An Australian traveler has opened up about how her tropical getaway to Indonesia turned into a nightmare after contracting dengue.
Marley, a 24-year-old from Sydney, has just returned to Australia after eight days in an Indonesian hospital after contracting the disease while on holiday on the resort island of Gili Trawangan.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that infects between 100 and 400 million people each year in tropical and subtropical areas.
Marley said he suffered terrible fevers, his eyes were bloodshot and his gums even began to bleed.
‘I had a lot of body pain, my joints hurt a lot, which was strange. And then I was sweating but I was really cold, which was crazy,” the solo traveler said. yahoo news.
Marley, 24, contracted dengue while on holiday on the Indonesian island of Gili Trawangan.
With the illness coming in “waves,” doctors told Marley she needed to be transferred to a better medically equipped hospital in Bali.
She was then transported on an ambulance boat which, fortunately, was covered by her travel insurance.
“It was very scary,” Marley said.
“I’ve never been in an ambulance or anything like that before, I haven’t really had any health problems when I’ve been abroad.”
However, the brave Australian said she had no choice but to remain “calm” even as she suffered severe dehydration and a drop in her white blood cell count.
He said he “wouldn’t wish” the disease on anyone.
Among the ‘wild’ symptoms Marley experienced were pain, chills, bloodshot eyes and even bleeding gums.
Although Marley received a vaccine against the disease before traveling to Indonesia, she said she was not vigilant enough about using insect repellent.
There has been a drastic increase in reported cases of dengue in Indonesia, with Bali’s Bangli Regency region up 65 percent compared to this time last year.
Travelers have been flooding social media with their own stories of severe pain, uncontrollable vomiting and temperatures exceeding 39°C.
“I went in March and bought it for my 30th birthday,” a Sydney woman shared.
‘It was horrible, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. The worst thing is the fever and the body aches.’
Another said: “I returned home to Darwin, the same day the fever and rash started all over my body.”
“From the plane, straight to the hospital’s infectious disease isolation ward until they resolved it.”
According to the World Health Organization, most people recover within one to two weeks, but in severe cases it can be fatal.
