Father named Ross Constable (48) He told him how the doctors diagnosed Tourett’s syndrome after he was bited by a mosquito on vacation in Thailand. In his words, this condition was supposed to cause dengue fever, which caused several severe symptoms. , although the effects of this disease gradually disappeared, Now he has to deal with life with a neurological disorder.
Got infected during the holiday
Ross in 2019 with family went to the Thai Phuket to spend peaceful moments there. During the holiday he was bitten by a mosquito, which initially did not cause any problems. However, after arriving home, a man from Timperley in the Great Manchester started to worry that something is wrong. Suddenly He didn’t feel good, he was constantly tired, had pain all over his body and a high fever.
In panic he decided to call an emergency line and received advice to contact the doctor. He told him that could be infected during a flight from Thailand. “I was tied to bed for two weeks. I was very thirsty and slept a lot,” he said, saying felt like liquid gelatin, with his gums bleeding, his joints hurt and had an unbearable eye pain.
Ross added that At one point he was not even able to recognize his partner. “I was hard to return to work. I had the feeling that I was losing my mind a little,” he explained, while A few weeks later he was diagnosed with a fever of degue, a mosquito disease spread.
The disease also occurred to his brain
In spite of the diagnosis were doctors Continue confused by Ross’s mysterious new symptoms that included muscle cramps and speech difficulties. Later he learned that in addition to the fever of Dengue, he also developed Tourett’s syndrome, which caused him frequent tics. They are sometimes so extreme that they trigger even the smallest sounds and movements.
Since this case took place in 2019, Dengue fever gradually retreated. The problem is that Ross must now fight the symptoms of Tourett’s syndrome that is likely to bother him until the end of life. Despite his condition, however, the young dad is still developing and in recent years he has built a painter’s career. Even will present with his creations at the exhibition that will be held on 8 May.
Although the fever of degue itself does not cause Tourett syndrome, experts claim that in rare cases it can cause neurological complications such as brain inflammation. Some evidence suggests a link between this symptom and tika disorders. Doctors in addition to They believe that Ross’s mental problems caused by the deteriorating state also had their share of the blame..
