he later developed high blood pressure and died due to a stroked caused by his high blood pressure which was caused by his anxiety which developed due to the binging of chubbyemu YT videos
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.
@@1MinuteFlipDoc “a bit of a downer” is an understatement. Imagine waking up and your body is irreparably altered. Getting used to it is all well and good, but the immediate shock must be hard.
main reason he suffered from this was becuase he was not up to date on his vaccinations if your up to date on all your vaccinations i assume this would be way less likely to happen (im not a medical pro)
Just last night, I was about to eat something, but saw the printed "Best By January 14, 2021", so I changed my mind and threw it out, but not before my roommate asked if it really looked moldy or smelled bad, because it might still be okay. Yeah, no thanks. I made a trip to the grocery store for more food.
That college roommates for you. It's accurate. Thankfully when I passed out in my dorms bathroom due to food poisoning and dehydration, a friend took me to the ER and my college sent a security officer to bring me back to my dorm.
What exactly caused it to happen? The guy it happened to who ate the left overs didn't get the full vaccine doses, but his roommate did. So his roommates saliva had traces of it or something?
@@arthurmarmocathala Makes sense, thanks for clarifying, so the room mate had gotten it too but was fully vaccinated against it. Man, I gotta get me some of these vaccines o . o
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.
@@Trashm1n Yeah, first time I got it was in middle school. They served me a bad pizza during lunch and I puked all over the hallway. Second time was in high school when my older sister brought me some duck from her job. Woke up and immediately puked at like 3 in the morning. Last time was when I was in college and cooked up a box of off brand white cheddar Mac and Cheese. And you guessed it, more projectile vomiting. Now if I have even a hint of a doubt if something is bad or tastes off, like I've had when I ate all 3 of those prior things, into the bin it goes.
I live by "if it's been 2 days since cooked, throw it the fuck out", this doesn't apply to anything that's packaged though, besides previously cooked pastas
Thing is, you can't really know what will cause a food poisoning. I had it after buying some mushrooms from the store, cooked them on the stove in sauce, and after eating it, my body immediately rejected it through throwing it up. Other time I had a bad food poisoning after a medium rare steak in a restaurant. Never again.
My friend, June, almost died from a bad case of food poisoning. She picked up e. Coli and Salmonella from the work cafeteria at the same time. She ended up in the hospital for three weeks. The first week was just trying to identify exactly what she had, getting her stabilized, and getting her on the right medications. The next week was treating the infection and getting her rehydrating. The last week was getting her metabolism normalized and into recovery. Food poisoning is nothing to fool with.
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.
To be fair, Chubbyemu presents the more interesting cases. Most of the time 'food poisoning' is vomiting and wishing to be dead for a few days, instead of actually dying. This kind of reactions is still quite rare.
@@robertnett9793 Would have been even more rare had he gotten the correct vaccination. Amazing so many people now are turning their back on modern medicine in favor of politics and conspiracy theories.
@@jimmysmith8231 And that is why I got vaccinated before I first visited SE Asia. I was NOT taking any chances. I'll get caught up on all my shots before I leave the country again.
indeed. i been dumpster diving at grocery stores for years and never gotten sick from the food, even some expired. i do have an amazing immune system and pretty fit but ive been extra careful when cooking after watching this channel. never hurts to be a little hypochondriac so you can atleast learn some human physiology and respect the miracles your body does everyday
What a horrific story. That poor young man. I’m 69. I’ve never heard of such dire consequences like this one. This takes food poisoning into a completely other deadly level. I have not one clue if I’ve ever been vaccinated for meningitis or it’s relatives?
You can always check with your PCP doctor! Many will have records of your past vaccines. If they don’t have that, then sometimes it is possible to give a blood sample to test for immunity as well, I believe. Unsure if that can be done with this though, sorry.
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.
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.
But is it true that this could have happened from receiving only one dose of the vaccine? now i'm scared because i don't remember getting a second dose. or it may be that the patient had a problem with the immune system?
@@PADARM Don't worry. This was a total freak accident. The chances of this happening to you is less than the chances of winning the lottery which is why it's so remarkable. It could very well be a problem with his over all immune system. Like some can handle steroids' while others can't.
Chiming in to say, yes, thank you for the explanation of DIC. In vet tech school, the explanation dropped a couple steps and thus made less sense (and in typical counter-productive fashion, made it harder to remember).
In the EU we have mandatory health insurance, socialized healthcare or a combination of both and it covers the cost of an ambulance when 112 decides that it is needed. All at costs lower and with better coverage than the US.
@@a.s.239 And yet, somehow, the life expectancy of nations with socialized medicines comes out ahead of the only major industrialized nation with Darwinian medicine.
@@a.s.239 By that argument, you love current big tech monopolies/anti competitive behavior. If you get banned for your anti-vax statements, that's just Darwin at work
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.
@@slurpyeel a published case means a scientific report of a real case meant to be used as a learning source. In other words, JC is real. …but if you already knew what a published case was, please just read the description
what's inconceivable is for a developed country to have life threatening emergencies cost money. I'm sure here millions would protest on the streets the next day if ambulance would start to cost money... But hey, nice army!
That's reality for you. Modern medicine isn't cheap. I'm not wealthy, but I'd still gladly pay an exorbitant medical bill if the costs came about because of extraordinary treatment that saved my life. Almost anyone would pay whatever they had in order to survive for a bit longer. Few people want to die young. We are so absolutely privileged to live in this era of modern medicine. For thousands of years, so many conditions that are treatable now would simply kill you, outright, if you had the misfortune of being born in the past. Random example but Abraham Lincoln had four children and only one of them, just a single one of them, survived into adulthood, living to nearly 83 years of age. The other three of his siblings died at ages 4, 11, & 18.
Someone has to pay. Anyway way you look at it, someone is paying. It’s just that in some countries you have to pay yourself if you don’t have insurance.
As a disabled woman, this makes me sad. As disabled people, we ALWAYS try to remind able-bodied people that we are the minority community that you can join at any point in your life. The majority of disabled people are not born disabled, they become disabled at some point in life through illness or accident, like this man. Disability rights, accessibility, representation, it never seems to matter to people until they are affected by the lack of it. I hope this man has found peace and self acceptance in his new body and has been warmly embraced by our community.
Exactly what I had in mind after seeing this video. No one deserves disability and people with disabilities are perfectly capable if society gives them a chance.
Eat food, Put remainder in fridge, Barf, Sleep, The roommate didn't know the food was bad until he barfed. You are ridiculing someone for something they didn't formerly know.
@@raiden72 Did you even watch the video? What you're saying is false, the roommate said he didn't finish it because he had barfed it up in the first place. So they're rightfully shocked that he even put it in the fridge
"knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive..." this phrase makes me feel so bad for anyone unfortunate enough to require "healthcare" in America.
