Monkeypox patient says doctors misdiagnosed him then 'made things worse'
REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationHe told CBS he was misdiagnosed by doctors who prescribed him an unnecessary treatment.For more stories go toA man who had monkeypox said he developed an allergic reaction after doctors gave him the wrong medicine, thinking he had a totally different disease.Todd described the experience as"emotionally distressing" and called for healthcare providers to be better informed about the management of the disease.
In the meantime,"doctors were misdiagnosing me left and right," looking for other explanations, he said. He prescribed antibiotics, which would be effective against staphylococcus but useless against monkeypox, which is a virus. Examples of monkeypox lesions.
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