'I thought it was just the flu': 27-year-old influencer reveals how she dismissed symptoms of dengue fever on a dream holiday, as mosquito virus threatens to hit Olympics in France

A tourist on a dream Bali holiday thought she had just fallen ill with the flu, but it turned out to be potentially life-threatening dengue. Emma Cox, 27, had been on the tropical island in Indonesia for just 10 days before coming down with dengue Three days after returning to the UK she awoke to find a 'horrendous' rash covering her body The content creator also experienced muscle and joint pain and a severe headaches so painful she had to wear sunglasses indoors With the insects now being reported in France, public health scientists now fear the Paris Olympics in July could turn into a dengue 'superspreader event'. Ms Cox sought advice about the rash from social media and she eventually went to A&E for help from medics The 27-year-old originally thought she had fallen ill from the air-conditioning but it was eventually revealed a crack in a window in her accommodation was letting mosquitoes in Dengue is spread by infected mosquitoes passing the virus onto to people through bites. Pictured are some of the NHS blood tests Ms Cox undertook while seeking help for her condition Dengue is a potentially deadly virus passed to people by infected mosquitoes and was historically known as 'breakbone fever' 'They were really itchy, and they kept spreading.' Dengue is normally transmitted by mosquito bites, but exposure to infected blood can also result in people catching the virus Symptoms of severe dengue include severe stomach pain, repeatedly being sick, fast breathing, bleeding gums, nose bleeds, extreme tiredness, restlessness and blood in your vomit or faeces.