HARROWING footage shows a student acting "possessed" while ill in bed, after her holiday hangover turned out to be deadly dengue fever. Cara Pyper had been in Bali , Indonesia , for two weeks when all of a sudden she began to feel "deathly unwell" as if she had been "hit by a bus". The 22-year-old developed a high temperature, headaches, muscle pain, and extreme fatigue, all common symptoms of dengue.
Also known as 'breakbone fever', dengue is an infection spread by mosquito bites that causes severe, flu-like illness. Most people will get better within one to two weeks, but some may need to go to hospital. In some cases, dengue can be fatal.
In a video taken by Cara's pal, Abbi Whorriskey, the student can be seen thrashing her arms about looking "possessed", as if she was swatting flies while asleep. Abbi, also 22, even joked she thought she might need to "phone a priest" after seeing her friend's "scary" sleep movements. At the time, Cara didn't realise it was dengue fever and thought it could just be a hangover, so pushed herself to continue sight-seeing.
Cara, from Edinburgh, Scotland said: "It was hell at the time. I felt deathly unwell. "About two weeks in to our holiday I literally just got overcome with this random sickness.
"I literally felt like I had been hit by a bus. My whole body just felt heavy and sore. "I thought I was just run down because of the time difference or that it was maybe from drinking.
"I thought it was maybe just a hangover. "I was in shock when .
