Al-Marsad Newspaper: Director of the Saudi Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Jeddah, Nizar Bahbari, revealed that the rash caused by smallpox usually appears on the hands and soles of the feet, and that fever along with it, and that it can turn painful. wounds.
Bahbari said the disease can lead to complications such as coughing and sensory disturbances, but deaths are rare.
Bahbari explained in his interview with MBC that mosaicism can be transmitted through contact with clothing or droplets, but the people who are most at risk of infection are those who have unprotected sex with infected people.
He emphasized that there was no need to stigmatize the infected person for having sexual relations with an infected person, since the infection could be the result of close contact or handling of the clothes and bedding of a sick person.
He said that air traffic can be a way of sending diseases between countries, especially when passengers on long flights up to 3 hours are with infected people.
Bahbari said it is important to take proper health care, asking to visit a specialist doctor if there is an infection. He also advised people close to the infected person to get vaccinated to protect against the disease.
2024-08-17 12:34:50
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