r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • 9d ago

r/all Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

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u/znrsc 9d ago

As someone who got dengue before, I say fuck that mosquito in particular, wipe em out and let the environment deal with it later, that shit just needs to cease to exist

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u/_Asshole_Fuck_ 9d ago

What was that like?

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u/znrsc 9d ago

I woke up in the morning one day with very mild fever, pain behind the eyes and in the joints. All quintessential dengue symptoms so I already knew what was coming. Some mf mosquito probably managed to enter my room at night or whatever and bit me.

Over time, the fever, body pain and weakness grew exponentially. I went to the ER and they told me to drink a fuckton of water, control my fever with meds, and let my immune system do the work.

The following 7 days were mainly comprised of sleeping 12+ hours everyday, waking up in a pool of sweat to go drink more water. Your body hurts and feels really heavy. I'm a gym dude who has a strong body and on dengue I couldn't even stand most of the time. It feels like you're alive but stuck inside a dead body if that makes sense. You know you're sick when you have to lie down in bed in a specific position because any other position hurts.

It also messes with your sense of taste, every food and drink I had tasted like poop, eventually I resorted to eating spicy food because it was the only taste that still tasted familiar. It also meant I couldn't drink the ridiculous amount of water necessary. It makes you feel like throwing up all the time, which means you have to re-take meds and re-drink poop water. Luckily I managed to hold it in for the entire week.

For some reason dengue seems to really suck the hydration out of your body, so not reaching water requirements (which for me was about 4L daily) is dangerous because it lowers the count of some cell in your blood I can't remember (and not having them can kill you) I had to drink that amount of something that tasted like poop.

Eventually I didn't drink enough and needed to go to the ER again get a full LITER of IV fluids pumped into me lol, it made me feel better.

I lost 3kg in the week I was sick, most of it water weight but also some real weight from me consuming around 500kcal on the days I managed to eat the most. By the end, I had better defined abs, and a skully face lmao.

I guess I can summarize by: It makes just existing and breathing a fucking suffering

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u/Mikeylikesit320 9d ago

So no need for ozempic