Corentin and Nicolas, two young Parisians who contracted monkeypox in late June, shared their ordeal.
The resurgence of monkeypox cases in countries where it is commonly absent has been worrying health authorities for several months. While France counts 498 active casesNicolas and Corentin, affected by the virus, testify in front of BFM TV.
When he began to feel fever and a strong sore throat, Nicolas was a thousand miles away from suspecting the virus he had contracted. "When they told me at the hospital that I might have had monkeypox, I couldn't believe it at all." On Wednesday, June 29, he received this diagnosis.
It is a few hours after the initial sore throat that the characteristic pustules of monkeypox begin to appear. †It looked like little mosquito pimples but frankly, if I hadn't been asked the question, I wouldn't have noticed them at any point. I had to look at my body with a magnifying glass" he explains.
The young man is now in hospital and on morphine for 5 days. †I've never had such a pain in my throat† Nicholas continues. The contamination could have taken place at the music festival, at the time of close contact at the level of the mouth with a friend.
“Extremely painful and very restrictive lesions”
It's also a "close contact with a person in a festive context" which caused Corentin to contract the virus.
He explains that he started feeling symptoms "very painful and does not get better" similar to hemorrhoids.
The pimples were then quickly visible. "I have extremely painful and very narrowing lesions that have appeared on the mucous membranes"† in the genital area. "Finally, types of pimples on the body and face: scabs that don't actually heal".
Three days after the first symptoms, he is diagnosed with monkeypox. "I thought it was abnormal and rushed to the hospital because it was already very restrictive: I couldn't sleep anymore. They were sleepless nights. I couldn't eat anymore, I avoided it because I was in a lot of pain when I went to the toilet."
If his condition improves today, he calls this experience a real ordeal. "I was prescribed strong painkillers because the pain was unbearable. Today it still scares me and the pimples are still there, even though they are starting to shrink a bit."
From now on, Nicolas and Corentin are campaigning for the French health authorities to set up a prevention and information system about the risks of this disease.
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