Yeah. Especially since many people who could receive Medicaid benefits that could probably cover the cost for hospital & ambulance just aren't aware of the resources available to them.
Exactly. And I can't schedule an appointment with my doctor unless I drive the 20 miles to the clinic because every time I call them, I get put on hold indefinitely. 🫤
I discovered this channel a couple of days ago and have binge watched all the episodes since then. What I definitely learned: - don't take too much medicine without prescription - don't drink moonshine, lamps and stuff like that - don't do Tiktock challenges - -emia means presence in blood
Some of my doctor colleagues have come across patients who have *DIED* from Meningococcemia / Meningo-encephalitis (thankfully not myself yet). When it leads to sepsis, it can be life-threatening. If those red/purple skin bruises appear, and don’t disappear when you press a glass against it, get medical help IMMEDIATELY. Obviously there are other signs here that mean you need immediate medical help - altered mental status, constant vomiting, tachypnea (fast breathing) etc.
@@cherrymetha3185 you're absolutely right! Just a single one of the above signs/symptoms would warrant calling for an ambulance / visiting the ER. It can present in many different ways, so if you have even the slightest concern, you ought to seek urgent medical help ASAP! As a doctor, these clues can help us put together a diagnosis while we're awaiting the blood culture results etc. and treat empirically in the meantime based on clinical suspicion
@@DoctorAzmain I have seen lots of vets list when you should come in ASAP with your pet and lots of discussion on the topic by pet owners. Yet when it comes to people, I see a lot of ignorance about what symptoms say "Get attention now". Which is sad, because doctors can do a lot of amazing things but they can't turn back the clock.
if he had taken zantac or tagamet it would've helped the bacteria cross the blood brain barrier and he'd be dead it inhibits the pgp proton pump function that keeps it out of the brain
I took a bathroom break in the middle of watching this vid and the guy in the stall next to me was talking about how he felt like shit after just eating 2 month old leftovers 💀 EDIT: yes people talk to each other in the dorm stalls it’s normal
This really got to me because my husband died from endocarditis this last July, he was only 41. He had every single one of these symptoms except for the rash. He was improving from the endocarditis and then his heart ruptured and he went into cardiac arrest. He had 3 days on life support, he never woke up. They even called for the helicopter to transfer him to another hospital but when they tried, he started to crash and they couldn't transfer him. He had staphylococcus aureus that got into his heart when a different hospital drained bloody fluid from around his right lung when he had positive blood cultures already. It took about 3 months for his bacterial pneumonia to turn into severe endocarditis. He was the first patient at the hospital he was at to undergo a newer procedure to suction the bacterial growths out of the heart by threading a suction device through the femoral and jugular veins. It went so much better than expected, getting 70% of the bacterial vegetation out, almost instantly he was feeling much better and then 3 days later a different valve in his heart ruptured. His cardiologist told me he was going to publish my husband's extremely rare case and I hope he does. The 3 days he spent on life support were the worst, most traumatic days of my life. He was so swollen and we weren't sure if he was brain dead but his pupils were non-reactive starting at the end of day 2. The nurse called me at 5 am on day 3 to tell me it was time to come in because she was sure he was gonna crash very soon. He ended up holding on until around 10pm, and passed away within an hour of his 2 oldest children getting to the hospital to say goodbye. I miss him everyday of my life. I'm only 26, we have identical twin 2 year olds and an 11 month old together. He was the best dad, a once in a lifetime kind of man I had the privilege of being with. I hope his death wasn't in vain and there's something to be learned about dealing with right-sided tricuspid endocarditis and thrombocytopenia with multiple system multi organ failure and sepsis in the bones. Yeah, this one really got to me. If you read all this, thanks for letting me tell you about my husband. Have a great day and stay healthy.
When I was pregnant, we bought some takeout. I noticed a funky smell coming from the meat so after one bite, I spit it out and decided not to eat it, but ate everything else because it smelled fine and was separate from the other portions. My partner decided to eat it because he couldn't smell it and thought it was just my pregnancy hormones. He threw up that night and had food poisoning and I did not. Those pregnancy hormones actually saved me from being sick 👍
Funnily enough it's a known medical phenomenon that pregnant women have a heightened sense of smell. and funnily enough it's caused by excess estrogen so it is technically your pregnancy hormones causing the smell.
@@Yatagurusu Women in general have a better sense of smell and color distinction than men. We're better at judging distances and movement, but not so good when it comes to different shades of colors. Working in the kitchen, I always ask my female coworkers to double-check anything I find 'funny smelling', specifically because they have an easier time and are more accurate. Oh and if anyone is worried about the 'funny smelling' thing; sometimes one food will spread its smell on other foods. So you can end up with, let's say, tomatoes that have a very light smell of aubergines. Neither has gone 'bad' but you get the slight difference in smell and your brain immidiately goes "DANGER DANGER DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING". It's a minor thing 99% of the time but that 1% that the food HAS gone bad just sticks in your mind and you become hyper-sensitive to it.
My mother had a phrase about food that might not be safe for whatever reason: "When in doubt, throw out". Better to apparently waste food if it looks bad, then risk getting salmonella, etc.she told us.
One of my friends dealt with this last year, we both suspect he caught it in the hospital via improperly sanitized equipment as he started getting symptoms a few hours after return from a hospital after a simple check-up. As a result he lost his left arm from the elbow down, horrific shock for him to wake up to that, he quickly learned to adapt physically but still struggles mentally, partially due to to the social stigma from society he suffers from. He had never been vaccinated. I hope he is eventually able get a prosthesis but they are so costly especially hands, 100 k if you want one that functions like a real hand. However both of us are just so grateful he is alive
I'm guilty of doing that. Luckily it wasn't tainted. It was homemade sushi, and I suffered for 3 days to eventually learn my body doesn't handle mirin well.
"knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive" I'm sorry for everyone who feels hesitant to get the help they need because of costs, what a nightmare
That particular factoid--the patient's reluctance to call an ambulance due to cost--is likely a dramatic embellishment by Chubbyemu. There is no mention of such a patient decision in the original New England Journal article. Of course, your general concern, that patients make potential life-threatening decisions based on cost of care, is an important one.
My American bf broke his arm (his bone was sticking out) and I was going to call the ambulance. He said no because it's very expensive. i said I'll drive to the er, he said, "no, find an urgent care, it's cheaper". Only Americans go through this. I'm from a '"third world country" and we don't have to think about how much when we are sick.
I think it’s important to emphasize that this is a freak 1 in a billion accident. Meningitis isn’t a bacteria that just randomly grows on food. Like he said it’s spread from person to person. He just as well could’ve gotten it from being in a college dorm (which is where many cases happen and why institutions require vaccination). Point of the matter is: get the meningitis vaccine and reheat your food properly to not get basic food poisoning (bacillus cereus with rice for instance).
