83.3 Percent Of Monkeypox Patients Turned Out To Be Men Having Sex With Others

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JAKARTA - Around 84.3 percent of monkeypox patients turned out to be men who had sexual contact with each other. Also, 6.5 percent were identified as bisexual. "She is very young 31-40 years old. Her dissemination is through sexual contact and sexual contact is risky without condoms," said dermatologist Dr. Hanny Nilasari, in a health webinar, reported by Antara, Thursday, November 2. Therefore, continued Hanny, health workers need to ask patients about their sexual history if they suspect there are cases suspected of being monkeypox or Monkeypox (Mpox). Symptoms of monkeypox usually begins with headaches followed by fever of more than 38 degrees Celsius and throat pain and enlargement of the lymph node, followed by a rash after a day or three. The appearance of a rash is in the form of a small number of red rashes, spread regionally, meaning for example in the arm area, then in the genital area, leg and others. "The rash distribution starts from the area of the head, denser in the face area and limbs, it can also appear in the palm area and the soles of the feet," said Hanny. This column is then followed by lennes and bintiles with pus on it and then a keropeng appears. At the time of the transition from rash to pusce, patients generally experience subjective symptoms in the form of pain or itching, then when there is a keropeng, generally the itching taste is felt. Hanny explained that this symptom is different from chickenpox which is usually marked by fever up to 39 degrees Celsius, then the rash that appears at one time can manifest a lot, namely it can be in the form of redness, bintil, lenting, and this is in various phases. "The rash development is fast enough for Varicella (waterpox) and will quickly develop into a keropeng in a few days. The rash distribution is denser in the body area and then spreads to the arm area and lower leg," he explained. He added that the rash on chickenpox is generally followed by subjective itching. The mortality rate due to this disease is very rare, especially in children.