Persistent headache and fever in a globe-trotting chef

A chef returns from working in Thailand with headache, fever and vomiting
Dr Lucy Heyworth

Mai, a 51-year-old Thai chef and restaurant owner, presents with a five-day history of headache associated with fever, lethargy, nausea and vomiting.

Two days prior, she returned to Australia from Chiang Mai, Thailand, where she had been working in one of her restaurants for the past three months.