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CNN � The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a
new warning to health care providers Thursday about severe
illnesses in people with monkeypox.

The alert comes as Ohio reported that an individual with
monkeypox has died � the third known death of a patient with
monkeypox in the United States.

Ohio listed the death in an update to its online monkeypox
outbreak dashboard Thursday. The Ohio Department of Health on
Friday said an adult male with monkeypox had died, and the
individual had �other health conditions.� The CDC told CNN it is
aware of the death.

The first US death due to monkeypox was confirmed this month in
Los Angeles County. The county public health department and the
CDC said the person had a severely weakened immune system and
had been hospitalized. No further information will be made
public, the department said.

A person in Harris County, Texas, who had monkeypox died in
August, but the virus� role in that death has not been confirmed.

Deaths from monkeypox are extremely rare, and babies, pregnant
women and people with weakened immune systems are at greater
risk. Among more than 67,000 cases reported globally in the
current outbreak, there have been 27 deaths, according to the
World Health Organization.

People wait in line to receive the monkeypox vaccine at the
Balboa Sports Center in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles,
California, on July 27, 2022. - In the face of limited supplies
of vaccine and growing public concern, county officials have
agreed to lobby federal health officials to bolster local
supplies of monkeypox vaccines and boost funding for testing and
administration of the shots. As of July 26 there were 218
recorded cases of monkeypox in Los Angeles County. (Photo by
Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
Worries over stigma are driving a push to rename monkeypox, but
the process is slow
More than 25,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the
United States, but recent case trends suggest that the outbreak
is slowing in the US.

Falling case numbers might be a reflection of rising numbers of
people vaccinated against the virus. This week, the CDC
announced that it�s expanding eligibility for the Jynneos
monkeypox vaccine to higher-risk people who have not been
exposed to the virus.

According to data posted by the CDC on Wednesday, men at high
risk for monkeypox because they have sex with other men or
because they live with HIV were 14 times more likely to be
infected if they were unvaccinated compared with those who were
at least two weeks past their first dose of the vaccine.

CDC warns of �severe manifestations� of monkeypox
The CDC said Thursday that some people in the US who were
infected with monkeypox during the ongoing outbreak have had
�severe manifestations� of the illness, extended
hospitalizations or �substantial� health problems.

The agency�s health alert notes that severe monkeypox can happen
in anyone, and most people diagnosed during this outbreak have
had mild or moderate illness. Most people whose illness has been
severe have had HIV with �substantial immunosuppression,� it
says.

Some of the severe illnesses have included:

Coalescing or necrotic lesions requiring extensive surgical care
or amputation of an extremity
Lesions in sensitive areas like the mouth, urethra, rectum or
vagina that cause severe pain and affect daily activities
Bowel lesions with significant swelling, leading to obstruction
Lesions causing scarring with �significant� effects in areas
like the genitals, bowels or face
Involvement of multiple organ systems and associated conditions,
such as encephalitis, myocarditis, conjunctivitis and corneal
ulcerations

The advisory urges health-care providers to be aware of risk
factors for severe monkeypox and says anyone with suspected or
confirmed monkeypox should be tested for HIV. Providers should
also check whether the person�s immune system may be weakened by
another condition or by a medication.

Monkeypox treatment in people who have weakened immune systems
should involve stopping any medications that may be affecting
the immune system, providing antiretroviral therapy for those
with HIV, and possibly using medications such as tecovirimat,
known as Tpoxx.

The CDC says people who were exposed to monkeypox through sexual
contact should get tested for HIV and other sexually transmitted
diseases.

<https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/health/ohio-monkeypox-death-
cdc/index.html>