Monkeypox is usually mild and most people recover within a few weeks without treatment.īut as the infection can spread through close contact, it's important to isolate if you're diagnosed with it. The symptoms usually clear up in a few weeks. These blisters eventually form scabs which later fall off. It starts as raised spots, which turn into small blisters filled with fluid. The rash is sometimes confused with chickenpox. The rash often begins on the face, then spreads to other parts of the body. If you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between 5 and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear.Ī rash usually appears 1 to 5 days after the first symptoms. Get advice about your symptoms from 111 online Symptoms of monkeypox
you have not recently travelled to west or central AfricaĪnyone can get monkeypox.
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you have not been in close contact (such as touching their skin or sharing bedding) with someone who has monkeypox or has monkeypox symptoms.You're extremely unlikely to have monkeypox if: the coughs or sneezes of a person with the monkeypox rashĪlthough more people have been diagnosed with it recently, only a small number of people in the UK have had monkeypox and the risk remains low.touching monkeypox skin blisters or scabs (including during sex).touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash.Monkeypox can also spread from person to person through: It may also be possible to catch monkeypox by eating meat from an infected animal from central or west Africa that has not been cooked thoroughly, or by touching other products from infected animals (such as animal skin or fur). You can catch monkeypox from an infected animal if you're bitten or you touch its blood, body fluids, spots, blisters or scabs. Monkeypox can be caught from infected rodents (such as rats, mice and squirrels) in parts of west and central Africa. There have been some recent cases in the UK, but the risk of catching it is low. Monkeypox is a rare infection that's mainly found in parts of west or central Africa.