Reported by the International Center / Xu Jiahui
The world is ravaged by the new crown pneumonia, and all countries are affected by the epidemic, but the monkeypox virus has come one after another, making life almost shrouded in the crisis of the virus in recent years. A man living in California, Mitcho Thompson, was unfortunately infected with the new crown pneumonia and monkeypox virus at the same time, which made him unable to get out of bed and could only spend it in bed, exclaiming in pain, “It’s really unfortunate! “.
In June, a man living in California, Thompson, was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. A few days later, he found that his back, legs, arms and neck were covered with red lesions. After being diagnosed by a doctor, he did have it again. Monkeypox virus, Thompson was surprised and asked the doctor, “Is it possible to get two viruses at the same time?” The doctor answered him with a certain “Yes!”. Thompson mentioned that having both illnesses kept him in bed for weeks, and said he had a super bad flu, with severe breathing difficulties, fever, chills, body aches, a rash, and said, “I have It’s hard to even get out of bed to take a sip of water.”
Dean Winslow, an infectious disease expert at Stanford University, said: “It is rare to have two diseases at the same time, but it is not impossible. He is really unfortunate. These two are very different viruses.” . And explained that the new crown pneumonia is more infectious than monkeypox, which usually requires close contact to get it. According to the confirmed cases reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox has now spread to more than 60 countries around the world. In addition to sexual behavior, contact with the personal items used by patients may also be contagious.