Google also says that you are more likely to get this infection when your body is weak. It's possible they both got infected on the campus and the bad food was just that - it could "just" cause food poisoning and weakened the body enough to allow the bacteria to spread rapidly.
Whenever you say “they make A recovery.” I’m always curious what they didn’t recover from/what functions they lost/changes to their body. It leaves me so curious
@THEYuYama I get that you're trying to be "funny" but it is such a cruel comment. Your lack of empathy must be awesome for your friends and family. Good luck with that.
I remember sitting in the doctor's office waiting for my booster so I could go to college. Asked if it would hurt and he responded by explaining what Meningitis was, every form of Meningitis, the symptoms and prognosis, and why schools mandate it. He never did tell me if the vaccine would hurt though.
They never do. Most vaccines are intra-muscular, and they hurt like an absolute bitch. And then you get the jabs that physically cannot be delivered to your arm...
I finished this video thinking 'man it seems like a great day to check I'm up to date with my vaccines' bc the doc was right, the vaccine may hurt but if it prevents this heinous shit? Worth
The funny thing is that the USA thinks they are the best place to live, while common people accept such hurdles in the healthcare system as normal, other people from around the World haven't even heard of (and I am not talking about just developed western countries).
@@fenrirr22 I live in the USA and I'd say pretty much everyone I know believes our healthcare system is a scam and completely insane. The insurance companies and wealthy corporations have paid lawmakers to ensure it stays that way. There's pretty much nothing we, normal citizens can do to stop it. 😔
I'm very grateful to be a US citizen that lives in Germany. I never want to go back. I'd give up my citizenship if I could stay. My husband has multiple chronic illnesses and we were a lot worse off in the US.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. had us in the first half. I always keep hearing about US healthcare being so expensive but the most surprising thing was that even ambulance isn't free!!! That absolutely blew my mind! Like wtf?!
Bruhh had no idea this disease even existed or that I had to get vaccinated for it. If I ever catch it I'm just gonna hope I die and not wake up without limbs 🙏
@@faishaga i sweat i thought the vaccine was needed for your immunization to be up to date in public schools. given that you are 16 when you should get the second dose
0:09 NileRed panicking is the most hilarious part of this video, given that the guy has synthesized / played with at least 50 deadly compounds in the last 5 years 😂
My hope is that the man in the real story, assuming he lost limb parts too, can get either awesome prosthetics and/or that crazy new thing I saw about donor limbs, though there are rejection problems with the latter.
@@danielgoodman3578 I was sarcastic, but since we can t understand them yet, no one can say it s not equivalent. we should at least consider it if we are so superior.
I had meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia when I was 27 and suffered many of those same symptoms as JC. It presented as a bad cold in my case. Thankfully I didn't have any amputations but it did leave me permanently blind in one eye, deaf in one ear and stroked out on my left side. It is possible to bounce back but it takes years and you never feel more than 70% on a good day.
@@ileanabanana8254 I have no idea! I wasn't doing anything out of the norm. But I was commuting on public transport and working in a hospital. So I could have picked it up from anywhere.
For all the valid complaints I have about doctors' attitudes and incompetence, you are so refreshing. You are an absolute expert. Thank you for all the videos.
If you think about it, I bet at least half of the cases of heart disease are caused from bacteria (from bad teeth and / or gum disease) as well as over half of the cases of blood sugar issues (bacteria attacking the beta cells of the pancreas) and much more.
@@02markcal bacterial infection is just a LITTLE different than viral...On a biological level, the main difference is that bacteria are free-living cells that can live inside or outside a body, while viruses are a non-living collection of molecules that need a host to survive.
As a kidney transplant recipient at the age of 8, when i was around 12 I caught meningitis. 105+ degree temp. hallucinations. vomiting. was awful. probably could have died. the healthcare system/institution itself while flawed in management in the US atleast, the wonders of modern medicine will never be lost on me and I am forever grateful for my doctors and all other healthcare providers
@@Rikka_V1 Yes in the very most poor and fucked-up countries but the US lags far behind all the other "first world" countries and most "developing" countries as well for medical care. People in the US need to get a lot more angry about this.
@@alexcarter8807 Agreed. Though "free healthcare" via the government as activists want won't work. I think we should take a closer look at Japan's system. It's not single payer, yet manages to produce excelent facilities and relatively low cost via a subsidy system.
"Knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive." Truer words have never been spoken. I was once hit with a $1925.00 ambulance bill for a 43 mile drive. I asked for an itemized bill. I was charged $600.00 for fuel for that 43 mile drive. The entire "healthcare" industry in America is nothing more than a for profit business. And wow, do they profit!
@@andieallison6792 Yes, but it's not as expensive in other countries because those countries are able to negotiate prices unlike the US who ONLY recently made it legal to negotiate medicine prices. Beforehand, companies could put any price they wanted and the government had to buy it at that price. Why else do you think a vial of insulin costs $100 in the US while it's only $10 on average in other countries?
1925 DOLLARS?! EX-FUCKING-CUSE ME?! I've heard about America's expensive hospitals and ambulances, and thought they were $500 on average. I never in my right mind would have thought of a figure as high as almost $2000. Jesus. I pray for you all living through that shit.
Yoo, that dude lost both legs to some noodles. I guess my life doesn't suck that badly huh. Roommate must also have had to deal with the whole "I should have thrown those leftovers instead of putting them in the fridge" hanging over his head for years too. Shit's sick.
o_o Such a little thing, forgetting to throw out bad leftovers leading to your roommate losing a limb?! Holy hell, I don’t even know what I’d think in that position!
@@AmericanDivaa Honestly I couldn't feel too guilty about it. He stole his roommate's food and wasn't up to date with the required vaccines. Everything that happened was by his choices.
@@spiffy956 ok, he shouldn't have stolen his roommate's food from the fridge, but do you REALLY think the man DESERVED TO LOSE HIS LEGS for such a stupid thing??? I'll bet if he was completely fine after eating it, his roommate would have just made him treat him to another meal another time. "karma he deserved" man you should listen to yourself speak...
@@spiffy956 at first I thought these moronic takes were supposed to be jokes, but seeing them so many times has me doubting myself. Honestly, what is wrong with you? The man lost both legs, how is that an appropriate "punishment" for something that small? Are you insane?
They actually used this scenario on Grey’s Anatomy this last season. Two friends came into the ER sick from food they’d eaten. One was fine, but the other almost died. He hadn’t had his vaccines.
