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Dengue fever is spreading in the Caribbean, and survivors say travellers aren't being warned
Avis Favaro, Medical Correspondent
Elizabeth St. Philip
CTV News
Graham Slaughter
CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:08PM EST Last Updated Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:05PM EST
TORONTO -- Jeanine Monteiro was back home from her vacation to Cuba for a week when she began to get intense headaches behind her eyes, followed shortly thereafter by strange hallucinations.
The unusual symptoms were the first signs of dengue fever, a potentially deadly disease that has exploded in prevalence in South America and the Caribbean with several tropical countries reporting outbreaks and national health emergencies.
But at the time, Monteiro, 42, thought she might just have the flu.
Within weeks, her symptoms spiralled out of control. She suffered joint pain and stiffness, and slowly lost her grip on reality. At one point, while in the car with her father after a doctor’s appointment, she struggled to read the pain medication she’d just been prescribed...
Dengue fever is spreading in the Caribbean, and survivors say travellers aren't being warned
Avis Favaro, Medical Correspondent
Elizabeth St. Philip
CTV News
Graham Slaughter
CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:08PM EST Last Updated Thursday, February 20, 2020 12:05PM EST
TORONTO -- Jeanine Monteiro was back home from her vacation to Cuba for a week when she began to get intense headaches behind her eyes, followed shortly thereafter by strange hallucinations.
The unusual symptoms were the first signs of dengue fever, a potentially deadly disease that has exploded in prevalence in South America and the Caribbean with several tropical countries reporting outbreaks and national health emergencies.
But at the time, Monteiro, 42, thought she might just have the flu.
Within weeks, her symptoms spiralled out of control. She suffered joint pain and stiffness, and slowly lost her grip on reality. At one point, while in the car with her father after a doctor’s appointment, she struggled to read the pain medication she’d just been prescribed...