A female singer died on December 8 after getting massages, which included 2 neck massages, at a massage parlour in Udon Thani province.
According to Bangkok Post, Chayada Prao-hom from Guitar Records passed away after a 3rd massage session she received, believed to have been caused by a blood infection and brain swelling.
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“She wasn’t able to use her left arm”
The deceased’s boyfriend said that after Chayada’s performance on October 5, she told him she had a backache and asked him to take her to a Thai massage shop.
“After the massage, she started feeling numb on one side of her body and couldn’t use her left arm. Then, she couldn’t move her whole body,” he explained.
Bangkok Post also reported that in a Facebook post on November 6, the singer reassured her fans who were concerned about her health, saying she had visited the same massage shop 3 times over the past month.
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Her arm started to feel numb after her 1st visit
On her first 2 visits, she was treated in the same room by the same masseuse, who gave her “a neck twist“, but on the 3rd visit, she was seen by a different masseuse.
In her post, she shared that she only had a shoulder ache when she 1st went to the massage parlour. 2 days after the first session, she started feeling pain at the back of her head.
2 weeks after the 2nd session, the pain and stiffness spread so much that she couldn’t even turn over in bed.
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The numbness spread to her torso
On her 3rd visit, she met a masseuse with a “heavy hand” that left her with swelling and bruises all over her body for a week.
Despite taking painkillers, she started feeling tingling in her fingers and was constantly cold and hot at the same time.
2 weeks after that, she couldn’t lift her right arm, and by the time she made her post, she could use less than 50% of her body.
“I want my story to be a lesson for those who love getting massaged a lot. I need to recover. I want to get back to work,” she wrote in her post.
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Officials are looking into whether the massage shop is licensed
Meanwhile, Arkom Praditsuwan, deputy director-general of the Department of Health Service Support (HSS), mentioned that officials would look into whether the massage shop Chayada visited was properly accredited and licensed to offer the service.
“What we need to check is whether the massage they gave (to Chayada) was done correctly and followed the standard practices for Thai traditional massage,” Arkom said.
Chayada’s boyfriend said he wanted to take legal action against the massage shop but wasn’t sure if there was enough evidence to back it up.
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