I've started watching this channel about 2 weeks ago (RUclips recommendation), and then this video comes out. It can't be a coincidence... I've had meningococcemia as a kid. The diagnosis came quite late and it really could have killed me (the doctors said I probably wouldn't even survive being transferred to another hospital). I also almost became an amputee, as the necrosis on both my hands were starting to become really bad. My parents tell me that the doctors even had already communicated them that the amputation was certain, and had already contacted the plastic surgeon to make the procedure, but at the very last possible examination, they observed that my hands were recovering naturally, and it ended up not happening. I'm thankful everyday for getting out of this with just some minor scarring. And I'm glad that videos like this exists to raise awareness about those symptoms, as this disease evolves very fast and a quick diagnosis can really save a life - or a normal life for that matter.
@@theclockworkcadaver7025 LOL, math nerd! Seriously though, it's good to point out that "yes, it CAN happen to you." We humans tend to think that these things only happen to other people.
Man, this videos are wonderfully made. Very eerie, but also very informative. I always knew that meningitis vaccines were important, but i had no idea that they could prevent this kind of reaction from food. Fascinating! I wonder if that explains why the roommate only had a typical case of food poisoning, while the other case was so severe. It makes me feel insanely grateful that i received my meningitis vaccinations a while back. It really goes to show you that while such cases are unusual, staying up to date on your vaccinations can save you from a world of trouble. I have been watching these videos for a while and here are the things i have learned: 1. If food doesn’t seem right, don’t eat it. 2. Do not overeat after not eating much for a long time. 3. Don’t steal roommate’s food, you don’t know where its been. 4. Don’t overdose on anything, even water. 5. Keep up to date on your vaccinations. 6. Be wary around anything that shouldn’t go into your body; don’t put yourself in situations where you could easily mistake it for something edible. 7. If you think something is terribly wrong, go to the ER right away. DO NOT “sleep it off.” 8. For certain foods, especially things like raw fish, make sure you get it from somewhere trustworthy: not a gas station (at least not in US) 9. In general, be wary of food/drink at a gas station that is made in house (soda fountain, nachos, hot dogs, etc.) 10. Do not do dumb things for views, this should be obvious. 11. Emeia means presence in blood.
You are so right about #7. I have allergic reactions to various things so I taught my sister about symptoms of an anaphylaxic reaction. One of her best friends in college ate seafood for the first time. She became very sick. My sister noticed possible signs of an anaphylaxic reaction - a rash, her gait, her speech. Her friend wanted to just go to sleep. My sister called 911. Her friend had such a bad reaction that the EMTs had to use 2 Epipens on the way to the hospital. Her friend fully recovered.
That one was tough! Thank you for the sepsis description and images. I have an infection in a surgical incision right now and my mind was playing tricks because my hands are splotchy. Not newly splotchy. I feel I have a better idea of what sepsis looks like now and it has put my mind somewhat at ease. ❤️
We’ve been always told to save food. Either that or he was intentionally trying to kill his “friend” for always eating his leftover/food. It’d be the perfect crime
Well last year, I ate a huge load of 2 days old pastas, and 2 hours later threw them up, but it actually was a gastro enteritis, my mother and my coworkers got it too, I could have thought it was the pasta I ate, but it wasn t, so, it might not always be the food 🤷♂️
A friend of mine in his early 20’s died from this disease years ago. He’d just gone for a run, started to go downhill, went to bed, collapsed next morning and died in hospital a few hours later with massive bruising all over his body. There wasn’t any food poisoning suspected. An utter tragedy.
In what way can you 'be wary of what you eat'? Send a sample to the lab before every single meal and wait 2 days to eat it? I don't understand how you can even come to this conclusion after watching the video...
Prevention is still better at treatment and awareness, yes you can be more wary what you eating but being vaccinated is still important since we sometimes accidentally eat something that we have no idea
This is so freaky to me, I had bacterial meningitis at 16 that went into my lungs. No one is sure where I got it from as people can be asymptomatic carriers. I had to be hospitalized and put into a drug induced coma with a ventilator to recover. Took about two months to get out of the hospital and I have neuropathy in my feet from septic shock when the bacteria was broken down in my system. It's to the point that I couldn't feel how bad an infection was in my toe until it was constantly stabbing pain, luckily didn't hit the bone. They literally had to remove it with a scalpel and I didn't feel the blade whatsoever. This bacteria is one of the scariest out there because it can come from almost anywhere.
One time a guy in my dorm passed out in the hall and multiple people walked over and around him, so honestly this feels legit to me. Roommates can be dicks.
I once was having an asthma attack. I was on the phone with my mother at the time when it happened (cat fur on the sofa I was sitting on). My mother told me she was driving up to meet me at my nearest hospital (90 minute drive for her). We hung up and I called 9-1-1. All the while my roommate came in, looked at me, didn't say a word or seemed worried, and went into her room.
Can I just say I love how you break down the words that you say in your videos? As someone who knows nothing about medical science and stuff, it makes me really happy. Over time as I watch your videos, I slowly learn more bits and parts of medical words, and then I can identify words before you can even explain them.
Wow. A few people will get hyper fixated on the leftovers, but I see three lessons: 1. Be up to date on vaccinations 2. Don't touch strange food if you don't know where it came from 3. Throw your poisoned freaking leftovers away if they were bad for gods' sake
Some people say the roomate kept the poisoned food in the fridge to file a lawsuit later but in that case shouldn't he have warned his friend not to eat it? Or at least put a note on it? I mean he's not entirely at fault since the victim ate something that wasn't his, but still.
That poor young man!!! I feel so bad for him! His life changed in 24 hours just because he was hungry! Another great and informative video from you Dr. Thank you!!
No, it was because he wasn't fully vaccinated. Food poisoning does not have to be life threatening. His roommate managed just fine with some minor stomach upset.
@@LuckyBadger I agree, at least when it comes to specific vaccines like this one, it can be life saving! As opposed to the more recent ones people know about.
@@LuckyBadger I mean yea, it was good of Dr Bernard to point this out, people should get vaccinated. But this vaccine isn't something that everyone has and there are plenty of things that we don't have vaccines for. Another video had food poisoning for which there is no vaccine. Dude was fucked up due to the whims of nature when it comes down to it and that is sad.
@@LuckyBadger His roommate possibly ate borderline dangerous food which then spoiled even further by the time it was eaten again which already makes the food 10x more toxic.
What a great video! This hit home for me as a college student who just like JC, only got partly vaccinated for meningitis twice (I didn’t even know there was a booster, and my school only requires one dose). And especially after learning about necrosis and watching this, I might be scheduling an appointment with student health services soon.
Now I have to dig out all the vaccination cards for my 4 adult children. I probably only got them what the schools require, not knowing it might be different than a doctors recommendation. Thanks for the heads up.
