German dude with undiagnosed HIV and syphilis caught Monkeypox and his nose is rotting off

Literally Germans but also sorry if already posted.

The pictures are gross so I won't post them but they are in the link. It looks like mold growing on leftovers you left in the fridge too long

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A monkeypox patient's nose started to rot in one of the most shocking cases documented in the current outbreak.

The 40-year-old man, from Germany, went to his GP with a red spot on his nose which was initially dismissed as sunburn.

But within three days the skin on his nose started to die and turn black, leaving him with a painful, swollen scab.

Around the same time white pus-filled spots developed across his entire body, which were particularly bad on his penis and around his mouth.

A PCR test confirmed he was infected with monkeypox and he was taken to hospital and given a course of antiviral medication.

Further tests revealed the patient, who was not named, also had undiagnosed syphilis and HIV. He told medics he had never been tested for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) before.

The man was given drugs to treat the infections and the lesions dried out but his nose only 'partially improved'.

Doctors said his case had become so severe because the untreated HIV had left him immunocompromised, making him more at risk of necrosis.

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