Jack got mpox. He was in pain for six weeks

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A man who contracted mpox says he's traumatised after enduring pain for six weeks. 35-year-old Jack attended several dance parties over the King's Birthday weekend in Melbourne and decided to have a sexual health screen after noticing some sensitivity in his rectum. He says within a few days of first getting symptoms, he was diagnosed with mpox and the pain he experienced saw him seek treatment at an emergency department.