Thank you once again for your amazing content. This story reminded me of a time in my early 20s when a close friend and I had a falling out of sorts, but later that month she was hospitalized for meningitis. Her sister called me and said my friend wanted me to come to her hospital bed and take her box braids out of her hair for her, because they were painful to lay back on and were heavy from the beads on the ends of each braid. It look over four hours, and my friend was only semiconscious while I unbraided her hair, but when I was finished she thanked me feebly and shed a tear from each eye. She and I remain close friends to this day, some 25 years later, and I will never forget that event and how quickly someone can fall ill and need a true friends help, regardless of petty disagreements.
Also, as someone from the UK - the fact that someone could choose to not call an ambulance because it’s too expensive horrifies me! Doesn’t make any sense at all to me.
An ambulance takes time even in major cities. I remember being a responder to an accident on my way to lunch. Patched up the guy with hemorrhage, but over 20 mins later, the ambulance called by a witness, hasn't arrived. Turns out it was stuck in traffic due to rubber neckers (people slowing down to look at an accident.)
@@rarelycold6618 I mean I pay national insurance and taxes… but I’ve never had to question whether or not my bank balance could let me call an ambulance which was my point.
Yea the standard financial advice here is never use an ambulance unless there's no other alternative. Even if someone else calls it, you don't pay if you don't get in. The only place it makes sense is for all the middlemen in America's private for-profit healthcare system who are getting rich off others' suffering.
indeed also i just read the article which says that he ate a little of and spitted it our (vomitted) why he put it in the refrigerator if he suffered discomfort and vomitting because of it not here to blame what happend has happened but really sad
Lets be real we all knew this kind of guy, it was probably the nth time he stole someone elses food. Not the first time ever, if you are going to be a thief atleast do it right and look before you leap or ya know dont steal someone's take out.
@@DumAzzFairy Agreed, but you should still feel guilty for leaving poisoned life-ending food in the fridge, especially after it made you sick, it should have gone straight to the trash. - - - I know I'd feel guilty, even if it was stolen.
@@MasterYoda389 did you not listen to the video this sickness was unique to vc, normal food poisoning doesn't almost kill you normally. the roomate also ate the food puked it up but was fine afterwards.
Great video. As a kidney specialists, by couple minutes into the video, I thought this was E Coli induced HUS which presents like that and may be more common (even though not that common).
@@tongjordon9116 Definitely like putting Diesel in gasoline engines is bad and putting e85 fuel in a car that doesn't have fuel lines to use e85 will destroy the engine.
They rly are expensive though, even in Europe, it just so happens you dont generally see the bill. My mum had to go to the hospital im germany once (we are dutch). The bill (before our health insurance paid it) was 1000€ just for the ambulance ride 👀
@@dodopson3211 Lol that is nothing i think its nearly 3 times that in the US if not 10x as much and thts probably for the ride to the ER alone if your in the ICU the first night is 10,000 if not more. Thats probably about what an ER trip would start off at.
"knowing that an ambulance was too expensive" I cant be the only one that becomes instantly infuriated at the fact that money=health care. The number of people that die alone at home because they didn't think they could afford medical transport, much less medical care, and didn't call for help is depressing. Healthy shouldn't mean wealthy and the reverse.
Sadly that’s also my way of thinking because of the health care system in the U.S I would rather wait and see if I sweat out the sickness than to go to the hospital
if you put your life over your finances then how is that someone else's (or society's) fault? You can't worry about bills when you are dead so suck it up and do what you gotta do. I have diabetes, it's the cost of living, I have to cough up the cash to treat it. Not YOUR fault I have diabetes, why would I expect you to pay?
@@teampenit Because choosing between your life and your finances shouldn't be a choice in the first place. Reducing it to a simple choice between dying and money completely ignores the fact that they also need that money to live, you need it to buy food and to pay rent. We should all be paying for it because sickness isn't anyone's fault, it could happen to any one of us. The same reason we pay for firefighters, it's not their fault that their house is on fire, and we don't want their house to burn down, so we all pay to stop it.
N. meningitides usually causes Meningitis, being a subgroup of gram negative cocci, but I haven’t personally heard or have been told about a case of Meningiococcemia in my med school until now. Also, not getting the booster dose against N. meningitides totally explains meningiococcemia and DIC associated with it. Thanks for the case discussion, Dr. Bernard! Totally appreciate that, as it will help me a lot in the future!
Could you give me a little run down of that vaccine and booster? I don't think I ever got it so I would like to know more. I remember being told I needed to get it (or some kind of vaccine) in highschool, but I never did. The school and place I grew up in was kinda ghetto and my mom was anti-vaccine / medicine. Could you please tell me more? Thank you.
@@XexalSeyer I looked it up once on the CDC website fairly recently because I was in college before the vaccine existed. Didn't really see where it was recommended for adults, which seems weird to me, but may just be because that bacteria is predominant among college students
I actually did a deductive report on this exact infection and bacteria. My professor gave a scenario and I had to do research. He is soooo lucky to be alive since usually by the time symptoms appear, it's too late. When I heard the symptoms, I was like, 'hey that sounds familiar', and boom it was.
As a rule of thumb, any bacteria that can cause an infection can cause (septic) bacteremia. Meningococcal sepsis is thankfully rare, but as could be seen in the video, it can be very deadly
A cousin died of Purpura Fulminans more than 20 years ago, the first symptoms of purpura occurred in the evening and his family didn't notice, sadly, by the morning he was already gone.
I had food poisoning once. After emptying my stomach not long after I ate the food, I got better and went on with my life like nothing happened. I’m grateful, it could be much worse..
If you vomited relatively quickly it was probably bacillus cereus. Most other bacterial food poisoning takes hours and hours to get symptoms (like 4-6 hours), and the viral food poisoning takes even longer.
@@waynehickey9830 Yeah, I was lucky. I was suffering for like, 1-2 hours and it was horrible!! I’m sorry to hear that you spent 5 days in that horrible state 😨 Hope you’re doing well now.
@@rdizzy1 I looked “bacillus cereus” up and I think you’re right! I suspect I got food poisoning from pasta sauce. I was so hungry that night. I had a half of jar of pasta sauce in my refrigerator. I was dumb, I thought it’s okay to use pasta sauce several times as long as it hasn’t expired, didn’t know that the expiration date is only valid before opening the jar and we should finish it quickly after opening it.. I actually noticed round white mold near the jar opening. But I thought only the sauce near the opening/the lid was affected, so I cleaned the opening and used the rest of the sauce to cook. I got reaction less than an hour (or maybe less than half an hour) after eating the food. I spent around an hour (?) vomited repeatedly until I felt my stomach was empty and then I got better. Anyway thanks for the information about bacillus cereus!
ya.. after recieving in the mail the total medical bill i bet he ran into the kitchen to get out of the trash the leftover he eaten and finished it off..
