British Teen Contracts Life-Threatening Scrub Typhus After Thailand Trip

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A British mother is warning travellers after her 17-year-old daughter contracted scrub typhus following a trip across Thailand. Initially misdiagnosed with dental issues, the teen’s symptoms escalated to jaundice, swollen lymph nodes, and suspected liver failure before scrub typhus was identified. Caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium, the illness can be fatal if untreated. The mother is urging travellers, especially to northern regions like Chiang Mai, to be vigilant about symptoms and inform doctors of recent travel. With no vaccine available, early diagnosis and treatment with antibiotics like doxycycline are vital.

[Magictoad]

It's very unfortunate that there is no vaccine available for this but for all the other things that there Are VACCINE AVAILABLE then go and get them It's vitally important to ignore anti-valuers and their pernicious nonsense. Polio is a good example of a terrible disease that was eliminated by vaccination programs.

[PoorSucker]

5 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

there Are VACCINE AVAILABLE then go and get them

Fourth month with shingles, wish I took the vaccine