Monkeypox: Clinical Considerations for Pain Management

• 2024

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This webpage provides essential information for healthcare professionals on managing pain in mpox patients. It emphasizes the importance of assessing pain in all patients, particularly those with genital and mucosal lesions, which can cause severe discomfort. The page offers guidelines on using over-the-counter and prescription medications, as well as topical treatments, to alleviate pain. It also highlights the need to monitor for complications such as secondary bacterial infections and proctitis. Effective pain management strategies are crucial for improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

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Focus Area: Infectious Disease

Audiences: EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Keywords: Administration, Topical; Pain Management; Analgesics; Anesthetics, Local; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Monkeypox virus; Pain; Pain Measurement; Proctitis; Mpox (monkeypox)

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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