I mean there is insurance and state insurance for people who can't afford private insurance. When I broke my femur I had no insurance. The surgery was $30k. But some lady at the hospital got me on state insurance and they covered everything.
I have an innate fear of losing limbs and this video just took it to another level. I've partially lost sight on my left eye back when I was 10 and last year I've had a broken incisor. Teeth doesn't seem much but realizing that you're loosing body parts makes you anxious.
@@Crystal_Bull this, exactly this, 70% of my diet is left overs, just stick to left overs _you know_ are safe and toss them past day 3 in the fridge, that’s generally the rule
But it wasn't the fact that they were leftovers that made him sick- they were already tainted, as his roommate had thrown up after eating the food fresh
that's one of those times where multiple variables involving failures over a prolonged period of time come together to create a catastrophic outcome that would otherwise have been preventable if even just one of the events had not taken place. Much like in the case of an aircraft crashing as Mentour Pilot discusses.
Worst part about this, it honestly sounds like there was contamination from the restaurant itself, meaning it couldve been the source of an outbreak of this. I hope the person in the story was able to seek compensation for what happened, as small a chance of his situation happening as there was.
If one of the restaurant workers was hungry, and couldn't take a break, he may have nibbled from the batch of food he was making. That would introduce the saliva into the food in the first place. If the restaurant worker was asymptomatic, it would be really hard to trace back.
@@LuckyBadger Or sneezed or breathed or talked .... this is why we're told to wear face masks with this virus going around, it travels on *droplets* and going all the way back to Pasteur, it was known that humans are always spewing droplets for one reason or another. That's what masks catch - and the larger droplets that can travel further, the masks stop the best. And in a population that's generally vaccinated, I agree the restaurant worker probably had no idea he was harboring the bacteria when he prepared the noodles. And the room-mate didn't land in the hospital, he just got a bit sick and went on with life. This is why vaccinations are so important. I actually got really sick as an adult from chicken pox. The population is generally immune but it still goes around (I think I caught it from a kid actually) and wow, a no-big-deal disease was a big deal for me.
@@christinesarkis4029 It's a big ask given the long hours they work leaning over steaming pots and pans in a hot kitchen. I agree it would be effective to just wear a light medical mask to catch saliva, but it's hard to maintain staff as it is without making the job even more hellish. There's a reason why drug abuse and alcoholism are so high in back of shop restaurant workers.
@@alexcarter8807 The issue with the coof is that the masks were not very effective unless they are n95 or fitted medical masks... not fabric masks or those flimsy disposable medical masks. The coof is an extremely virulent respiratory infection but can also be spread through surfaces, like touching your mask and then touching something else. The problem with the types of masks that do work is they are very hard to breathe in for most people, and some of us can't. I can only where n95 while at rest or for short periods when walking, because I have borderline asthma/exercise induced asthma. I'm all for the normalization of masks and hate the politicization of it, because they can be helpful when a person has to go out while sick or while handling things that are easy to contaminate, like foods that are served cool or room temperature, or medical supplies. The lite disposable masks are also really useful for allergy sufferers during pollen season and both the medical and fabric masks are good for people in cold try temperatures to keep their airways warm and moist. So there should be no mandates, but normalization is great.
I really enjoy these videos. As someone who works in a lab, it's good to see the human side of the specimens. We never see the person, and often don't even get a medical history or what their symptoms are.
My 3 y.o. granddaughter was giving me a "checkup" and she gravely informed me "you have birdies in your ears." I'd LOVE to know the Medical Greek/Latin for "presence of birds in ear syndrome."
Google translate sais "Bird in ear" is "Avis in Aurem" in Latin - mangling it a bit more to fit it into one word .... "Avisauritis" - "Avis" from Latin for bird, "Aurem" for ear and "itis" means infection. Add a "Hyper" at your leisure to increase the number of birdies... or a "Hypo" to complain that they've all flown away.
A lot of people in the comments are saying that this case makes them wary of eating iffy food. Fair enough, but the real lesson here should be to stay current on all of your vaccinations. In this case, it was the difference between mild nausea in the roommate & life threatening meningococcemia.
Though vaccine exists the immunity it gives is not always good enough or long enough. Even with a booster. And it is not like a COVID-19. If infection breaks in, vaccine doesn't save from serios illness either.
@@Prosecute-fauci Our current vaccines have been used and studied on millions of people by now. If you really want to take horse medicine instead, sure, do your thing.
Yikes... This is quite the worrying "Made A Recovery" in awhile... While super rare and very unlikely to happen to anyone, this is a good reason to throw out leftovers when you aren't sure "How old are those leftovers now?"
in this poor guy’s case, a better tip would be don’t eat leftovers if you can’t confirm it didn’t make someone sick the first time. The roommate’s leftovers were only a day old, but his roommate had gotten sick and didn’t toss them out. At least, that’s how the story went in the video, the real life case may not have been so.
@@MynameisBrianZX Maybe what the roommate had gotten sick on was in fact not the food, but something which had already flared up and got from his mouth to the food? That's kind of how the story sounds. Neisseria meningitidis isn't known to grow well outside the body.
He also didn't heat the food enough. It's shown in the video that he microwaved it, but that may not have actually happened. Thoroughly cooked food would not contain any living bacteria.
@@djinn666 sounds like a series of poor decisions led to this situation. Not throwing out the food that was somehow contaminated, choosing to eat someone else’s food, not heating it properly.
@@djinn666 "if the food has been at room temperature for more than two hours, bacteria may have accumulated to dangerous levels and formed heat-resistant toxins that cannot be killed by cooking. Even cooked food can become contaminated this way, so get those leftovers into the fridge as soon as you can."
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spaghetti..
Somebody toucha my spaghet
Delious
@Benjamin Hughes (hatchimal and slush productions) but is it good enough to lose limbs over?
A man binged Chubbyemu videos, this is what happened to his anxiety.
Hahaha
Anxiety starts to grow rapidly and starts to form anxiety cloths in his brain😏
he later developed high blood pressure and died due to a stroked caused by his high blood pressure which was caused by his anxiety which developed due to the binging of chubbyemu YT videos
Rofl spot on
A man watched to many cat videos at RUclips this is what happened...
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Meow 😀 purrr purrr meow meow 😸
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.
#4 stay up to date on your vaccines
show this vid to antivaccinist
#5 Produce video as a scare tactic to get people to vaccinate.
@@paulweston8184 its already terrifying, luckily this specific thing is rare
W/ respect to rule 3....THEY SHOULD.
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.
a bit of a downer but overall, still better to be alive.
@@1MinuteFlipDoc “a bit of a downer” is an understatement. Imagine waking up and your body is irreparably altered. Getting used to it is all well and good, but the immediate shock must be hard.
@@DeathnoteBB would be a bit of a bummer
@@DeathnoteBB Would definitely be a drag
@@1MinuteFlipDoc Depends on your perspective.
