There are at least 39 cases of monkeypox in South Carolina and 111 cases in North Carolina as of Aug. 9, 2022. State officials said Mecklenburg County continues to be the epicenter of the outbreak in the Tar Heel State.
But doctors said, generally, most cases of monkeypox are mild. Although for some people, it can be extremely painful, and uncomfortable and isolation periods can be several weeks long.
Novant Health officials said they have not had to hospitalize a patient with monkeypox yet, but clinicians are desperately working to build supplies of TPOXX, a drug approved by the FDA to treat smallpox. Monkeypox is in the same family of viruses and the medicine could also help those patients.
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