The Sinaloa state Health Secretariat confirmed the first death of a patient who developed monkeypox.
At a press conference, Cuitláhuac González Galindo, secretary of health in Sinaloa, explained that the deceased had a diagnosis of cancer and lived with HIV.
“This is a man in Culiacán who presented symptoms of the disease. We call on citizens to continue taking the necessary measures to prevent the spread of this disease,” he said.
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, until December 5, there were three thousand 455 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Mexico. In the last week, 93 new infections were reported.
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Monkeypox in Mexico
Although the 32 states of the country report cases, the entities with the highest number of infections are CDMX with one thousand 943 infections, Jalisco 378, State of Mexico 342, Yucatan 137 and Quintana Roo with 140.
While in Tabasco 52 are reported, Puebla 58, Nuevo León and Chiapas 42, Baja California 27, Veracruz 46, Querétaro 26, Morelos 22, Guanajuato 17 and Sinaloa with 19.
As for the distribution by sex, the predominance is in men, with 97.1% especially in the group of 30 to 34 years.
As of last week, health authorities have identified 11 deaths: ten men and one woman. These were people who during medical care presented lesions compatible with monkeypox and who, after the laboratory study, were confirmed.
“Four of the deaths are related to monkeypox infection, two deaths are not due to this direct cause, and five are under analysis to define if there is a causal association between death and infection by monkeypox virus,” details the Ministry of Health.
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The most common symptoms are reddish and more or less extensive skin rash; fever; headaches, muscle and joint pains; swollen lymph nodes; weakness or general fatigue that makes it difficult or impossible to perform tasks that under normal conditions are easily performed; chills and others.
Monkeypox lasts on average 21 days and is transmitted by direct contact with the secretions of a sick person through mucous membranes or skin lesions, respiratory droplets and objects contaminated with body fluids.
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