What are the consequences for the psyche can be if you get sick with monkeypox

Scientists from Queen's University Belfast examined 1,702 scientific studies on the effects of

monkeypox. Of these, 19 papers were selected, which described cases of 1031 monkeypox infections during previous outbreaks of the virus. Discuss

Experts traced the connection between the transferredmonkeypox and the development of neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Among them are myalgia - inflammation of the muscles, fatigue, convulsions, headache, confusion and encephalitis. Altered vision, dizziness, photophobia, and psychiatric symptoms of anxiety and depression were also found.

“There are preliminary data on a number ofThe neurological and psychiatric manifestations of monkeypox range from common and non-specific neurological symptoms (myalgia and headache) to rarer but more severe neurological complications such as encephalitis and seizures,” the scientists explained.

This study was commented by senior researcherMikhail Bolkov, researcher at the Inflammation Immunology Laboratory of the Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to the expert, with any infection due to inflammation and temperature, the process of tissue destruction is triggered.

“It is always associated with neurologicalchanges. We all know that at high temperatures a person even thinks differently. The more severe the infection, the more severe these effects, even if there was no direct effect on the central nervous system, ”explained Bolkov.

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