A man hospitalized by monkeypox says he couldn't swallow his own spit and feared he would die

• A man in his thirties is in the hospital with a serious illness.

• Harununa Tuly couldn't swallow his own spit because of his throat pain.

• People with weakened immune systems and pregnant women are at risk of severe monkeypox.

The man who was hospitalized for almost two weeks with monkeypox told Insider that he couldn't swallow his own spit and feared he would die.

Most people recover from monkeypox without treatment.

Doctors told Harun that he was one of the most severe monkeypox cases they had ever treated.

People with weakened immune systems and pregnant people are at risk of severe monkeypox. He has HIV, which can damage cells in the immune system, but he believes he had a strong immune system at the time of his monkeypox infection.

According to The New York Times, Dr. Zucker, an infectious disease specialist working in New York who was not involved in Tulanay's case, said that for a percentage of people it is worse than he anticipated.

There have been 2,137 confirmed monkeypox cases in the UK since the outbreak began in May. Most of the cases in the UK are in London, where Tulunay, who is gay, lives. There were 2,323 confirmed cases in the US, spread across 43 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. In both countries, no one has died of the disease.

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men have a high number of cases. Anyone can get it if they have close contact with a person who has it. Hilary Brueck reported that it is not a gay disease.

Tulunay said the pain felt like flesh being ripped from his bones

He thought he had a case of Covid-19, but tests showed it was not.

He felt pain throughout his body that felt like it ripped off his bones.

He had a sore throat and swollen glands after five days. Despite the heat in London, he slept with four blankets.

Over-the-counter sleeping pills and antibiotics were some of the drugs that Tulunay had at home that he hoped would help. There was nothing to work on.

He didn't think much of the painless spot on his nose.

Four days later, Tulunay had a monkeypox test and a medical review for any other illnesses that could cause his symptoms at his local hospital, as the test results didn't come back immediately.

He was discharged from the hospital the next day with antibiotics. He couldn't eat, drink or swallow his own spit after his throat became so swollen that he couldn't eat or drink.

'I thought I was going to die"

He was admitted to the hospital after he told the nurse he couldn't swallow his spit.

He said that he told his friend that he thought he was going to die.

Three days after he was admitted to the hospital, he had a test that confirmed he had monkeypox. He said that his throat and mouth were all covered.

The patient was transferred to a specialist hospital for treatment with an experimental drug.

Being in his own room was the worst part of the experience because the doctors treated him in hazmat suits. He wondered if he would hug someone again.

After another five days in the hospital, Tulunay was released on July 14 and has recovered.

He didn't go public with his story to scare people but to raise awareness so people could look after their own health

I'm looking at you." He said that it took some time but he was fine.

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