“My daughter is the first girl to be diagnosed with Nile fever”

Since the revelation by Mako Health last week (17.6) about five patients with Nile fever (“West Nile fever”) more and more patients are being discovered at the center. The Ministry of Health updates that so far 42 people have been diagnosed with West Nile fever, of which 36 people have been hospitalized, five of whom are on ventilators. One person who contracted West Nile fever died yesterday in Sheba, and it was suspected that another person suspected of having the virus died yesterday in Bilinson. All the patients are from the center of the country.We are now reporting on a 9-year-old girl from the Ramat Hasharon area, who apparently contracted a fever after being bitten. According to the mother, the girl was apparently bitten in the Ramat Hasharon area. She felt bad and was referred to Ichilov. There, he underwent a series of tests, which found that it was apparently the Nile fever virus caused by a mosquito bite.

“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.