Monkeypox symptoms usually start to appear one to two weeks after exposure, but the incubation period can be as short as five days or as long as 21 days, according to the CDC.
that their symptoms started out like the flu before sores appeared on the face and anus.
Prior to this pandemic, monkeypox symptoms usually began with fever, headache, back aches and lethargy lasting one to two days, explained Rosamund Lewis, WHO’s head smallpox secretariat. Traditionally, next a rash will appear, which starts as red discoloration in the skin. It usually starts on the face and then progresses to the arms and legs, then hands and feet, and then the rest of the body. This phase also lasts one to two days.
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