The reason for "JC", one young student from Britain, who a few hours after eating what his roommate had left on his plate, he was about to die.
He had a high fever, had 166 heartbeats per minute and when he developed sepsis, doctors mutilated his lower limbs.
The young student, as the newspaper reports "Daily Mirror", ate what was left of the noodles with chicken that his friend had ordered the night before.
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, o Briton had no allergies and he had done all childhood vaccines, based on the history taken by the doctors.
He rarely drank alcohol, however, smoked two packs of cigarettes a week and marijuana on a daily basis.
"The patient was well up to 20 hours before being admitted to the hospital, when he developed diffuse abdominal pain and nausea after eating rice, chicken and what was left of his friend's plate".
Ο British "JC" worked a few hours in a restaurant and had not traveled had not recently come into contact with animals or humans who were ill.
Abdominal pain and vomiting were followed by chills, generalized weakness, progressive worsening of diffuse myalgias, chest pain, shortness of breath, headache, stiff neck and blurred vision.
Five hours before admission to the hospital, the his skin turned purple and a friend took him to the outpatient clinic for evaluation.
Doctors confirmed he was suffering from a aggressive bacterial infection as a result, his kidneys malfunction and his blood begins to clot.
Source: Protothema
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