Doctor says monkeypox patients are getting misdiagnosed | NewsNation Prime

One ER doctor in San Francisco is sounding the alarm. He says about one in four of the monkeypox patients he is seeing were misdiagnosed and had their symptoms missed by other providers.

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[Ms.Norths.Musings]

Seems like lesions should be tested every single time. If you declare a pandemic you should verify each and every case.

[shelleythompson-brock]

Old farm remedy: Mix baking soda and corn starch with just enough pure water to make it viscous when stirred. Apply the poultice to lesions, and it will relieve itch, pain, as it draws infection, pus, fluid from the lesion. Baths with Borax also help. Then apply pure, raw, unpasteurized honey while still damp, after rinsing. It is a natural antibiotic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-fungal. It will also soothe the skin and irritation.

[kathleenchapman]

I had shingles before there was any treatment for it. It ran along my side down my back. The lesions looked just like this. Believe it when they say you can't wear clothes. The pain is like a raw nerve ending. I could only lay in bed, naked with no covers for a week until they dried up. The pain lingered for years in that spot.

[nancydrew]

Insane that a physician can’t administrate medicine required & the paper work is more important crazy !

[susanne]

I remember how scared I was when HIV started going around in the 80's...Now this. Hopefully these spots don't kill...so SICK of ALL of this Crap...!

[pegstervegas]

Monkey pox, “brought to you by someone who will benefit from it”.

[AuNTIeGreen]

Hum they look and sound like shingles and a lot of pictures being used are actually pictures of people with shingles....
Fear everyone just stay in fear that's what they want cuz fear makes you more controllable...

[vickybartistry]

This is why I no longer visit doctors…most of them know nothing

[abm]

Respect to this Doctor. I hope he does not get fired for speaking out

[padensposies]

so you get it by close intimate contact...usually gay men. And no one is asking how the children got it? Oh wait that would be uncomfortable and does not fit the narrative. This is disgusting

[markmaki]

The Wuhan lab actually was researching Monkeypox not very long ago. See what Dr. John Campbell has reported on this.

[outlawbillionairez]

Such bad news about Monkeypox. I almost want to stop having sex with monkeys. 🥺

[audreyscornercafe]

Does this also have to do with people that took the Covid shot. I want to hear the truth

[Eyesofthebeholder]

There are great Doctors and Surgeons out there that are super talented and really do care. And then there are the lazy incompetent ones. Its a crap shoot for sure.

[JelvisChristley]

Wait 'predominantly men who have sex with men but also cases in women and children'. Soooo men who sleep with men, and also women, and who also pass it on children? Because that's the logical assumption, not: 'duh we don't know how the women and children got it...'.

[belindakloppers]

Although the lesions is spread over the body it looks similar to shingles lesions which it's more focused to one area of the body and the pain is also excruciating due to nerves being affected.... takes weeks to heal and months for the pain to subside...

[jaycousland]

Make Ivermectin available while you are at it! This should be an OTC, it is at the feed stores!

[KimberlyLetsGo]

It is kind of hard not to believe that this is not a conspiracy when there is a medication that can make a person feel better but a government agency refuses to make it easily accessible. We have doctors with incredible amounts of education and experience and if they believe that this medication will be effective in treating the pain of monkeypox then that should be a pipeline right to approval.

[Truthwillsetufree]

Strange thing is a lot of vaccinated peeps are getting this!

[MashaT]

I don’t understand. Where is TPox available? He’s making it sound like it can be gotten at any pharmacy if prescribed after filling out that crazy paperwork. If it’s under IRB review, it would not likely be kept at a regular pharmacy unless it’s already FDA approve for another medical diagnosis. This doctor is saying he could prescribe TPox off-label if it didn’t still require this crazy paperwork due to the IRB status.

Btw, I am both familiar with off label use with doctors who have prescribed off label meds for my chronic medical issues since 2003 AND being part of active drug studies at multiple stages of the studies (one of which was a class II narcotic for chronic pain). Let’s get this straight:

— Off label use essentially means the drug is already available at nearly any pharmacy but it has only been cleared to use for x diagnosis, but an individual doctor has decided it is medically necessary to use for y treatment based on data published from the studies from the x diagnosis drug trials.

— On the other hand, a drug under IRB review is part of an active study. In this case, it seems there must be an active study for TPox. I’m guessing that this drug is brand new and not yet in pharmacies if he’s saying it cannot be prescribed off-label.

This doctor is making it sound like removing the IRB designation would provide instant access to TPox. That’s not possible.

He’s oversimplifying the idea that eliminating the IRB review status means that TPox will come rushing to pharmacies. It would still require an emergency use hearing like the Covid vaccines, ramping up manufacturing, delivering to pharmacies, logistical issues, etc.

If TPox is really only for monkey pox and still a study drug, it would only be available directly from the manufacturer in small quantities for patient trials. I get that this doctor is trying to move mountains here, but the way he’s presenting this to the public is missing the crucial detail that the process would take some time. He’s also not explaining that when that paperwork is filled out, you likely have to wait to get the medication in the mail from the manufacturer or from another local doctor who may access to the study drug because he’s administering it and monitoring patients participating in the trial.

I agree something needs to be done. Fast. But he’s failing to administer the dose of realism here regarding what it would take to physically get the drug now if a doctor filled out the paperwork, the process to get emergency use grants, production, logistics to get it to pharmacies fast, etc.