Woman tells Spirit Airlines staff to educate themselves after her eczema was mistaken for monkeypox

The couple said they were almost kicked out of the flight.

A San Francisco woman claims she was almost kicked off her flight after being mistaken for a disease.

The encounter is said to have started when a Spirit Airlines worker confronted the woman over her skin condition.

Everyone with a non-contagious skin condition has been anticipating thismonkeypox#eczema, according to the TikToker.

After being escorted off the plane, she said that staff asked her to provide medical documents and that they were only able to board again after she gave them a tube of her prescribed cream.

She wrote that she was forced off the plane in front of everyone along with her wife to be questioned about her condition.

My wife was told to watch her attitude after they asked me to give medical documents. I have never been humiliated like that.

She was allowed to return to the plane with her husband.

In a pinned comment, the author wrote, "Spirit Airlines might teach your employees what monkeypox looks like before you catch hundreds of medical discrimination cases."

@redm3at misinformation leads to discrimnation/hostility. everyone with a visible non-contagious skin condition has been anticipating this #monkeypox#eczema ♬ i’m Peppa Pig – funny

Several users responded to the TikTok post with their own instances of discrimination.

I have been trying to cover up my fear of cysts because I am an adult with one. One user wrote that they were sorry for the situation.

People used to bully me because they thought I was spreading the disease.

Three people said they were waiting on this to happen to them. The sun makes me break out from my skin problems.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monkeypox is a rare disease that is part of the same family of Viruses as variola virus.

The symptoms of monkeypox are milder than the symptoms of smallpox. There is no correlation between monkeypox and chickenpox.

More than 7,000 cases of probable or confirmed monkeypox have been recorded in the US, mostly among gay and bisexual men.