my country releases monkey acne diagnosis and treatment guidelines

On June 14, the National Health and Health Commission released the "Monkey Acne Diagnosis and Treatment Guide (2022 Edition)" and pointed out that since May 2022, many non -influx countries in the world have reported the case of monkey acne and have community communication. In order to make preparations for the response of monkey acne medical treatment in advance and improve the early clinical identification and standardized diagnosis and treatment ability, the National Health Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine have formulated guidelines.

According to the guide, monkey acne is a kind of human and beasts caused by monkey acne virus infection with viral diseases. Clinically manifested as fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy. The disease is mainly popular in China and West Africa. The main source of infection is a rodent infected with monkey acne virus. Long -term animals (including monkeys, chimpanzees, people, etc.) can also become the source of infection.

Guide pointed out that monkey acne is a self -limited disease, and most of the prognosis is good. Severe cases are common in young children and low immune functions. The prognosis is related to the infected virus branch, virus exposure, previous health status, and severity of complications. The crowd is generally susceptible. Those who have been vaccinated in the past have a certain degree of cross protection for monkey acne virus. The mortality rate of West African branch is about 3%, and the mortality rate of the DRC basin is about 10%.

What is the way to spread monkey acne virus? Guide introduced that the virus invaded the human body through the mucosa and damaged skin. People are mainly infected by contacting the infection of animal lesions, blood, other body fluids, or infected by the infected animals. People are mainly transmitted through close contact, and can also be transmitted through droplets. Items contaminated by viruses may also be infected. They can also be transmitted vertically through the placenta. Can't exclude sexual communication.

What are the symptoms of monkey acne? According to the guide, the incubation period of the disease is 5-21 days, mostly 6-13 days. In the early stage of the onset, cold wars and fever, and the body temperature is mostly above 38.5 ° C. It can be accompanied by symptoms such as headache, drowsiness, fatigue, back pain, and muscle pain. Most patients have enlarged lymph nodes such as neck, armpit, groin and other parts. A rash occurs 1-3 days after the onset. The rash has undergone changes from several stages of rash, pimples, herpes, pustules to scabs. About 2-4 weeks from the illness to scabs. Some patients may have complications, including secondary bacterial infections, bronchial pneumonia, encephalitis, keratin infections, and purulent disease in the skin lesion.

The guide also pointed out that the use of nucleic acid amplification detection methods can detect monkey acne virus nucleic acids in specimens such as rash, blisters, scooping skin, oral pharyngeal or nasopharyngeal sides. Essence At present, there is no alienal anti -acne virus drug, which is mainly symptomatic support and complications. Suspected cases and confirmed cases should be placed in the isolation ward, and suspected cases should be separated in single interval.

The guide requires that the health administrative departments and traditional Chinese medicine management departments at all levels must attach great importance to it, carefully organize the training related training of monkey acne diagnosis and treatment, and effectively improve the "four early" capabilities. Require reports and make every effort to organize medical treatment.

(Guangming Daily All Media Reporter Jin Zhenya)

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