General Symptoms
What Symptoms Can Mpox Cause?
Common symptoms include fever, rash (flat sores that develop into itchy or painful
fluid-filled blisters), sore throat, headache, muscles aches, back pain, low energy, swollen lymph nodes.
Since the 2022 mpox outbreak (predominantly caused by the
Clade IIb strain) those infected experienced:
Most common presentation: systemic illness, including fever and myalgia.
Characteristic rash, with papules that evolve to vesicles, pustules, and crusts in the genital, anal, oral regions, face, palms, soles of the feet, and often involve the mucosa.
Infections with Clade IIb are rarely fatal (>99.9% of people who get this form of the disease are likely to survive).
Up to 40% of cases had complications requiring medical treatment, and 1-13% required hospital admission for treatment or isolation.
Mpox Can Look Like the Following:
Early Vesticle, 3mm
Diameter
Small Postule, 2mm
Diameter
Unbilitcated Postule,
3-4 mm Diameter
Ulcerated Lesion, 5mm
Diameter
Crusting of Mature Lesions
Partially Removed Scab
Mpox Disease and Possible Complications
While most cases are mild, mpox can be severe or lead to complications in some people:
People with immune suppression due to medication or medical conditions are at higher risk of serious illness and death due to mpox.
People living with HIV that is not well controlled or treated are at higher risk for developing severe disease.
Severe skin infections, encephalitis, myocarditis, pneumonia,
and/or eye problems may occur.
