{"id":2712,"date":"2022-12-02T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2022-12-02T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T02:00:14","slug":"the-complete-guide-to-monkeypox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.co.uk\/blog\/the-complete-guide-to-monkeypox\/","title":{"rendered":"The complete guide to monkeypox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when countries began putting COVID-19 behind them, there\u2019s a new disease in the headlines: \u201cmonkeypox\u201d. Common in remote parts of Central and West Africa, monkeypox cases have been confirmed in a<\/span>\u00a0number of countries outside the region<\/span><\/a> – including<\/span> the UK<\/span><\/a>, and are raising a lot of questions about the disease. If you too are unsure about what monkeypox is and how the disease spreads, then continue reading this<\/span> Pacific Prime UK<\/span><\/a> article.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is monkeypox?<\/span><\/h2>\n

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), <\/span>monkeypox<\/span><\/a> is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. The virus belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus, which also includes the variola virus (which causes smallpox), vaccinia virus (used in the smallpox vaccine) and cowpox virus. First discovered in 1958 in colonies of monkeys kept for research, the first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mpox is the new term for monkeypox<\/span><\/h3>\n

As of November 2022, mpox is the preferred term for monkeypox as stated by the World Health Organisation (WHO)<\/a>. The name change is a result of scientists and experts asking for a novel term since the latest outbreak to prevent discrimination and stigma that could cause people to avoid testing and vaccination. WHO mentioned that the term \u2018monkeypox\u2019 will remain searchable in the International Classification of Diseases and both names will continue to be used simultaneously for a one-year period while the original term is phased out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Symptoms of monkeypox<\/span><\/h3>\n

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has come up with a <\/span>list of monkeypox symptoms<\/span><\/a> for persons of any age residing in a country where monkeypox isn\u2019t endemic. If you have an unexplained acute rash AND any of the below symptoms, it\u2019s a suspected case of monkeypox.<\/span><\/p>\n