In one of the most severe cases of monkeypox ever documented, a man’s nose started to rot. A German guy in his 40s visited the doctor after noticing red patches on his nose. The man was then sent home after being thought to have been sunburnt. However, the sores on his nose started to become black after a few more days.
According to a report in the medical journal Infection, the man quickly developed pus-filled sores all over his body, particularly near his lips and penis.
Following a monkeypox test, the unidentified man received antiviral medication to treat the virus. The first time he spoke to a doctor, he was also tested for numerous STDs while in the hospital, and the results showed he also had untreated HIV and syphilis.
His syphilis had been undiagnosed for so long that it had affected numerous organs. Test results revealed that his HIV infection had turned into AIDS.
Antiviral medications were applied topically to the skin in this man’s case of monkeypox. While they were enough to dry the wound, they only slightly benefited the nose by lowering nasal swell. The case of this man was quite serious, according to the study’s authors. Because HIV weakened immune systems, people were more susceptible to necrosis, or the loss of body tissue.
