A backpacker says she felt like she was “about to die” - after catching dengue fever in Thailand.
Paisley Peach, 32, was backpacking around the southeast Asian country with her husband, Julian De Prince, 31, when she was bitten by a horde of mosquitoes.
The couple came down with a high fever on the same night - but Paisley was rushed to the nearest hospital after collapsing in her bathroom.
Now, she says she “regrets not wearing bug spray” - and has vowed to get vaccinated for the virus before travelling again.
Paisley, a burlesque performer and events producer from Boulder, Colorado, said: “I’ve never been hospitalised in my life - but with dengue, I thought I was about to die.
Paisley Peach, 32, was backpacking around the southeast Asian country with her husband, Julian De Prince, 31, when she was bitten by a horde of mosquitoes.
The couple came down with a high fever on the same night - but Paisley was rushed to the nearest hospital after collapsing in her bathroom.
Now, she says she “regrets not wearing bug spray” - and has vowed to get vaccinated for the virus before travelling again.
Paisley, a burlesque performer and events producer from Boulder, Colorado, said: “I’ve never been hospitalised in my life - but with dengue, I thought I was about to die.
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00:00Put a finger down if you went to an island in Thailand just to find out you got dengue fever.
00:05I went to a jungle rave, danced in the forest all night, got bit by a bunch of mosquitoes,
00:31ended up getting deathly ill, could barely eat a bite of food for like 5 days, got covered in
00:37red splotches all over your body, fainted because you barely ate anything, could barely even drink
00:42water without throwing up, ended up having to take a boat taxi and a ferry back to the mainland,
00:47finally dragged your ass to a hospital just to find out you got dengue fever.