Monkeypox virus is considered to be very strange to many people, but there is one kind? Close relatives? That's smallpox. The results show that some elderly people in China have been vaccinated with smallpox vaccine, and the protection against monkeypox virus can reach about 85%. However, not many people are vaccinated, and it is even more difficult to really rely on this to prevent it. Monkeypox virus was first discovered in monkeys. It is also a zoonotic disease, which is not as simple as we thought.
The main transmission routes of monkeypox virus are respiratory tract, saliva and close contact. Therefore, we need to pay attention to wearing masks when traveling abroad and try not to contact the confirmed patients. Once similar symptoms are found, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time. Monkeypox virus is a self-limiting disease. Although there is no specific medicine treatment, it can heal itself after 2~3 weeks, and doctors can treat it according to the symptoms. However, some patients are seriously ill and may even be life-threatening, and the mortality rate is usually below 6%.
Monkeypox patients will not have any sequelae after recovery, and its spread speed is not fast, so we don't have to worry too much, let alone listen to those alarmist remarks on the Internet. As long as you take relevant preventive measures yourself, you can avoid being infected. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that when cooking food, we must thoroughly cook the food to avoid leaving viruses in it. Do not use the same chopping board for raw and cooked food, which can effectively avoid cross-infection. You should know that monkeypox will not only appear in monkeys, but also in many other animals.