A Glasgow mum has been left with painful bites she believes could be from black flies she accidentally brought back from her holiday.
Denise Kelly fears the Spanish black flies could have come back in her luggage from Benidorm. The 42-year-old mum was bitten on the last night of her holiday and fell ill on the plane home.
"When we landed in Newcastle, I picked up my car but my legs were throbbing and the bites were swelling up. I was checked over at Hexham hospital but the bites didn't look infected so I drove home to Glasgow. "I found a warning for tourists about Spanish black flies and realised they were everywhere in the house. They don't bite you like a mosquito, they gnaw on your skin."
"My daughter is also partially sighted and my son has ADHD so we have all been really stressed out at this and having to leave the house. The bites can take up to four weeks to heal and my leg is in absolute agony. Even when I'm walking the pressure can make it worse. Expert Jorge Galván, the general director of ANECPLA, the environmental health association, said the bites could lead to severe infection and even hospitalisation. He told the Record he thinks was possible insect eggs could have travelled back in a toy Denise brought home in her suitcase and hatched when she placed this in water.
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