A woman in Sunshine Coast, Australia, became completely incapacitated overnight after being bitten by a mosquito. The woman, Tara Rogers, woke up with a rash and experienced severe pain and swelling in her ankles and hands. The longevity of the symptoms is the most concerning aspect of the Ross River virus, according to Rogers. She sought medical help but her condition worsened overnight.
It started as a rash, but led to Tara Rogers becoming “completely incapacitated overnight”. But that’s not even the “scary part” about Ross River virus, the Sunshine Coast woman said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Aussie mum ‘completely incapacitated overnight’ from mosquito bite . “The scary part is the longevity of the symptoms,” she told 7NEWS. Rogers woke up in her bed with a rash two weeks ago.
She thought it could have been caused by fleas from her cat, with the rash looking like “bites down my whole legs”. Rogers started to doubt that theory when her rash didn’t go away later that day. She went to the doctor and was given an antihistamine — normally used to treat allergies. The mum-of-one went to be early that night, about 7pm, and slept for 12 hours. When she woke up, her health had declined dramatically. “I woke up the next morning and could not walk,” Rogers said. “I was in indescribable pain. “It just felt like my ankle bone was grinding on the bone, like there was nothing there cushioning it.” Her hands also began to swell up, but she did not have a feve
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