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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on Tuesday about identifying monkeypox during the outbreak.
Traditionally, people with monkey pox have developed fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, and muscle aches.
The symptoms are followed by a rash that starts on their face or mouth and then spreads to other parts of their body – especially the hands and feet.
However, in some recent cases, patients first developed a rash in the mouth or around the genitals or anus.
And instead of widespread rashes, some patients saw scattered or localized lesions in areas other than the face, hands, or feet.
Sometimes flu-like symptoms developed after the rash, but other people didn’t have those symptoms at all.
Scientists have warned of unusual symptoms in US patients not previously associated with the virus.
Some patients have reported pain in or around the anus and rectum, rectal bleeding, proctitis (painful inflammation of the lining of the rectum), or a feeling of needing to have a bowel movement even though the bowel is empty.
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