Thursday, 18 August 2022, 7:46 p.m.
Research finds ‘oral-anus’ can be infected with ‘smallpox’ monkey pox, worried about ‘MSM’ recommends avoiding sex at risk
Aug 18, 2022, NBC News, USA, offers a special report Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling monkeypox, new research suggests that the study finds “Unsafe sexual behaviors” are a greater risk factor for “Monkeypox” infection than skin-to-skin contact. Ready to warn you to be careful of not having sex. especially among men who love men
Aniruddha Hazra, Medical Director good sexual health clinic University of Chicago Illinois said the current outbreak of smallpox monkeys. A pathogenic virus has been found in the semen, so scientists are calling on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health agencies to “reduce the risk of infection.” Improved communication strategies to emphasize risky behaviors. especially among gay men (boys who love men) and who are bisexual. (love for both men and women), which was found to account for the majority of all HIV-positive people in the United States.
On August 14, 2022, Jeffrey Klausner, an infectious disease doctor University of Southern California and Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz, a resident doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts Academic articles published on Medium pointed out that both oral and anal sex It is a risk behavior for monkey pox. especially among men who love men
Such academic papers focusing on sexual behavior. give reasons as follows 1. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than three-quarters of monkey pox cases worldwide are males with an average age of 18-44 years. This study of monkeypox cases in gay and bisexual groups found that 17-32% of those infected. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were also found at the same time.
2. In the global outbreak, there is an abnormality compared to what was seen in the outbreak in 11 African countries. The virus has become endemic since it first appeared in humans in 1970, with most signs of chickenpox occurring in the anus and penis. which experts say In a study of 197 men infected with monkeypox in London, England, published in the British medical journal The BMJ on July 28, 2022, 56% had Lesions in the genital area and 42% on the anus
Like a study published in the US medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine, 538 men were infected with monkeypox, 73% of whom had genital or anal lesions, and 3. Research found monkey pox in semen and can be cultured. Two more recent studies published the virus in rectal tests in men infected with monkey pox but showing no symptoms. It is possible that the virus may be transmitted through the anus during sex, however, the findings require further study.
Klausner concluded that Scientists have focused on the correlation between sexual behavior and the findings of smallpox lesions, although there has been controversy in academia, such as Rosamund Lewis, head of chickenpox technology. monkey The World Health Organization (WHO) says it’s unfortunate, but it’s true. It is not yet known whether most of the monkeypox outbreaks are related to sex.
where a complete reading of the situation is characterized by anal or oral sex. There is a high likelihood of being over-focused. The relationship could have been strong. But it does not provide an overview of the disease caused by this virus. Therefore, you must open your mind wide. Regardless of semen (male), vaginal fluid (female), and blood, it is currently being studied whether these fluids can transmit smallpox.
A study published Aug. 8, 2022 in the British journal The Lancet, citing a sample of 181 men in Spain, found that 38% of men had anal sex. Inflammation was found in the rectum area. Only 7 per cent who had not had such sex had symptoms. It also found that 95 percent of men with tonsillitis. also found oral sex with men together
Oriol Mitja, an infectious disease specialist at the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital in Spain, who co-authored an article published in The Lancet, said monkeypox is most effective when lesions are infected. The disease comes in contact with the mucous membranes of the anus, genitals, mouth and throat, rather than through external skin contact. The transmission is effective only when the exposed skin is wound.
Dimie Ogoina, Specialist in Infectious Medicine, Niger Delta University, Nigeria Commented that Mitha’s research supports the link between MSM’s sexual behavior and monkey pox. Still, he emphasized that The above findings do not mean that women or male-female couples in general are not at risk. or the lining of the female genitalia are less prone to abrasions during sex. Think of it as a matter of numbers. The more sex partners The more chances are.
Paul Adamson, infectious disease specialist University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, California comment He is unsure whether to tell if the main cause of transmission is sexual behavior. It’s not the skin contact that also happens during sex. that is the most common cause of outbreaks in the current situation. Chickenpox may be sexually transmitted more effectively.
The news report continued that While experts differ, such as Lewis from the World Health Organization. Still giving weight to skin contact It is the main cause in monkey pox outbreaks. But Klausner and Adamson argue that many opposing the idea that the current outbreak of smallpox is mostly sexually transmitted. This is because it is different from the previous wave of monkeypox outbreaks that have occurred in the past.
Adamson also said that In the past, the cause of monkeypox outbreaks was skin contact. Although some proposals pointed to the epidemic through sex as well in the previous wave. It will take more time and more information to understand transmission. There have been 38,019 cases of monkeypox in 93 countries in the current wave of outbreaks, according to the CDC. 97% confirmed as gay, bisexual, including men who have sex with men
Consistency in the number of infections in the population leading to the point of view of experts that It is further evidence that viruses can be spread through specific group behaviors. That is oral and anal sex. Meanwhile, in the midst of a global epidemic The virus is also transmitted in the same way as in Africa. But the experts confirmed that in the transmission of monkey pox in cases that are not related to sexual behavior The virus is less effective at spreading. and with rates similar to relatively slow outbreaks in Africa.
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine estimated that only 0.8 percent of the cases the researchers analyzed. They were infected through non-sexual intimacy, and 0.6 percent were from family infections. In contrast, 95 percent of those cases were likely to occur through sexual intercourse between men. Like the research in Lancet, 3 percent of the infected people analyzed Infected through non-sexual family contact
Monica Gandhi, infectious disease doctor University of California san francisco Mention children infected with monkeypox found around the world. The cause of infection is probably from hugging. by pointing to a sexually transmitted disease Sometimes it can be transmitted without having sex, such as herpes, syphilis, chancre, the latter two diseases often found in children who live in tropical regions. which often have abrasions on the arms – legs
The news report also said that If smallpox is now prevalent worldwide, most are sexually transmitted. Mithha said that would pose a challenge to public health guidelines that recommend quarantine until treatment is complete. Klausner said that if sex was accepted as a behavior Risk of causing infection and infection That’s the need to raise awareness. You should not have intercourse with multiple partners until you are vaccinated. But if you can’t change your behavior, you must use a condom every time. to reduce the outbreak
CDC spokesman Kristen Nordlund said the latest analysis of the CDC showed that Most cases of monkey pox in the United States It involves both sex and close contact. This may involve a variety of behaviors. More analysis is needed to understand that. Sexual behaviors and specific close contact that occur during intercourse Contributed to the epidemic disproportionately or not.
There is also concern that If communicating the relationship between monkey pox infection and risky sexual behavior among MSM may cause society to stigmatize this group of people But in Liu-tzu’s view, Allan-Blitz sees that keeping silent about how the virus is transmitted can also be dangerous. because that equals People will be kept at risk. Instead of understanding how they are able to protect themselves from disease.