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.
Nah he lost his limbs cos neither his parents nor he himself got him properly vaccinated.
:(
Imagine he died from that
and them homeless fellas still go strong 😂
@@keenoled Both.
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.
If in doubt, throw it out.
Yep. Anything that looks or smells even slightly weird gets yeeted.
Yeah, if you have ANY doubts, better not to eat it
main reason he suffered from this was becuase he was not up to date on his vaccinations if your up to date on all your vaccinations i assume this would be way less likely to happen (im not a medical pro)
Just last night, I was about to eat something, but saw the printed "Best By January 14, 2021", so I changed my mind and threw it out, but not before my roommate asked if it really looked moldy or smelled bad, because it might still be okay. Yeah, no thanks. I made a trip to the grocery store for more food.
I love how in the reenactment his friend just steps over him even though he looks dead on the floor
It's realistic with an actual roommate.
The bit where he dies, and the doctor just stepped over him, was cold too.
I feverishly fell to the floor outside my professor’s room, from flu, and my teacher stepped over me to get to his classroom!
College just be like that sometimes
That college roommates for you. It's accurate. Thankfully when I passed out in my dorms bathroom due to food poisoning and dehydration, a friend took me to the ER and my college sent a security officer to bring me back to my dorm.
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
What exactly caused it to happen? The guy it happened to who ate the left overs didn't get the full vaccine doses, but his roommate did. So his roommates saliva had traces of it or something?
@@XexalSeyer no the food was infected, otherwise his roommate would have felt sick out of nowhere, which just doesnt happen
With comments like Phoenix's, Bernard must have seen a need.
@@arthurmarmocathala Makes sense, thanks for clarifying, so the room mate had gotten it too but was fully vaccinated against it.
Man, I gotta get me some of these vaccines o . o
Did his roommate throw up back into the noodle box and then JC ate them? Did I catch that right?
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.
suprised took you 3 hits, lol
@@Trashm1n Yeah, first time I got it was in middle school. They served me a bad pizza during lunch and I puked all over the hallway.
Second time was in high school when my older sister brought me some duck from her job. Woke up and immediately puked at like 3 in the morning.
Last time was when I was in college and cooked up a box of off brand white cheddar Mac and Cheese. And you guessed it, more projectile vomiting.
Now if I have even a hint of a doubt if something is bad or tastes off, like I've had when I ate all 3 of those prior things, into the bin it goes.
I live by "if it's been 2 days since cooked, throw it the fuck out", this doesn't apply to anything that's packaged though, besides previously cooked pastas
Thing is, you can't really know what will cause a food poisoning. I had it after buying some mushrooms from the store, cooked them on the stove in sauce, and after eating it, my body immediately rejected it through throwing it up. Other time I had a bad food poisoning after a medium rare steak in a restaurant. Never again.
My friend, June, almost died from a bad case of food poisoning. She picked up e. Coli and Salmonella from the work cafeteria at the same time.
She ended up in the hospital for three weeks. The first week was just trying to identify exactly what she had, getting her stabilized, and getting her on the right medications. The next week was treating the infection and getting her rehydrating. The last week was getting her metabolism normalized and into recovery.
Food poisoning is nothing to fool with.
"Knowing an ambulance would be too expensive" hurts so much.
Blame FDR
@@Fattoxthegreat Blame Capitalism.
Medevac even more so.
Found the American.
Literally had to take my roommate to an ER once in an Uber for this reason.
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.
To be fair, Chubbyemu presents the more interesting cases. Most of the time 'food poisoning' is vomiting and wishing to be dead for a few days, instead of actually dying. This kind of reactions is still quite rare.
@@robertnett9793 Would have been even more rare had he gotten the correct vaccination. Amazing so many people now are turning their back on modern medicine in favor of politics and conspiracy theories.
@@jenniferlawrence9473 In this case, more likely negligence than politics.
Your co-worker is lucky - my wife’s co-worker died one week after contracting meningoencephalitis in Central America.
@@jimmysmith8231 And that is why I got vaccinated before I first visited SE Asia. I was NOT taking any chances. I'll get caught up on all my shots before I leave the country again.
My Mothers motto towards leftovers was "If in doubt, throw it out". I still follow that and so does my family.
I've eaten way out of date salmon and raw bacon I may be the next guy he talks about.
With that logic and my anxiety that means everything in my fridge is getting thrown out lol
When in doubt ask about mystery meat in a shared refrigerator! Or go without for a while.
indeed. i been dumpster diving at grocery stores for years and never gotten sick from the food, even some expired. i do have an amazing immune system and pretty fit but ive been extra careful when cooking after watching this channel. never hurts to be a little hypochondriac so you can atleast learn some human physiology and respect the miracles your body does everyday
I wish I could afford to do that...
What a horrific story. That poor young man. I’m 69. I’ve never heard of such dire consequences like this one. This takes food poisoning into a completely other deadly level. I have not one clue if I’ve ever been vaccinated for meningitis or it’s relatives?
You can always check with your PCP doctor! Many will have records of your past vaccines. If they don’t have that, then sometimes it is possible to give a blood sample to test for immunity as well, I believe. Unsure if that can be done with this though, sorry.
funny number 69
@@druidspellgrow up whats funny in this number?
@@DoKuShOsTaReven if they're unsure, there's no risk associated with an extra dose of vaccine - at least, lower risk than the actual illness!
@@druidspell it’s just an age and if you’re lucky you’ll get that old as well
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.
Seriously!!! Just throw it out
"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." Mark Twain.
He probably wanted to keep the food in order to file a lawsuit later :S
he probably got the food poisoning at the dorm and forgot to throw out the food
he probably feels so guilty about it oof
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.
Yep
Neat
But is it true that this could have happened from receiving only one dose of the vaccine? now i'm scared because i don't remember getting a second dose. or it may be that the patient had a problem with the immune system?
@@PADARM Don't worry. This was a total freak accident. The chances of this happening to you is less than the chances of winning the lottery which is why it's so remarkable. It could very well be a problem with his over all immune system. Like some can handle steroids' while others can't.
Chiming in to say, yes, thank you for the explanation of DIC. In vet tech school, the explanation dropped a couple steps and thus made less sense (and in typical counter-productive fashion, made it harder to remember).
If he thought an ambulance was too expensive, I can't imagine how he felt about getting the bill for the helicoptor transfer.
yeah he must have been pissed about the TV bill in his room while he was in a coma too, hahahaha.
In the EU we have mandatory health insurance, socialized healthcare or a combination of both and it covers the cost of an ambulance when 112 decides that it is needed. All at costs lower and with better coverage than the US.
He'd been in the ICU at that point. He was already well into bankruptcy territory.
