Monkeypox is registered in more and more countries around the world. To date, more than 80 cases have been confirmed in at least 12 countries. There are cases in the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel and the United Kingdom.
In unexplained hepatitis in children, the cases also continue to grow. There, in some cases, the disease is severe and with many complications, sometimes requiring a liver transplant.
Monkeypox
“The name of the measles comes from the fact that in 1959 it was registered for the first time among monkeys at the Copenhagen Zoo,” Prof. Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev told bTV. However, he said that monkeys rarely get the disease.
“Small rodents, mice and rats are a natural reservoir, and the disease is common in Africa,” he added.
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“There is two subspecies of the virus in humans. One has a mortality rate of 10% and the other has a mortality rate it is very low. The cases registered so far in the West are it is from the second option“It is genetically proven,” Kantardzhiev said.
Infection occurs through very close contact with a sick person, as well as through intimate contact. Infection can also occur contact with clothes, towels or objects touched by a sick person.
The disease proceeds as follows – from 7 to 14 days after contact the first symptoms appear. These include fever, muscle and back pain, headache and most of all – very red throat. “It is important to know that, unlike smallpox, which is thought to be extinct and dangerous to humans, monkeypox there is swelling of the lymph nodes“, Explains Kantardzhiev.
“Then the first forms of skin rash appear. First it is a red spot, then it rises above the level of the skin, a bubble of liquid forms, which bursts over time. After a few days a crust appears, a when the crusts fall off, the patient is no longer infected“, Said Kantardzhiev.
The expert added that a special antiviral drug is used for treatment, with mandatory registration in the RHI, monitoring of contact and mandatory quarantine of 21 days.
“Intensified border control should be carried out, close contact with people who are potentially sick should be avoided, as well as common clothes, towels and others should be used,” Kantardzhiev added.
According to the professor, the reason the disease is spreading to the West at the moment is that people have started to travel more after the coronavirus and are not protected.
Unexplained hepatitis in children
Prof. Kantardjiev commented that unexplained hepatitis is not uncommon. “We have several cases a year with hepatitis that is not caused by the five hepatitis viruses. “It’s usually caused by either hepatropic viruses or bacteria,” he said.
Suspecting new unexplained hepatitis in children, Kantardjiev said he had a protocol from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to diagnose the disease accurately.
“For most people, the disease passes and goes. They are being discharged from hospitals and only then are they announced to the mass media, “Kantardzhiev said.
In 10% of patients there may be complications. “The most important thing for parents is to watch for yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, the urine darkens and the stools turn white like clay. Then you must go to the doctor, and the hospital must rule out the five hepatitis viruses in the laboratory and notify the RHI, “said Kantardzhiev.
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