A 'Breakout': A customer is covered in spots after swimming in a spa, she ends up in the hospital

Taking a moment for herself, this client of a spa in the Pyrénées-Orientales did not expect such consequences.

Just after getting out of the water on June 13, Patricia noticed a rash of spots on her skin . She had them everywhere, except on her head, the only part of her body she hadn't gotten wet. "I don't understand what could have happened."

She went to a pharmacy and bought a soothing cream. But the spots were still there. And she had hundreds of them. They looked "like mosquito bites, tick bites, or even blisters," as our colleagues at L'Indépendant detailed.

A bacteria?

The Catalan woman felt intense burning pain . For days and days. She was in so much pain that she ended up being hospitalized for several days at the end of June in Perpignan.

He was told about a possible hives attack, but the possibility was quickly ruled out.

A dermatologist has suggested "hot tub folliculitis," "caused by bacteria that can develop in hot tubs if they are not properly disinfected," reports L'Indépendant .

He will be given treatment.