An American who contracted the monkey pox, two days after staying in a bar full of people, describes the suffering and pain that were his lot. Every time he touched something it felt like a “potato peeler on his skin” • he was vaccinated • the US reported 2,000 cases of monkey pox to date
A resident of the state of Texas in the United States warns that the monkey pox virus is ‘absolute hell’ and ‘100 times worse than corona’, the cases in the United States have reached 2,000. Luke Shanhan, who works as a bartender in the city of Dallas, revealed in an interview that the illness left him suffering from fever and swollen headaches and lymph nodes that made him look ‘like a frog’ just two days after he was told he was infected.
Blisters then burst all over his body that were so painful that he felt like ‘someone is using a potato peeler for your skin’ every time he rubbed against something. Shanhan was vaccinated against chickenpox after being diagnosed, but was still bedridden for two days and felt so bad he feared for his life.
The patient is not sure how he contracted, but attended bars, pool parties and a music festival in the days before. After revealing his illness, the man told the channel to KHOU 11 “It’s just the most traumatic experience I’ve ever had, it’s the worst patient I’ve ever had, I had these blisters inflamed and every time it touched something, it really felt like someone was taking a peeler Potatoes for your skin. “
Two days later he suffered from high fever, constant headache and swollen lymph nodes. Then came painful blisters. “The pain and sensitivity were constant,” he said. When asked if it was like Corona, he said, “Oh, 100 times worse, it was a completely different level of extreme fatigue.” Shanhan was diagnosed two weeks and a day ago, and he says most of his symptoms have now subsided.
But he will still remain in solitary confinement for at least three weeks. Patients must remain in quarantine until all of their blisters have disappeared as even these may spread the virus, according to official guidelines.