{"id":479179,"date":"2022-07-29T20:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covered-in-lesions-california-man-shares-excruciating-monkeypox-experience\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T20:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T17:52:36","slug":"covered-in-lesions-california-man-shares-excruciating-monkeypox-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covered-in-lesions-california-man-shares-excruciating-monkeypox-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVERED In Lesions! California Man Shares &#8216;Excruciating&#8217; Monkeypox Experience!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df64b8f29c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df64b8f29c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covered-in-lesions-california-man-shares-excruciating-monkeypox-experience\/#%E2%80%9CCOVERED_In_Lesions_California_Man_Shares_%E2%80%98Excruciating_Monkeypox_Experience_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8220;COVERED In Lesions! California Man Shares &#8216;Excruciating&#8217; Monkeypox Experience! \n&#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCOVERED_In_Lesions_California_Man_Shares_%E2%80%98Excruciating_Monkeypox_Experience_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8220;COVERED In Lesions! California Man Shares &#8216;Excruciating&#8217; Monkeypox Experience!<br \/>\n&#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an effort to raise awareness, <strong>Matt Ford<\/strong> is opening up about his experience with <strong>Monkeypox<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the terrifying disease continues to spread more and more throughout the United States, the 30-year-old actor revealed some details to <em>People<\/em> in an article published Thursday about his run in with it \u2014 the Cali native received a dreadful call on June 17 informing him he had been exposed to the virus from someone whom he had \u201cprolonged contact\u201d with. His next step was to scan his body for any lesions, which he unfortunately found a few of. He decided to self-isolate for a week until he could get tested at a doctor\u2019s office, where he got a positive result. Matt was then issued a court-ordered-stay-at-home-mandate from the LA County Department of Public Health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is so scary!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <em>People<\/em>, during the first week of his diagnosis he experienced \u201cintense flu-like symptoms including coughing, sore throat, and fever, and full-body chills.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently would even wake up to sweat-drenched pillows and bed sheets! OMG! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt explained that after the flu symptoms started to subside he noticed more lesions, counting 25 in total, which became increasingly painful:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cObviously the [lesions] that already existed in the underwear area were very, very painful and the ones on my face, but I started getting them on my torso, legs, arms, shoulders, scalp; they kind of appeared everywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ugh we can\u2019t imagine how horrible that would be! He explained the lesions were \u201cexcruciatingly painful all the time\u201d for a week straight, adding:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd it was more painful if I moved the wrong way, if I irritated them, certain bodily functions that required movement. It was one of the most painful things I\u2019ve ever experienced. I would describe it as like at least an eight or a nine out of 10. There are a lot of reports of people screaming, passing out, just really terrible stuff and I experienced some of that pain and I understand why.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An eight or nine out of 10!!! This poor man! And on top of getting Monkeypox at all, he was one of the FIRST confirmed cases in the U.S. so there weren\u2019t really any vaccines or antiviral treatments available yet. He said he merely had to \u201cwait it out\u201d until his symptoms dissipated. Ouch! He revealed:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe only thing that really helped me with the pain was taking Epsom salt baths. So I took a lot of those in addition to just trying to manage the symptoms. I was maxing out the amount of Tylenol, Advil I could take. Using a lot of creams and ointments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was later prescribed narcotic painkillers after the lesions became so painful that he wasn\u2019t getting any sleep. As for his mental health throughout his isolation, he confessed:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe first two weeks, I just kind of tried to focus on getting to the other side of it, and trying to remember that it was temporary. It was really tough around the two week mark, I remember because I was starting to get a little stir crazy inside. I was stuck inside and in pain and it was really brutal. I feel very blessed to have a strong support system. And I was very grateful for that. But mentally, it was difficult.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a harsh time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost a full month later on July 12, Matt finally recovered and had his stay-at-home order lifted but admits he still notices some lingering signs of the virus:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI still have pigmentation on me from where the spots were and there\u2019s some residual soreness from areas where the lesions did some trauma to my body. And mentally, I had some pretty intense <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> anxiety coming out of it. It\u2019s a very intense thing to go through and coming out of it, you feel a little bit shaken.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt was hesitant to share his experience, but decided it was more important to try and bring attention to \u201chow painful or serious this is.\u201d Additionally, he emphasized that ANYONE can contract the virus, even though it is impacting gay men the most:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere can be some stigma around it due to some of the ways that it potentially can spread. It is by no means only spread through sex, it is not classified as an STI, but that is a major way that we are seeing it spread and that carries some connotations with it, unfortunately, of like a scarlet letter scenario, for some people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere also seems to be kind of a rift between the messaging that anybody can get this, which is true, versus emphasizing that the primary demographic, the vast majority of people who get it, currently are queer men and a huge way we\u2019re seeing it spread through sexual contact. And that does not mean it\u2019s the only way. I think we can acknowledge it is primarily queer men being affected right now. And there is potential for that to spread to other communities without inducing any shame or stigma or labeling this a gay disease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said it best that it\u2019s important to acknowledge that queer men are amongst the most affected, but ANYONE can still get it. Matt Added:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s no place or reason for shame or stigma in any of this. It can be terrible. It can be awful, but something that helped me is remembering that it is temporary and there is another side of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re glad Matt recovered and is sharing his story. We all just need to take this virus as seriously as it needs to be taken to help reduce and prevent the spread! What are your thoughts on it? Let us know in the comments below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to see more examples of the stages of Monkeypox, check out <strong>TikTok<\/strong> user Tonanty\u2019s progession (below):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tonanty\/video\/7125575375882571051\" data-video-id=\"7125575375882571051\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\">\n<section> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@tonanty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tonanty?refer=embed\">@tonanty<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"monkeypox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/monkeypox\">#monkeypox<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"losangeles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/losangeles\">#losangeles<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"la\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/la\">#la<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"lgbt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt\">#lgbt<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"lagays\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lagays\">#lagays<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"grindr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/grindr\">#grindr<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Tanilraif\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7125575346866539310?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Tanilraif<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>[Images via Inside Edition\/<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RCDfPhyzzyY\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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