Alexa Szvitacs Explained
Alexa Szvitacs (born 1 August 1990) is a Hungarian para table tennis player and former World Junior bronze medalist.[1] [2]
Illness
In August 2018, Szvitacs suddenly fell ill at home with a high fever and nausea. Her brother phoned for an ambulance and took her to hospital in Debrecen for life saving surgery. She developed toxic shock syndrome which resulted in the amputation of her left forearm and all of her toes and was diagnosed with tarsal tunnel syndrome, she was in rehabilitation for months afterwards.[3] [4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Alexa Szvitacs - IPTTF Profile . 5 March 2020 . International Para Table Tennis Federation.
- Web site: Para table tennis gives Alexa Szvitacs newfound hope . 29 October 2019 . International Paralympic Committee . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191224113215/https://www.paralympic.org/news/para-table-tennis-gives-alexa-szvitacs-newfound-hope . 24 December 2019 .
- Web site: Support Alexa Szvitacs, suffering life threatening illness . 30 November 2018 . International Table Tennis Federation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181203173813/https://www.ittf.com/2018/11/30/support-alexa-szvitacs-suffering-life-threatening-illness/ . 3 December 2018 .
- Web site: Rettenetes betegség támadta meg a magyar sportolónőt: amputálni kellett a bal alkarját . A terrible disease attacked the Hungarian athlete: her left forearm had to be amputated . 21 December 2018 . Egyeni - Blikk.hu . hu . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223143728/http://www.blikk.hu/sport/egyeni/kez-nelkul-sem-adja-fel-az-asztalitenisz-bajnok-szvitacs-alexa/x7h7v1w . 23 December 2018 .
