MPOX Fact Sheet - Symptoms & Diagnosis Transmission

Symptoms include: • Fever • Headache • Muscle aches • Backache • Swollen lymph nodes • Chills • Feeling extremely tired • Cough or sore throat (sometimes) • Runny nose • Rash with blisters that can appear 1 to 3 days after fever, but in some cases, can appear before fever or other symptoms. [...] Transmission MPOX typically spreads from a person with the virus to others through: • Skin-to-skin contact with lesions, blisters, rashes • Contact with objects (such as toothbrushes, sex toys and drug use supplies), fabrics and surfaces used by someone who has the virus Recent evidence has shown that contact with respiratory droplets from breathing, talking, coughing or sneezing has not been link. [...] The virus enters the body through breaks in the skin or through the eyes and mouth. [...] Find out more about the vaccine at toronto.ca/mpox If you think you have MPOX Isolate right away and contact a health care provider. [...] People who have been in contact with a person who has MPOX should monitor themselves for symptoms, and avoid sexual contact with others, for 21 days.