The monkeypox virus spreads in Europe, America and many African countries. The symptoms are similar to “Smallpox”. The infected person will have symptoms such as high fever, rash and muscle aches. According to the “Wall Street Journal” report, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that at least 16 confirmed monkeypox patients were gay, bisexual or had had sex with men, including a 35-year-old man from London who claimed to have had sex with 10 men weeks before the onset of symptoms. Having sex, it is suspected that one of the sexual partners may have passed on the virus to him.
He became the first patient in the UK to publicly disclose his condition, and also accused the UK Health Security Agency of being “slow” in order to cause the epidemic to spread rapidly in the country. According to the “Daily Mail” report, 35-year-old James M, who works as a human resources manager in a London company, suffered from low back pain, fatigue, extreme thirst and bladder pain a few weeks ago. He suspected that he was infected with monkeys He went to the hospital because of pox, but the doctor believed that James did not develop a typical rash, so it was definitely not infected with monkeypox virus.
James then contacted the sexually transmitted infection clinic by himself and was tested on May 25. After three days, the results came out. James was diagnosed with monkeypox on the 28th. The health unit then sent him an email to inform him that there would be government personnel. I took the initiative to contact him for follow-up matters, but James did not receive any calls until 8 days after the diagnosis, and he called the local sexually transmitted infection clinic every day, but he could not get the desired response.
Recalling the experience of the diagnosis, James said that he had worked in Dubai for 4 years, but in February he was diagnosed with HIV and was deported, so he returned to the UK to find a new job and adjust to a new life at the same time. , Unexpectedly only a few months ago, he suddenly developed strange symptoms such as low back pain, fatigue, extreme thirst, and even unbearable pain when going to the toilet. In the first few weeks of these symptoms, he once had a problem with 10 different men. He has had sexual relations, so he suspects a sexually transmitted infection.
Although he couldn’t be sure who passed it on to him, James said some of them had spots on their chests, but when he asked about them, they only said they were spots that he was diagnosed with. A few days later, his condition deteriorated for a time. He hoped to go to the hospital for treatment but was refused because the hospital claimed that there were no dedicated wards and medical staff for the time being.
The monkeypox virus has recently spread in many countries around the world. There have been more than 300 confirmed cases in the UK alone. In this regard, James questioned that the UK’s Health and Safety Agency was slow and did not even trace the source of his infection or instruct him what to do. Do. James bluntly said that the government did not conduct an epidemic investigation, and some patients did not know that they were infected with monkeypox because they did not have rash symptoms.
According to “Archyde.com”, the British Health Safety Agency said that a large proportion of “monkeypox” cases recently detected in the United Kingdom and Europe were found in gay and bisexual men, but the CDC in the United States emphasized that, Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease and is spread through close contact with an infected person, meaning anyone can become infected.
Fenton, regional director of public health in London, also pointed out that “monkeypox can affect anyone” and that “as with any new outbreak, the risk of stigma and uncertainty is high.” Archyde.com also quoted British health According to the UKHSA, it is currently working with the dating app “Grindr” and organisations such as the British Sexual Health and HIV Association to effectively communicate with the gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) community, And encouraged the International LGBTI Federation to help deliver the message in recent weeks.