After sleeping with air conditioning on in a hotel room, a British woman had to be hospitalized and put on an IV drip after being diagnosed with a “really bad case of tonsillitis”.
With Covid-like symptoms and white spots on her tonsils, the woman first As per a report in MailOnline, Liana Foster came to Antalya in Turkey for a family holiday from North London.

The vacation was interrupted after two days with a bad bout of tonsilitis when Foster started to feel “groggy and got a

sore throat

as well”. She said she couldn’t eat or drink and thought it was a Covid infection since her temperature was high and her body was aching.
Moudly air from the hotel room’s air conditioner is likely the cause behind her condition.

Foster began to feel unwell after her first night at the hotel room, but she didn’t visit the hotel’s resident doctor as she said it was expensive. “I couldn’t consume oral antibiotics so I had to get injections for three days and twice a day. I was in a lot of pain,” the woman shared her ordeal with MailOnline.

What is tonsillitis and what are its symptoms?

It is an inflammation of the tonsils, small tissues at the back of the throat. Swollen tonsils, sore throat, difficulty in swallowing and tender lymph nodes on the sides of the neck are among the common signs and symptoms. It can both be caused by virus and bacteria. In cases where treatments don’t help much, a surgery to remove the tonsils is performed.

Tonsillitis is more common among children and adolescents. It can also cause fever, stomach ache, neck pain and headache.

Risks of sleeping with air conditioning on

Legionnaires’ disease

Air conditioning at hotels or offices can put you at risk of a serious lung infection. According to NHS UK, inhaling droplets of water from things like air conditioning or hot tubs can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a kind of lung infection. Cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, vomiting and certain neurological disorders are some of the symptoms of this illness. People may catch this infection in hotels, hospitals or offices where the bacteria is in water supply. However, usually people do not contract this infection at home.

Sore throat

Are you sitting with air conditioning on all the time or leave it on the entire night while sleeping? This can put you at risk of several health issues. AC can remove moisture from the air and eventually make the air dry leading to irritated throat, soreness and discomfort.

Skin issues

According to dermatologists, exposing yourself to air conditioner’s dry air can exacerbate existing skin conditions such as eczema, rosacea, psoriasis, among others. Apart from that your skin may also lose moisture, leading to pre-mature skin ageing.

Hair health

Losing too much hair these days? You may be overusing your air conditioning. Since it can rob the air of moisture, it can also affect your hair health, making them dry and brittle.