pain, muscle pain, and lack of energy. Blisters and red spots begin to appear on the body within a week of the onset of fever. Most blisters are found on the face and limbs. Apart from this, they are also found on the palms, genitals and eyes.
Defense
People who come into close contact with sick people without following established safety measures can get empox. Health care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed virus infection and those handling infected person's secretions should take recommended infection control precautions to avoid transmission.
https://minister-health.kerala.gov.in/എംപോക്സ്-സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചു/
September 18, 2024
Empox confirmed
A person under treatment with symptoms of pox in Malappuram has been diagnosed with the disease. A 38-year-old man from the UAE was diagnosed with empox. Those arriving here from other countries should seek treatment if they have symptoms. The information should also be reported to the health department.
Treatment and isolation facilities are available at the following hospitals of the Health Department. Phone numbers of nodal officers are also provided. Apart from this, treatment facilities are provided in all medical colleges.
What is Empox ?
Initially, empox was a zoonotic disease transmitted from animals to humans. But now it is a direct human-to-human disease. Although less severe, empox symptoms resemble those of smallpox, an orthopoxvirus infection that was declared eradicated worldwide in 1980.
Disease transmission
M pox is not an airborne disease like covid or H1N1 influenza. The risk of infection is high by coming face-to-face with an infected person, direct skin-to-skin contact, sexual intercourse, touching bed and clothing, not following safety standards, etc.
Symptoms
Initial symptoms include fever, severe headache, swelling of the sinuses, back pain, muscle pain, and lack of energy. Blisters and red spots begin to appear on the body within a week of the onset of fever. Most blisters are found on the face and limbs. Apart from this, they are also found on the palms, genitals and eyes.
Defense
People who come into close contact with sick people without following established safety measures can get empox. Health care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed virus infection and those handling infected person's secretions should take recommended infection control precautions to avoid transmission.
https://minister-health.kerala.gov.in/എംപോക്സ്-സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചു/
