| A 40-year-old German man who suffered from monkeypox and necrosis of his nose. (Springer link provided) |
On the 18th (local time), US Newsweek reported that a man with monkeypox in Germany showed symptoms of nasal necrosis.
Doctors first diagnosed the man with sunburn when he saw red spots on the nose of the man in his 40s. However, over the next few days, the man’s nose deteriorated, leading to necrosis.
Doctors found that he had skin lesions matching monkey pox all over his body, including his penis and mouth, and did a PCR test, and the man came back positive.
Further testing revealed that the man had long-term syphilis as well as AIDS.
The photos of the patient published in the academic journal are very terrifying. The skin on the nose area was dry, cracked and turned black, and blisters, characteristic of a monkey smallpox rash, are visible around the nose and around the mouth.
In a report describing cases of patients with necrosis, doctors said that most cases of monkeypox so far have been mild and that AIDS infection is not likely to be a risk factor.
But doctors added that the patient’s case shows the potential seriousness of the monkeypox infection.
The report states that the patient’s condition has partially improved over time, explaining that necrosis is irreversible, but can be treated by removing the infected tissue.
The report was published in ‘Journal Infection’ on the 15th.
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