A Swedish man spoke about his experience with monkeypox, which the World Health Organization on Saturday classified as a global health emergency.
gay celebration
Sebastian Cohen, 39, attended a gay celebration in late June, believing at the time that recorded cases of the disease in the city were still limited, according to Sky News, quoting the British newspaper, “The Guardian”.
Sebastian, who lives in New York City, said that he works in the charitable field to support sexual and reproductive health, and this made him follow the developments of monkeypox from the beginning, noting that he was keen to immunize himself, so he wanted to be vaccinated against monkeypox, at an early date, but he could not Who booked an appointment for vaccination?
Symptoms that he showed
He added that after a week of attending the celebration, that is, at the beginning of July, severe symptoms appeared, including fatigue, fever, joint pain, chills, large swelling in the lymph nodes, and a feeling of inflammation in some areas of the body, along with itching, but he did not feel much concern at first, because it was likely that His symptoms are moderate.
He indicated that he was reassured because he is still thirty-nine years old, and that he does not suffer from any chronic diseases, but this belief was wrong.
treatment
Cohen stated that he entered directly into the treatment phase of monkeypox, after all symptoms of the disease appeared on him when he went to the hospital, and the doctors prescribed him the drug “TPOXX”, and he continued to take three pills of this drug within 12 hours, and the treatment is accompanied by a diet It has a high fat content.
Worst stage of the disease
He described the experience as hell, revealing that the worst stage of the disease began when the itching intensified and the blisters expanded on his skin, and the rash spread to all parts of his body, except for his penis, adding that those blisters were swollen in the form of grains and then later hardened, and peeled, and then , falling from the skin, while the pain was severe, with a body temperature of 39.4 degrees Celsius.
Health declares monkeypox a global emergency
Yesterday, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a “global emergency”, launching the highest level of alert, in an attempt to contain the outbreak of the disease, which has so far infected about 17,000 people in 74 countries.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that “the risk in the world is relatively moderate, with the exception of Europe, where it is considered high,” adding: “We can control monkeypox and stop its spread, using the available means,” stressing the need for “coordinated international interaction, Launching funding, and concerting global efforts to cooperate in the exchange of vaccines and treatment.