Since May, the virus has rapidly spread across the world, overwhelmingly among men who have sex with men. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - The monkeypox virus may cause intense pain, but the psychological scars of the illness can be just as devastating, say sufferers and those who are treating them.
Dr Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, an infectious disease specialist at the Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital in Paris, who has coordinated research on monkeypox patients, said the"psychological distress is linked to several aspects" of the disease. Then there is the impact of being suddenly hit by"a disease people had never heard of" after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the three-week monkeypox isolation period reviving bad memories of lockdowns.
Mr Sebastien Tuller, a 32-year-old LGBT activist, said he was"very anxious" when monkeypox lesions began to appear on his face.Dr Michel Ohayon, head of the Paris sexual health centre 190, said that"as soon as a disease is visible, it is frightening because it becomes potentially stigmatising".'Homophobia'
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