A 19-year-old student had to amputate both legs and all 10 fingers after developing life-threatening sepsis and gangrene caused by bacteria from eating leftover Chinese food.
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the student, who was cited by the publication only as JC, was admitted to the intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, in the United States, last year, where doctors discovered that he was in shock and suffering from multiple organ failure.
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JC became ill after eating leftovers from an unnamed Chinese restaurant – which was purchased the night before and consisted of chicken, rice and lo mein, a Chinese dish made with egg noodles, usually accompanied by vegetables and beef, chicken, pork or shrimp. .
After eating the leftovers, he said he immediately started vomiting and developed chills, general weakness, shortness of breath, a headache, blurred vision and chest pain – and when his skin started to turn ‘purple’, a friend with whom he was staying at at the time decided to take him to the ER. The friend, who had also eaten the leftovers, revealed that he only vomited one, but said he felt better soon after.
Upon arriving at the hospital, doctors noticed that JC looked ‘pale, anxious and moderately distressed’. He had a fever of 40 degrees and a heart rate of 166 beats per minute. Over the next few hours, the New England Journal of Medicine reported that his breathing worsened – becoming ‘labored’ – and cyanosis, which is a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate blood oxygenation, spread to his face, chest. , abdomen, back, arms and legs.
Despite giving him IV fluids and oxygen, JC continued to get sicker – with his blood pressure dropping and his pulse being described as ‘weak’. He was transported by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital. Doctors diagnosed JC with sepsis — the body’s extreme response to an infection — triggered by meningococcal disease.
Meningococcal disease is caused by bacteria and is often spread through saliva or air droplets that come out when you cough or sneeze. Close contact (such as kissing), living in the same house, or sharing utensils, food, or drinks can also spread this germ. Meningococcal disease had caused JC’s liver failure and blood clotting. He also developed gangrene – which is when body tissue dies due to an infection or lack of blood flow.
The 19-year-old had both his legs amputated below the knee, along with all 10 fingers. JC, who lives in the New England area with his mother and brother and worked part-time at a restaurant, told the hospital he smoked two packs of cigarettes a week and marijuana daily.
Despite the infection being prevented by the vaccine against meningococcal meningitis, the boy had only received the first dose of the immunizer, at age 12, and did not take the booster that was supposed to occur four years later.
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