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Student Loses All His Limbs After Eating His Roommate’s Leftover Noodles
A healthy young man’s legs and 10 fingers were amputated after he ate his roommate’s leftover.
It’s since been described as a ‘freak accident’ by YouTube doctor, Dr. Bernard.
The university student’s life was changed forever after he consumed a dish of chicken noodles that had been left in the refrigerator overnight.
Identified as JC in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), it’s noted he suffered ‘shock, multiple organ failure, and a rash after eating rice, chicken, and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant.’
The young man had a severely high temperature and a heart rate of 166 beats per minute. He was rushed to hospital and sedated.
The journal reported: “The patient had been well until 20 hours before this admission when diffuse abdominal pain and nausea developed after he ate rice, chicken, and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant meal.”
It added: “The abdominal pain and vomiting were followed by the development of chills, generalized weakness, progressively worsening diffuse myalgias, chest pain, shortness of breath, headache, neck stiffness, and blurry vision.
“Five hours before this admission, purplish discoloration of the skin developed, and a friend took the patient to the emergency department of another hospital for evaluation.”
Doctors also noticed that the student’s vomit was a ‘green-ish yellow color, not looking like any particular kind of food.’
NEJM noted that JC had no allergies, had all his childhood vaccinations, and that he rarely drank alcohol. However, he did smoke two packets of cigarettes weekly and marijuana every day.
His dad also had coronary artery disease, and his brother had suffered from viral meningitis at six weeks old.
Doctors confirmed that the student ‘was suffering from an aggressive bacterial infection that made his kidneys fail and his blood began to clot.’
When his blood results came back, the bacteria came back positive for Neisseria meningitidis, which is a serious and deadly form of sepsis.
It’s believed that JC became infected by the bacteria through his saliva – he had missed a booster jab for the meningococcal vaccine, which he was supposed to get aged 16.
The young man’s fingers developed gangrene, as did his legs down to his feet. This resulted in the amputation of parts of all of his fingers and below-knee amputations.
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