Illustration – Monkeypox. Photo: ANTARA/HO-Sutterstock
jatim.jpnn.com, MALANG – Dermatologist Universitas Brawijaya (UB) Malang, dr Dhelya Widasmara, responds to the outbreak of monkeypox in a number of countries, especially after being declared a global health emergency by WHO.
He said symptoms monkey pox Humans are similar to chickenpox in general, but tend to be milder.
The difference, the presence of enlarged lymph nodes or commonly called lymphadenopathy.
“Symptoms and signs of monkeypox can be identified through several phases. First, the phase that shows prodromal symptoms,” said the woman who is also a skin specialist at RSSA Malang City, Thursday (28/7).
In this phase, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Indonesian Ministry of Health, patients will experience a fever accompanied by other symptoms.
These other symptoms, such as headaches that sometimes feel severe, muscle pain, back pain, swollen lymph nodes felt in the neck, armpits, or in the groin area, body heat and cold even fatigue, and weakness.
Then, the eruption phase occurs 1-3 after the prodromal phase. In the eruption phase, rashes or lesions appear on the skin.
“Usually, this rash or lesion starts from the face, then spreads to other parts of the body gradually,” said the doctor who is also familiarly called Lala.
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