Hove Man Fights For Life After Horror Holiday

[churchill]

A young man is fighting for his life thousands of miles from home after being struck down by a mystery illness on the holiday of a lifetime.

Gus Golding, 21, is in a critical condition in hospital in Thailand after suddenly falling ill while on holiday with girlfriend Natalie Evans.

Miss Evans bought the trip of a lifetime for Mr Golding as a present for his 21st birthday in February.

Mr Golding, of Brunswick Road, Hove, started feeling unwell the day after the couple arrived on the Koh Samui island on April 15.

After four days of fever and coughing up blood the couple decided he needed urgent medical help.

Mr Golding has now been in a medically induced coma in a Bankok hospital for seven days.

Miss Evans, also 21, had to fly home yesterday to find the money to pay for his treatment, as their insurance will not cover them because Mr Golding suffers from asthma.

Describing her desperate fight to help her boyfriend of four years recover, Miss Evans, said: “He has been in hospital seven days now and they are still trying to work out what’s wrong with him.

“He’s in a critical condition and needs a machine to breathe.

“They thought he had pneumonia to start with. Now they think it might be a condition called churg strauss vasculitis (COR) which is a disease of the blood that causes the lungs to fail.

“Once they know what it is they might be able to start getting him better.”

Mr Golding, a student at City College Brighton and Hove, briefly regained conscious from his seven-day coma, only to tell his girlfriend that he was terrified about being able to hear everything around him.

Fighting back tears Miss Evans told The Argus: “He has been sedated to keep him in a coma. They tried to lower the sedative levels and take away his paralysation. He was able to open his eyes and talk a bit.

“He said he knew what was going on, but is paralysed and can’t do anything about it. He was really distressed about that.”

Miss Evans said she fears the medical bills will run into hundreds of thousands of pounds as doctors were flown by private jet to the remote island to care for Mr Golding.

Desperate for help paying for his treatment she has set up a bank account so friends and family can help with donations. Anyone who thinks they can help Mr Golding can contact The Argus newsroom on 01273 544519.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8125986.Hov...horror_holiday/

Edited April 29, 2010 by churchill

[Trickcyclist]

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Churg-Strauss-Syndrome.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/churg-strauss_s...ome/article.htm

"... in particular, occurs in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and features inflammation of blood vessels (also referred to as angiitis) in the lungs, skin, nerves, and abdomen. The blood vessels involved in Churg-Strauss syndrome are small arteries and veins."

[RAZZELL]

Get well soon

Plus a lesson to read the small print

RAZZ

[Rooo]

Insensitive, careless & trollish post removed. Unfortunately had to remove a further 3 posts with justifiable answers . By trying to edit them, they would have made no sense.

[Rooo]

Most insurances, don't cover illnesses due to pre existing conditions.Hope the young man gets better.

[bartender100]

If i was coughing blood i would not wait 4 days, hope he recovers to get home ok

[smokie36]

If i was coughing blood i would not wait 4 days, hope he recovers to get home ok

Best wishes to him and hope he recovers soon.

[frankman]

PLEASE !!!!! Bring him to the BUMRUNGRAD INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL in bangkok, they know what they are doing!!!

TEL.: 026671000 the doc.'s here don't know f..k all!!!

get well soon !!!!!

[goldfinger]

first they reported, he stays on Samui in a "Bangkok hospital", and doctor(s)) were coming with Private jets to the "remote island"

in another report from 1.May, they say, he stayed in Bangkok in a hospital, where they kept him in a coma.

The family cannot come to bangkok due to the red shirts protests.....

many questions........

[souvenirdeparis]

He needs a scanner.

[Lumumba]

Churg strauss Syndrome, What?

Serious business, Nigerian president has been in coma for 1 year, the Germans and the Saudis on his case were equally useless. Well the local boys that worked on him thought he had a stubborn asthma and gave him everything in their pharmacy.

Best of luck to your boyfriend and you.Better make arrangements for an air ambulance to take him home where he can be treated under NHS. Out here the bills will just mount by the seconds.

[BigC]

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Churg-Strauss-Syndrome.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/churg-strauss_s...ome/article.htm

"... in particular, occurs in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and features inflammation of blood vessels (also referred to as angiitis) in the lungs, skin, nerves, and abdomen. The blood vessels involved in Churg-Strauss syndrome are small arteries and veins."

cannot beleive that his inssurence will not cover him. what is the point of inssurence. unless he ticked no for do u have asthma but then why would he or the inssurence is usless anyway.

just want to know which company he is with so i know not to go to them

[smokie36]

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Churg-Strauss-Syndrome.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/churg-strauss_s...ome/article.htm

"... in particular, occurs in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and features inflammation of blood vessels (also referred to as angiitis) in the lungs, skin, nerves, and abdomen. The blood vessels involved in Churg-Strauss syndrome are small arteries and veins."

cannot beleive that his inssurence will not cover him. what is the point of inssurence. unless he ticked no for do u have asthma but then why would he or the inssurence is usless anyway.

just want to know which company he is with so i know not to go to them

Most insurance on the net will simply ask you if you are fit and well. A reminder to anyone to seek guidance from the insurers before travelling.

Unfortunately too late in this case.

[churchill]

More info on facebook " help for gus "

[samuibeachcomber]

If he only had travel insurance,my understanding is they will only usually pay(if they are going to) on return to country of origin and supply them with receipts.I may be wrong.I think travel insurance is not worth the paper its printed on,is usually very cheap and of course is only valid for the holiday dates(departure and return).

It certainly is a lesson to be learnt,and maybe the only true health insurance to have is annual private health cover that includes validity while traveling overseas.

[Maestro]

East Sussex holiday coma man flies home from Thailand

last updated at 19:51 GMT, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 20:51 UK

Natalie Evans and Gus Golding took out holiday insurance

A Hove man who has been in hospital for a month after falling ill on holiday in Thailand has boarded a plane home.

Gus Golding was set to arrive at Heathrow Airport before transferring to Royal Sussex County Hospital.

The 21-year-old was away with his girlfriend Natalie Evans when he became ill with a disease of the blood which damaged his lungs.

Read more: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8693418.stm

-- BBC 2010-05-19

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[endure]

He should have declared his asthma to his insurer as a pre-existing condition. He might have had to pay a bit more but he would have been insured.

[Patsycat]

Good news he's on his way home.

[BigC]

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Churg-Strauss-Syndrome.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/churg-strauss_s...ome/article.htm

"... in particular, occurs in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and features inflammation of blood vessels (also referred to as angiitis) in the lungs, skin, nerves, and abdomen. The blood vessels involved in Churg-Strauss syndrome are small arteries and veins."

cannot beleive that his inssurence will not cover him. what is the point of inssurence. unless he ticked no for do u have asthma but then why would he or the inssurence is usless anyway.

just want to know which company he is with so i know not to go to them

Most insurance on the net will simply ask you if you are fit and well. A reminder to anyone to seek guidance from the insurers before travelling.

Unfortunately too late in this case.

i suppose that i would need a lawyer to check an inssurence plicy if i took 1. how large an area is fit and well. not many people r 100 per cent fit. i dunno