The Department of Public Health and Community Service at the Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, organized an educational symposium on how to prevent monkeypox infection, under the auspices of Dr. Abdel Bari, Vice Dean for Student Education Affairs, Dr. Taher Abdel Sattar, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, and a large number of faculty members in the faculty, department and students, and Dr. Angham Suleiman, Dr. Kholoud Adel, lectured

Dr. Mahmoud Koura, Dean of the College, welcomed the attendance of the symposium, stressing that the College has succeeded in facing many challenges, especially the Corona virus pandemic, pointing out the need to take the necessary measures and training to be always ready to determine the size of any problem and how to deal with it, and with the increase in the number of infections with the virus. Monkeypox precautionary measures should not be abandoned

Dr. Mahmoud Salem, head of the department and rapporteur of the symposium, explained that the symposium dealt with the definition of monkeypox, the epidemiological pattern of the disease, how the infection is transmitted, the stages of disease development, as well as the diagnosis and available treatments.

Monkeypox is a rare disease that results from infection with a virus as a result of an outbreak of a smallpox-like disease among a group of monkeys dedicated to scientific research, and as a result this disease was called monkeypox, while the first case of this disease was diagnosed among Humans in the year 1970, and monkeypox is spread mainly in the countries of central and western Africa, and cases were monitored outside the continent of Africa, which witnessed a recent visit, which made the World Health Organization sound the alarm

The lecturers at the symposium emphasized that monkeypox is a virus that spreads from wild animals such as mice and primates and is transmitted to humans on rare occasions. If not clear), the respiratory tract or mucous membranes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (or the eyes, nose, or mouth.

Animal-to-human transmission can also occur through bites or scratches, direct contact with body fluids, or indirect contact with pest material, such as bedding.

The symposium explained that there are two types of monkeypox virus, the Central African virus, and this type is characterized by causing more severe symptoms than the other type, and causing higher rates of death, and its transmission from one person to another through contact is documented. And the West African monkeypox virus, which causes less severe symptoms than the other type, and the process of transmission from one person to another through contact is limited.

The lecturers at the symposium pointed out that the symptoms of the disease appear about one to two weeks after infection, and the initial symptoms of monkeypox appear in the upper respiratory tract or are similar to influenza symptoms, and the first few symptoms may affect people with high fever, body aches, headache and fatigue, and enlarged lymph nodes develop when fighting The body has these symptoms after that, and a rash may appear on the hands, feet, face and lips, and painful red raised lumps filled with pus appear as a result of this rash.