“My daughter studies in the Green Village area, I assume she was bitten there,” says her mother Dalia (pseudonym) in an interview with Mako Health. “At the hospital, they told me that the virus mostly affects adults, but that children can also be affected by it, and to my understanding, she is the first to be marked this year in Israel as a suspect for the disease.”
According to her, what raised her suspicions that something was not right, were unusual feelings reported by the girl: “A few days ago she had a fever and complained of severe pain in the upper back of her head. It really stressed me out, so we went to the doctor.” However, according to her, the doctor suspected that it was only a virus and sent them home. To Muhart, her husband called her while she was at work to report that the girl was suffering from a widespread rash on her face. “At this point I was really stressed because I heard there was a case of dengue fever in the area – a dangerous disease caused by a tick bite,” she describes.
They immediately went to the emergency center, where according to the mother, the girl performed blood tests and found a very low amount of white blood cells. “We were immediately referred to the hospital and flew to Dana in Ichilov. There they performed blood tests on her, including a serological test, and just to be sure, they also started giving her treatment against dengue fever.
However, in Ichilov they emphasize that they are now waiting for the answer of another serological test that will confirm with certainty that it is indeed the virus.