Contact your GP if you think you could have been bitten and you have a pink or red rash, a temperature of 38C or above, other flu-like symptoms such as a headache or joint pain, and swollen lymph ...
Common symptoms include a skin rash or pus-filled lesions, which can last between two to four weeks. It can also cause fever, headaches, muscle aches, back pain, low energy and swollen lymph nodes.
“If you get infected with mpox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear,” says Basford. “Symptoms to look out for include a fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen ...
Two more reports of the potentially deadly strain of the mpox virus have been detected in the UK, as an expert reveals the most common symptom of the disease which may seem normal.