Tag: Monkeypox

Monkeypox safety tips and how the virus spreads

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As part of Dr. BCW, Dr. Curry-Winchell’s, new health series Beyond Clinical Walls, she provides Monkeypox safety tips and discusses how the virus spreads.

Dr. BCW provides helpful information from Beyond Clinical Walls to help you understand how the Monkeypox virus spreads and tips on how to stay safe.  There can be a lot of misinformation to sift through so let Dr. Curry-Winchell share information that can help answer your questions as she shares Monkeypox safety tips.

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Monkeypox information – what you need to know

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As part of Dr. BCW, Dr. Curry-Winchell’s, new health series Beyond Clinical Walls, she answers the question, Monkeypox information, what you need to know?

Dr. BCW provides helpful information from Beyond Clinical Walls to help you understand Monkeypox.  There can be a lot of misinformation to sift through so let Dr. Curry-Winchell share information that can help answer your questions on, transmission, symptoms, and of course what to do if you are afraid you might have contracted Monkeypox.

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Don’t downplay monkeypox — here’s what you should know

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Dr. BCW, Dr. Curry-Winchell, warns the Nevada Independent, Don’t downplay monkeypox — here’s what you should know.

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As cases of monkeypox infections continue to climb across the country, U.S. officials have declared the virus a public health emergency and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a global health emergency. These recent declarations are vital efforts to help increase awareness about this public health threat, as monkeypox has often been downplayed and stigmatized as a disease that can only infect those within the LGBTQ+ community.

This is erroneous. Monkeypox — though usually not fatal — is highly contagious and can be contracted and spread by anyone.

Monkeypox and the vaccine used to prevent it have been around for decades. However, we are now seeing a resurgence of the virus as well as other once-eradicated infectious diseases. The reasons are multi-faceted, including delays in regular health screenings during the COVID-19 pandemic, less access to the monkeypox vaccine, misinformation about the virus, and a general distrust of vaccines.

What it is and isn’t

To combat the spread of monkeypox, it is critical to understand what it is, and is not.

Monkeypox is a virus that can be spread from person-to-person by direct contact with a rash during intimate, skin-to-skin contact or by touching items that have been handled by an infected person. Sharing towels, clothes or drinking cups, as well as kissing, hugging or dancing with someone who has monkeypox, are all possible modes of transmitting the virus.

Monkeypox isn’t just contracted through close, intimate physical contact, though. It is also transmissible through respiratory secretions and droplets. For example, if an infected person who has lesions in their mouth coughs, it is possible for the virus to transmit to others around them….

See what else Dr. Curry-Winchell, has to share as she answers questions for Eat This, Not That as they discuss

11 Monkeypox Myths, Debunked by Health Experts

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Dr. BCW, Dr. Curry-Winchell, talks with Healthline about 11 Monkeypox myths that can be debunked by health experts

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To help provide accurate information about monkeypox, Healthline spoke with medical experts to debunk 11 troubling myths currently circulating about the virus.

Myth: Monkeypox is a new disease

You may have heard about monkeypox for the first time in May when Britain reported a case in a resident who had recently returned from Lagos, NigeriaTrusted Source. The U.S. reported its first case later that month in a Massachusetts man who had recently traveled to Canada.

But the truth is, we’ve known about monkeypox for more than six decades.

“Scientists first learned about the virus in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of research monkeys,” explains Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, the regional clinical director at Carbon Health.

Dr. Mark Fischer, the regional medical director at International SOS, adds that it was first seen in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

But Curry-Winchell says that, until this year, most cases of monkeypox have been limited to several African countries, where the virus is endemic. The World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source says monkeypox is endemic in:…

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Health district announces Monkeypox vaccine appointments

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Dr. BCW, Dr. Curry-Winchell talks with Las Vegas Review-Journal about news that health district announces monkeypox vaccine appointments.  This can be important information for anyone that has been looking to get a monkeypox vaccine.  Check out the full article linked below for more information.

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While certain groups are at higher risk, anyone potentially can be infected with monkeypox. Although it’s rarely fatal, “it carries symptoms that can be quite debilitating,” said Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, urgent care medical director for Saint Mary’s and Carbon Health in Northern Nevada, and a member of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s COVID-19 medical advisory team.

The district urged people with unidentified rashes and lesions to contact their health care provider for an assessment and in the meantime to avoid sex or being intimate.

Monkeypox is spread through direct contact with an infectious rash, scabs or body fluids. It is also spread through respiratory secretions during prolonged face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling or sex.

It can spread through touching objects and fabrics, such as clothing or linens, that previously touched the rash or body fluids of someone with monkeypox.

Monkeypox can spread from the time symptoms start until the rash has fully healed and a fresh layer of skin has formed, which can take several weeks….

See what else Dr. Curry-Winchell has to share as she answers questions for The Las Vegas Review-Journal as they discuss the health district announces Monkeypox vaccine appointments.