• life
  • Animals/Pets
  • DIY
  • Family
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Daily top 10
  • Quiz
Skip to content

  • life
  • Animals/Pets
  • DIY
  • Family
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Daily top 10
  • Quiz

  • life
  • Animals/Pets
  • DIY
  • Family
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Daily top 10
  • Quiz

bite.png?resize=1200,630 - Mother-Of-One Passed Away Only Weeks After Ignoring ‘Normal’ Bug Bites

Mother-Of-One Passed Away Only Weeks After Ignoring ‘Normal’ Bug Bites

A mother has passed away only a few weeks after small bug bites appeared on her skin.

ADVERTISEMENT

58-year-old Tamela Wilson has died of a tick-borne illness. She was at work in Missouri when she noticed two ticks lodged on her skin.

The mother-of-one removed the insects and continued with her day as assistant park superintendent at Meramec State Park.

ADVERTISEMENT

After a few days, she had a fever and became nauseous and lethargic. Doctors were confused and Wilson was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.

ADVERTISEMENT

But several days later, her condition worsened. On May 31, blood tests revealed Wilson had Bourbon virus – a rare and untreatable disease.

ADVERTISEMENT

The mother spent weeks in the intensive care unit with doctors trying their best to stop or slow down the progression of the disease. But Wilson developed hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, which causes immune cells to mutate, and pneumonia.

ADVERTISEMENT

Wilson passed away on June 23.

Her heartbroken family members describe the agonizing pain the mother-of-one suffered during her final weeks.

ADVERTISEMENT

Her stepmother, Kathy Potter, said to Fox 6 News: “You wouldn’t want this for your worst enemy. It makes you fearful of going outside.”

Her father, Geoff, said: “The doctors were beside themselves. They said it’s a medical mystery.

ADVERTISEMENT

“Every day we’d go to the hospital and she’d get worse. No improvement.”

Bourbon virus has only affected 5 people in the United States. The first case was a 68-year-old man in Kansas. He passed away weeks after a tick bit him.

ADVERTISEMENT

The virus is a type of thogotovirus. Thogotoviruses usually result in meningitis but Bourbon virus attacks and destroys white blood cells rapidly. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine or treatment for the condition.

ADVERTISEMENT

The CDC urges people to wear long pants and sleeves, apply insect repellents, avoid wooded and bushy areas, and check the body after spending time outdoors.

What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments section and SHARE this post with your family and friends!

ADVERTISEMENT

 

 

Recommended Video!
“This Restaurant Sells Burgers With A Tarantula On Top”

Posts

untitled design 2023 03 26t124927 296.jpg - JUST IN: Blind Opera Legend Andrea Bocelli Rides A Horse Through New York City’s Central Park
Entertainment • news

JUST IN: Blind Opera Legend Andrea Bocelli Rides A Horse Through New York City’s Central Park

March 26, 2023
breaking 40.jpg - JUST IN: Selena Gomez And Zayn Malik Spotted KISSING And Holding Hands While On A Secret Date
Entertainment • news

JUST IN: Selena Gomez And Zayn Malik Spotted KISSING And Holding Hands While On A Secret Date

March 26, 2023
untitled design 2023 03 26t103631 773.jpg - Blac Chyna Finally REVEALS Why She Quit OnlyFans And Began Backtracking On Her Body Modifications
Entertainment • news

Blac Chyna Finally REVEALS Why She Quit OnlyFans And Began Backtracking On Her Body Modifications

March 26, 2023
breaking 39.jpg - JUST IN: Harry Potter Star Daniel Radcliffe Is About To Become A DAD
Entertainment • news

JUST IN: Harry Potter Star Daniel Radcliffe Is About To Become A DAD

March 26, 2023
dna5.jpg - JUST IN: Woman Who Claims To Be Missing Madeleine McCann Is Set To RECEIVE Life-Changing Update, Investigator Says
Daily top 10 • life

JUST IN: Woman Who Claims To Be Missing Madeleine McCann Is Set To RECEIVE Life-Changing Update, Investigator Says

March 26, 2023

Pages

  • Editors
  • Privacy policy
  • SmallJoys
  • Terms of Service

[rsnippet name="sitename" multi-site="true"] Copyright 2020. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy   [rsnippet name="termsofservice" multi-site="true"]   [rsnippet name="editors" multi-site="true"] [rsnippet name="naver-post" multi-site="true"]