The Municipal Health Department (SMS) confirmed this Friday (16) four new suspected cases of monkeypox (monkeypox) in Três Lagoas.Yesterday afternoon (15), three cases, which were under investigation by the Epidemiological Surveillance Sector (Vigep), confirmed positive in a laboratory test.With this, the city counts 04 positives of the disease.The suspects refer to two men, aged between 30 and 39 years old, another from 20 to 29 years old and 01 a child (female) from 00 to 09 years old, all with no travel history or contact with positive or suspected cases for the illness.The three new confirmed patients, who already had their cases under investigation by the sector, are all female, one aged between 20 and 29 years old, another between 40 and 49 years old and another between 10 and 19 years old, all without travel history or contact with positive or suspected cases of the disease.Thus, Três Lagoas records 17 reported cases, of which: 1 exported to the municipality/state, 8 discarded, 4 positive and 4 awaiting test results that are carried out by the Central Public Health Laboratory (Lacen) of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul.According to the Health Bulletin, Mato Grosso do Sul has 80 confirmed cases of the disease, among these, 51 residents have already been cured.There are 33 active cases and four probable cases.Also according to the information, 89.3% of confirmed cases are male, and 10.7% are female.about the diseaseAccording to the State Department of Health (SES), monkeypox is a disease caused by the virus of the genus Orthopoxvirus and the family Poxviridae.Although it is known to cause “monkey pox” or “simian smallpox”, it is a virus that infects rodents in Africa.However, apes are probably accidental hosts, as are humans.Also, due to a time when isolated cases occurred in monkeys in the wild, the name was misplaced.The first identification in these conditions occurred in 1958 in an outbreak of the disease in captive monkeys used in research.In 1970, the first human outbreak was reported in Africa.Smallpox vaccination, then routinely used at the time, protects against Monkeypox virus infection.However, the number and magnitude of outbreaks began to rise with the suspension of smallpox vaccination worldwide in the early 1980s.The number of susceptible people has since certainly increased every year.However, until May 2022, all outbreaks were restricted to the African continent with the eventual export of cases to other countries by infected travelers, with a very low secondary transmission rate.The virus is transmitted by physical contact (sexual or not), droplets of direct saliva between individuals or on surfaces, as well as through the air and, therefore, the prevention guidelines are basically the same as those adopted against covid-19, that is, , use of face protection masks (at least triple layer surgical), sanitizing hands, surfaces and objects in common use with alcohol in gel 70%.In addition, the Ministry of Health, as well as the World Health Organization (WHO), recommends that people avoid having several sexual partners, something that increases the possibilities of transmission and contagion by the disease.PetsAnother important guideline is that the person who is suspected or positive must maintain total isolation, including from pets, as these can also contract the virus and transmit it to other people who come into contact with it.Therefore, it is recommended that other people avoid direct contact (without protections) with animals of the suspected or positive person.The average isolation time recommended for a person positive for the disease, so far, is variable, and can be 2 to 4 weeks on average, as it will depend on the remission (decrease and disappearance) of symptoms.The current guideline is that if someone has the characteristic symptoms of the disease, seek care at a Health Unit from Monday to Friday from 7 am to 5 pm or at the Health Units from 7 am to 7 pm and, on weekends, at the Emergency Care Unit (UPA24h).There are Health Units on the spot: Santo André, Athens, Santa Rita, Vila Haro, Paranapungá, Jardim Maristela, Vila Piloto, Interlagos, São Carlos and Vila Nova.According to a recent article published in the British Medical Journal, which took into account the follow-up of 197 patients who tested positive for the virus in the city of London, United Kingdom, all participants had lesions on the skin or mucosa (on the inner wall mouth or anus, for example).Furthermore, in 56% of cases these sores appeared on the genitals and in 41% they were observed in the anus, 61% of patients had fever, 57% had swollen lymph nodes, 31% complained of muscle pain and 13% had only lesions, without fever or other symptoms.Other common symptoms were pain in the rectum (affected by 36% of participants), sore throat (16%) and swelling or redness of the penis (15%).Comments are the sole responsibility of their authors and do not represent the opinion of this site.If you find something that 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