=====Rashes=====
====Monkeypox vs chickenpox====
[[https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/monkeypox-outbreak-2022-guidance|Royal College paediatrics Monkeypox 2022]]\\ 
[[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/monkeypox|Gov.uk guidance Monkeypox]]\\ 
[[https://dermnetnz.org/topics/monkeypox|DerNetNZ]]\\ 

^ ^Monkeypox ^Chickenpox |
^Lesions |Classically, lesions are all at a similar stage of maturation\\ monkeypox lesions can appear in crops over several days in some individuals |appear over several days leading to lesions at different stages at any time.\\  But!... not always the case |
^ |classically described as beginning peripherally (face, extremities including palms and soles) and spreading centrally\\ rashes have been atypical, sometimes more localised and often present in the genital area. |usually begins centrally, spreading peripherally\\ not usual on palms and soles |
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  *Vesicular rashes of enterovirus can also be primarily peripheral such as in hand, foot and mouth disease.

====Notifiable diseases====
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