Listen! This Is The Difference Between Symptoms Of Monkeypox, Waterpox And Campak

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JAKARTA - Health practitioners who specialize in dermatology, venereology, and aesthetics, doctor Ni Luh Putu Pitawati, explained the difference in symptoms of monkeypox, chickenpox, andembike. Monkeypox is characterized by symptoms in the form of fever with a body temperature of more than 38 degrees Celsius and a rash after one to three days. "In chickenpox, fever is up to 39 degrees Celsius with a rash after zero to two days. Meanwhile, Measles, high fever is up to 40.5 degrees Celsius with a rash after two to four days," he said in a seminar on monkeypox prevention which was followed online from Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, October 22. According to him, the types of rashes of symptoms of monkeypox, chickenpox, andembike are different. In monkeypox, the rash that appears can be in the form of macula (taxes with different colors and sizes of up to 0.5 cm) and papula (solid lesions and arises with sizes of up to 0.5 cm), vesicles (potles with liquid), pustula (ples similar to lepto wounds containing pusah), and crusts (dryed up on the wound). Putu said that monkeypox gives rise to the same type of rash throughout the body in the acute phase (0-5 days first) and the eruption phase (1-3 days after the fever). Meanwhile, in chickenpox, he said, the rash is only in the form of macular, papula, and vesicles in various phases. "Then, inlies, the type of rash is a non-vesicle rash in various phases," he said. Putu also stated that there were significant differences in the development of rashes caused by monkeypox, chickenpox, andembike. According to him, in monkeypox sufferers, the development of rash occurs slowly (3-4 weeks) while in people with chickenpox andembikes the development of rash is considered fast, occurring in a matter of days. He said that the three diseases also caused different rash distributions. In monkeypox, he said, the distribution of rashes started from the head, was denser on the face and limbs, and appeared on the palms of the hands and feet. As for chickenpox, he continued, the distribution of rashes begins from the head, is dense in the body, and does not appear on the palms of the hands and feet. "In Measles, the distribution of rashes begins in the head and spreads downwards and can reach the hands and feet," he said. In addition, Putu explained the distinctive appearance of each disease. Monkeypox has the appearance of lymph nophates (swelling of lymph nodes), waterpox has an itching rash, andterus has a coplic spot, a white spot that appears in the mouth area. Separately, the Health Transformation Technical Staff of the Ministry of Health Ngabila Salama said that the government had carried out management of monkeypox to prevent and overcome the spread of the monkeypox virus. "The Indonesian Ministry of Health and the DKI Provincial Government have appointed (detection), prevent (prevent), and respond (response) to prevent the outbreak," he said.

Ngabila appealed to the public to adopt a clean and healthy lifestyle to avoid transmission of monkeypox, including wearing masks, washing hands with running water and soap after activities, avoiding skin contact and wounds, having sex safely, healthyly, and cleanly, and avoiding sexual intercourse if you are sick or symptomatic.