A Student Ate Suspicious Leftovers For Lunch. This Is What Happened To His Limbs.

Patient JC portrayed by Abram Cutshall
Roomate portrayed by Brandon Guzman
This video is based on a case published in New England Journal of Medicine 2021 link below

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Meningococcemia can be a life-threatening problem

These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.

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[Hossak]

I can only imagine the psychological distress when he came out of his coma to find his legs and other bits gone. Mother of god.

[readycheddar]

Rule #1: Don’t eat other people’s food without asking.
Rule #2: Don’t keep food that made you sick in the fridge.
Rule #3: These videos still scare the crap out of me.

[schrodingersCatnip-rm]

Watching these stories has made me far less likely to risk eating food that might be a bit iffy. In the bin is better than in my system.

[portalfreak]

A man loses his limbs all because he ate bad leftovers? That's the most unfair thing to happen in someone's life I've ever heard. Simply tragic.

[PhoenixLive_YT]

A man binged Chubbyemu videos, this is what happened to his anxiety.

[Folkeregor]

Having the opening about how this case was a "perfect storm sequence of events" is a great idea to not panic the public. Good thinking

[gingergamer]

I love how in the reenactment his friend just steps over him even though he looks dead on the floor

[Butterism]

As someone who's had food poisoning 3 times in my life, I strongly live by the "when in doubt, throw it out, " mentality. Each time I got it was an absolutely miserable experience.

[vuchh]

IMAGINE BEING THE ROOMMATE WHO CAME HOME AFTER THE WORST FOOD POISINING OF HIS LIFE, AND THEN DECIDING TO REFRIGERATE THE LEFTOVERS FOR WHATEVER REASON.

[HereIsApap]

"Knowing an ambulance would be too expensive" hurts so much.

[Milkytan]

That went real bad real fast. My coworker had meningoencephalitis recently, reading up on that shit is terrifying. Dude spent two weeks in a coma and two months in the hospital, hearing how fast it can go from 0 to 100 it seems like a miracle he came out of it relatively well.

[charlestona]

I love that he notes how an ambulance would be too expensive. Accurate AF

[dreyhawk]

My Mothers motto towards leftovers was "If in doubt, throw it out". I still follow that and so does my family.

[geckoyacht]

Medical laboratory scientist here, excitedly guessed this one as soon as the bruising appeared. I was not expecting it to be N. meningitides from the onset since the food route is such a surprise, but the rest was so textbook.

Thanks for explaining DIC so well, it was never explained very well during my hemostasis unit in hematology as a student. I seriously think this video described DIC better than anything else I've ever watched or read.

[cooldude]

Man, this kind of accident is so tragic. Dude just wanted lunch and lost limbs and got trauma. I hope he's doing better now

[NateTheScot]

"knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive..." this phrase makes me feel so bad for anyone unfortunate enough to require "healthcare" in America.

[KZG.Silent_Scribe]

It breaks my heart sometimes to hear that despite people needing emergency care, the first thing they think about how much it's gonna cost....

[I_THE_ME]

I remember a senior doctor holding a lecture about clinical microbiology and recalling one of his patients. A mother had brought her son to this doctor for feeling ill, but he only had slight fever. It seemed to be caused by some common cause such as flu, but before sending the patient away the doctor wanted to have a look at the kid's legs. The kid had developed small lesions in his legs, which if I recall right is specific to Neisseria Meningitidis. The doctor said during this lecture, that had he not spotted the lesions, the kid could've likely died as this bacteria requires specific antibiotics that are rarely administered.

[blxsian]

If they don’t know “Emia” means “presence in blood”, are they really your soulmate? 🤨

[canadaballplayz]

His roommate seriously threw up his food and still decided to store the rest of it for later... Absolutely disgusting 🤢