The number of cases of the bacterial infection mycoplasma is currently increasing sharply in Norrbotten, according to infectious disease doctor Anders Nystedt.
A month ago, Victoria Berglund fell ill in Luleå, with what she first thought was a common cold. But when the disease went down into her chest, she felt it could be something else.
Coughed until she threw up
Although the mycoplasma infection never went as far as pneumonia for Viktoria, she was really knocked out with a cough so bad that she vomited.
Only after three weeks, when she called the health center several times, samples were taken and Victoria was given antibiotics.
– Now that it is spreading so much and is everywhere, I think you are more on your toes from the healthcare side than you were when I got it, she says.