优先采取隔离和源头控制战略有助于预防传播，同时平衡这种感染对确诊猴痘患者日常生活的影响.
Jessica L. Swain, MBA, MLT, CIC，十大网赌平台推荐健康中心感染预防与控制主任On Thursday, August 4, 拜登政府宣布美国日益严重的猴痘疫情进入全国卫生紧急状态. 猴痘是一种引起皮肤损伤的传染性病毒疾病, 通常在流感样症状之前或之后出现, 可能会有并发症，包括明显的疤痕, secondary infections, pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, and loss of vision with severe eye infection. 目前的疫情始于5月份，6月底在新罕布什尔州首次发现了这种疾病.
解决公众对猴痘的关注, 十大网赌平台推荐健康中心设立了一条热线，回答有关这种疾病的一般性问题. The hotline number is 603-650-1818 营业时间为周一至周五上午7点至下午5点，周六上午8点至中午12点. The hotline is closed on Sundays.
如果你认为你接触过或感染过猴痘, 你可以拨打十大网赌平台推荐健康热线咨询, 你应该在家中隔离，并联系你的初级保健提供者，以确定接下来的护理步骤. 不建议立即到急诊科就诊.
美国疾病控制与预防中心建议，患有猴痘的人在患病期间应在家中或其他地方隔离, but that might not be possible in all situations,” said Jessica L. Swain, MBA, MLT, CIC，十大网赌平台推荐健康中心感染预防和控制主任. “优先隔离和源头控制策略有助于预防传播，同时平衡这种感染对被诊断患有猴痘的人日常生活的影响.”
Monkeypox is spread through close contact that may include sexual/intimate activity; direct contact with monkeypox rash, scabs, or body fluids from a person with monkeypox; scratches/bites from an infected animal, or preparing or eating meat or using products from an infected animal; touching objects, fabrics (clothing, bedding, or towels), and surfaces that have been used by someone with monkeypox; or contact with respiratory secretions such as saliva from someone with monkeypox coming in contact with someone’s eye or mouth. 与患有猴痘的人呆在一个房间里，没有上述接触，传播的风险很低, 尤其是在不到三小时和/或距离超过六英尺的地方. Symptoms may include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches and backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
- Respiratory symptoms (e.g. sore throat, nasal congestion, or cough)
- 长在生殖器或肛门上或附近的皮疹, but could also be on other areas like the hands, feet, chest, face, or mouth
- 皮疹在愈合前会经历几个阶段，包括结痂.
- 皮疹可能看起来像丘疹或水泡，可能会疼痛或发痒.
在当前疫情中发现的猴痘类型感染很少致命, 但对于有免疫缺陷和/或合并症的人来说可能更危险. 儿童和孕妇的风险水平尚不清楚, 猴痘可能从孕妇传给胎儿.
For more information on monkeypox, visit:
- CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html
- 新罕布什尔州卫生与公众服务部: http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/programs-services/disease-prevention/infectious-disease-control/monkeypox
- Vermont Department of Health: http://www.healthvermont.gov/disease-control/zoonotic-diseases/human-monkeypox-virus-hmpxv
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health: http://www.mass.gov/monkeypox
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