As summer approaches, pest and health care officials alike are urging people to protect themselves against mosquitoes.
Aside from their itchy bites that are a general annoyance, Arizona mosquitoes can carry the deadly West Nile Virus. Although some people who contract the virus will be asymptomatic, and others may only produce a fever, a portion of those infected will die from the disease. There is no cure.
“Each day I would feel a little bit worse, and then I ran a fever of 103.8. All of my joints hurt, the pain just continued to get worse and worse; I ended up in urgent care, they thought I had bursitis. Then I ended up in the ER,” said Carolyn Beguin, who contracted West Nile Virus Sept. 1, 2021. “I had dizziness, I had blurred vision. Gosh, it was so over-whelming. My head hurt so bad; I couldn’t move my right arm without excessive pain.”
