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Tell-tale signs of monkeypox disease - from raging fever to to oozing blisters

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virus that has struck someone in the UK has several tell-tale signs which you can look out for, including exhaustion and muscle aches, according to expert advice.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed on the weekend that a person who had travelled into the country from Nigeria has been hospitalised with monkeypox.

The virus can spread from animals to humans and can leave people with a raging fever and oozing blisters. It was first discovered in dozens of monkeys in a lab in Denmark more than six decades ago and has previously sparked an outbreak in the UK in 2018.

Last year, a person contracted the disease abroad before they passed it onto someone in the same house in South Wales, reports The Sun.Following an announcement on Saturday (May 7), doctors are treating the monkeypox victim at Guy's Hospital in London, in what is only the sixth time the disease has ever been confirmed in Britain.UKHSA and the NHS are now working together to track down anyone who could have been close enough to the patient to become infected.According to the NHS website, patients can expect to wait between 5 to 21 days before the first symptoms start to show.

Those signs include high temperature, a headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen glands, shivering (chills) and exhaustion.

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