And 19 year old He underwent surgery and suffered the amputation of both legs after he felt bad after eating leftovers from the previous day, according to the scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine.
According to the publication, the teenager was rushed to a hospital in New England, United States, for severe stomach pain and nausea. The specialists detected that he had a bacterial infection.
The young man reported that he had consumed noodles, chicken and rice that he had stored at home after going to a restaurant.
What other symptoms did the young man have?
In addition to stomach discomfort, the young man reported that his chest hurt, he had difficulty breathing, general weakness, blurred vision, worsening myalgia and fever, accompanied by vomiting.
The affected person also presented an unusual discoloration of the skin, as it turned purple, for which he was transferred to the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was treated for shock, organ failure and reticular rash.
After complications, he presented spots that spread throughout his body and caused necrosis in his arms, legs and gangrene, for which both legs had to be amputated below the knee and parts of his fingers.
After several tests, doctors diagnosed him with a deadly bacterial infection called Neisseria meningitidis.