The Ministry of Health (Minsal) confirmed the third case of monkeypox in Chile. It was detected by the Institute of Public Health (ISP) through PCR analysis.
As indicated by the Minsal in a statement, it is an adult person from the Metropolitan region and corresponds to a close contact of the first confirmed case in the country.
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“The case was detected in the contact study carried out by the Regional Health Authority, an entity that is carrying out the respective control actions, applying the surveillance protocol established by the Ministry of Health,” the portfolio said.
“The person is in good health, without complications and serving a period of isolation,” they added.
Let us remember that the first case in the country was reported on Friday, detected in the MRI. The second case was reported on Monday, in the region of La Araucanía. Both had recent travel histories to Europe.
Symptoms and recommendations
According to the Minsal website, the symptoms of monkeypox are the following:
- Acute skin rash.
- headache
- Sudden onset of fever greater than 38.5 °.
- Muscle pain.
- Back pain.
- Feeling of exhaustion.
- Swollen or swollen lymph nodes.
The disease can be transmitted by contact or indirect contact with blood, body fluids, skin lesions or mucous membranes of infected animals.
Transmission to people can occur through direct contact with skin lesions or exhaled droplets from an infected person, or with objects recently contaminated with the patient’s fluids (such as towels or sheets).
The average incubation period can range from six to 13 days with ranges from five to 21 days. There is no evidence that monkeypox virus is sexually transmitted.
The Minsal recommends that people consult a doctor if they have traveled abroad and had close skin-to-skin contact, including sexual intercourse, and present: sudden-onset skin lesions with no other explanation, with one or more symptoms such as fever, swollen glands, muscle or back pain, and malaise.
