Educational director and former participant of “No Limite” (TV Globo), Matheus Pires, remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with monkeypox in São Paulo. In an interview with Globo, Felipe Perrin, who is married to the Carioca, said her husband has multiple wounds spread across his body that are causing pain.
“The doctors say he has to wait because there is no specific treatment for the disease. The body itself is recovering… Matheus is only in the hospital because of the pain,” he explained.
He reported that the discovery of the disease caused great anxiety, but said her husband was fine. While the case isn’t considered serious, the former No Limit contestant hasn’t yet been given a prognosis for a hospital discharge.
“We were surprised and surprised by the diagnosis. But everything is under control. He is well cared for and there is a medical team monitoring the development of the condition. Since it’s nothing serious, we’re calm.” , he concluded.
Outbreak around the world, symptoms and diagnosis
An epidemiological investigation is underway to try to explain why the current outbreaks are occurring around the world. In Brazil, most cases are concentrated in São Paulo (98). The disease tends to be mild.
The disease begins with fever, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, i.e. unspecific symptoms similar to a cold or flu. Generally, skin lesions called a rash or rash (red patches) appear 1 to 5 days after the onset of the fever. These lesions first appear on the face and spread to other parts of the body.
Monkeypox does not spread easily between people proximity is a necessary factor for contagion. So, the disease occurs when a person has very close and direct contact with an infected animal (rodents are considered the main animal reservoir for humans) or with other infected individuals through secretions from skin and mucous membrane lesions or droplets from the respiratory system .
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The incubation period is an interval of between 5 and 21 days between contact with an infected person and the appearance of the first symptoms.
There are two types of diagnosis: clinical diagnosis, based on signs, symptoms and medical history, can easily be confused with other diseases such as chickenpox or molluscum contagiosum; and definitive, which requires a specific laboratory test, the PCR, which detects the virus in the skin lesions, but this tool is not available in clinical laboratories.
What is the treatment for monkeypox?
Monkeypox tends to be mild, and patients usually recover within a few weeks without specific treatment, just rest, plenty of oral fluids, medication to reduce itching, and control symptoms such as fever or pain.
There are antiviral drugs, such as tecovirimate and cidofovir, that can be used in patients at risk for complications, but are not readily available commercially.
And as with most acute viruses, the immune system itself is able to eliminate the virus, and the patient is completely cured without intervention, that is, there is a cure for the disease. However, it is crucial to control and break the chains of transmission through case identification with guidance for isolation to reduce the overall number of infected.