Massachusetts student amputated legs and arms after eating roommate's meal
A 19-year-old college student from New England had both legs amputated to the knees after he ate leftover noodles from a restaurant. Fox13.
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According to the March 2021 issue of the New England Journal, the 19-year-old man in question was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Massachusetts General Hospital as a result of "shock, multiple organ failure, and a rash."
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The YouTube channel "Chubbyemu", run by Dr. Bernard Hsu, a licensed toxicologist, posted a video of the case on February 16th. It has since been viewed nearly 1 million times.
According to the log, he began vomiting and chills, general weakness, chest pain, shortness of breath, neck stiffness, and blurred vision. A few hours before hospitalization, his skin turned purple.
His friend took him to the emergency room, from where he was then taken by helicopter to the hospital. A friend said he ate the same food and vomited, but didn't get sick.
The man's temperature peaked at 40.5 degrees and his pulse was at 166 beats per minute. His breathing reportedly worsened after he was taken to the hospital and given oxygen.
Blood and urine tests showed that the man had Neisseria meningitidis. According to Dr. Bernard, "When bacteria are present in the blood, the blood vessels of the entire body dilate, blood pressure drops, preventing oxygen from reaching the organs."
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The man was treated for a long time with many complications, including necrosis of the hands and feet and gangrene, which led to the amputation of parts of all 10 fingers and toes below the knees.
Doctors later learned that he was not given a booster dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine when he was 16 years old. Despite the amputations, doctors said he was "recovering relatively quickly."
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