Overview
- Kent described waking to itchy bites on her chest and back after a Hawaii trip that developed into painful boils.
- She said testing ruled out a bacterial infection, staph, chickenpox and monkeypox, with biopsy results read as most consistent with an allergic reaction to a bite.
- According to her account, the boils were oozing and were lanced for testing by a clinician she described as wearing a hazmat suit.
- She sought dermatologic care and was prescribed topical steroids, an oral steroid and an antibiotic due to worries about scarring.
- Kent contrasted her situation with Bethenny Frankel’s recent vacation-related bacterial infection, and reports rely on Kent’s podcast account without independent medical records.