BOSTON (WJW) — The painful medical story of a 19-year-old — where eating takeout leftovers led to an amputation — has been making headlines recently after an explainer YouTube video went viral.
The man, who was identified only as "Jesse" when his case was shared in the New England Journal of Medicine last March, reportedly took some leftover rice, when he began to feel ill. Had chicken and noodles.
After vomiting, stomach pain and pale skin, the teen's friend, who jumped after eating restaurant leftovers, took Jesse to a nearby hospital emergency room. He was admitted there on the complaint of severe muscle pain.
When the man was eventually taken to the pediatric ICU at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, he was reportedly experiencing shock, multiple organ failure, and a severe, mottled-looking rash that occupied most of his body. had done He was 20 hours into his illness at the time and had a temperature of over 105 degrees Fahrenheit and a heart rate of 166 beats per minute.
With necrosis and gangrene finally creeping in, decisions had to be made.
Doctors reportedly decided to amputate parts of both feet and all fingers below the knees. J.C., who reportedly had been vaccinated all of his childhood and was relatively healthy, was diagnosed with purpura fulminans due to meningococcemia.
He had been living with a friend for five days, but was working part-time at a restaurant in northern New England with his mother and brother.
It was later revealed that Jesse had not received all of his meningococcal vaccinations.
Given the severity of the disease, the patient made a "relatively good recovery", according to the medical journal report.
US The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that your leftovers be stored properly in the refrigerator or freezer and then cooks the food at a high enough temperature (165 degrees) to avoid swallowing bacteria, which can make the food tasteless. and may be odorless.