@@a.s.239 And yet, somehow, the life expectancy of nations with socialized medicines comes out ahead of the only major industrialized nation with Darwinian medicine.
@@a.s.239 By that argument, you love current big tech monopolies/anti competitive behavior.
If you get banned for your anti-vax statements, that's just Darwin at work
I love that he notes how an ambulance would be too expensive. Accurate AF
poor guy instead ends up in a helicopter and 2 hospitals for a month...imagine THAT bill :l
@@SafffOneee he will be a slave of banks for all of his life
Sadly a big problem in the US.
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.
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Seeing these red spots is already a signal that it is too late. Kids usually die in this case. A great luck that he is alive.
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
the guy doesn't actually exist it's just based off another story
@@slurpyeel a published case means a scientific report of a real case meant to be used as a learning source. In other words, JC is real.
…but if you already knew what a published case was, please just read the description
He’s not doing better he lost his feet
@@flamingfearow7403 as opposed to losing his life.. I would consider not being dead "doing better"
@@wilddog9 Quality of life>Having a life
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....
what's inconceivable is for a developed country to have life threatening emergencies cost money. I'm sure here millions would protest on the streets the next day if ambulance would start to cost money... But hey, nice army!
That's reality for you. Modern medicine isn't cheap.
I'm not wealthy, but I'd still gladly pay an exorbitant medical bill if the costs came about because of extraordinary treatment that saved my life. Almost anyone would pay whatever they had in order to survive for a bit longer. Few people want to die young.
We are so absolutely privileged to live in this era of modern medicine. For thousands of years, so many conditions that are treatable now would simply kill you, outright, if you had the misfortune of being born in the past.
Random example but Abraham Lincoln had four children and only one of them, just a single one of them, survived into adulthood, living to nearly 83 years of age. The other three of his siblings died at ages 4, 11, & 18.
as a Canadian it's absolutely baffling.
@@inboundonheadingtwo-niner-7196 every other developed country has socialized health care.
You're eating up American propaganda that ISN'T true.
Someone has to pay. Anyway way you look at it, someone is paying. It’s just that in some countries you have to pay yourself if you don’t have insurance.
His roommate seriously threw up his food and still decided to store the rest of it for later... Absolutely disgusting 🤢
As a disabled woman, this makes me sad. As disabled people, we ALWAYS try to remind able-bodied people that we are the minority community that you can join at any point in your life. The majority of disabled people are not born disabled, they become disabled at some point in life through illness or accident, like this man. Disability rights, accessibility, representation, it never seems to matter to people until they are affected by the lack of it. I hope this man has found peace and self acceptance in his new body and has been warmly embraced by our community.
Oh give it a rest Susan
@@joshj1953 why did her comment bother you? She’s just being nice
Exactly what I had in mind after seeing this video.
No one deserves disability and people with disabilities are perfectly capable if society gives them a chance.
@@joshj1953 yikes man, im not sure what your goal was here but all your comment does is tell everyone you're a bad person
@@joshj1953 oh give it a rest joshu
I love that the roommate barfed up the food as well but was like “Well I don’t wanna waste it” lol
Eat food,
Put remainder in fridge,
Barf,
Sleep,
The roommate didn't know the food was bad until he barfed. You are ridiculing someone for something they didn't formerly know.
@@dr.kokiri7013 I am aware of that
@@raiden72 srry
@@raiden72 Did you even watch the video? What you're saying is false, the roommate said he didn't finish it because he had barfed it up in the first place. So they're rightfully shocked that he even put it in the fridge
The roommate definitely did an ignorant, idiotic thing. If he has any COMMON SENSE he certainly didn't use it.
If they don’t know “Emia” means “presence in blood”, are they really your soulmate? 🤨
Get rid of them, unless they're super wicked fond of leftovers and gas station sushi. Those types are keepers!
No, they also gave me Low heart rate and Hypotension.
Hyper meaning high
Hypy meaning low
ohhh see i thought it was presents 🎁 in blood
First question I ask on a date
"knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive..." this phrase makes me feel so bad for anyone unfortunate enough to require "healthcare" in America.
Yeah. Especially since many people who could receive Medicaid benefits that could probably cover the cost for hospital & ambulance just aren't aware of the resources available to them.
Exactly. And I can't schedule an appointment with my doctor unless I drive the 20 miles to the clinic because every time I call them, I get put on hold indefinitely. 🫤
Reddit is not a legitimate source, mate.
I discovered this channel a couple of days ago and have binge watched all the episodes since then.
What I definitely learned:
- don't take too much medicine without prescription
- don't drink moonshine, lamps and stuff like that
- don't do Tiktock challenges
- -emia means presence in blood
and don't forget
- the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
Thanks. You saved me some time!
and dont eat the food that comes in paper bags with stuff (its says silicat gel)
We need "-emia means presence in blood" on a mug.
I remembered Penia means poor. I'm very penia.
Some of my doctor colleagues have come across patients who have *DIED* from Meningococcemia / Meningo-encephalitis (thankfully not myself yet). When it leads to sepsis, it can be life-threatening. If those red/purple skin bruises appear, and don’t disappear when you press a glass against it, get medical help IMMEDIATELY. Obviously there are other signs here that mean you need immediate medical help - altered mental status, constant vomiting, tachypnea (fast breathing) etc.
Sometimes there’s no rash .
Even if you do die, you’ll be missed
@@cherrymetha3185 you're absolutely right! Just a single one of the above signs/symptoms would warrant calling for an ambulance / visiting the ER. It can present in many different ways, so if you have even the slightest concern, you ought to seek urgent medical help ASAP! As a doctor, these clues can help us put together a diagnosis while we're awaiting the blood culture results etc. and treat empirically in the meantime based on clinical suspicion
@@DoctorAzmain I have seen lots of vets list when you should come in ASAP with your pet and lots of discussion on the topic by pet owners. Yet when it comes to people, I see a lot of ignorance about what symptoms say "Get attention now". Which is sad, because doctors can do a lot of amazing things but they can't turn back the clock.
if he had taken zantac or tagamet it would've helped the bacteria cross the blood brain barrier and he'd be dead it inhibits the pgp proton pump function that keeps it out of the brain
I took a bathroom break in the middle of watching this vid and the guy in the stall next to me was talking about how he felt like shit after just eating 2 month old leftovers 💀
EDIT: yes people talk to each other in the dorm stalls it’s normal
that's not a perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances at that point that's just natural selection
what kind of idiot eats 2 month old leftovers??
If my meal prep didn't get eaten that week, it gets thrown away. NO SECOND CHANCES 🤣
Hi dapz
Video idea: eating leftovers and keeping my legs
Really wish I had you as my professor in college. This stuff used to be miserable but I love listening to you.
This really got to me because my husband died from endocarditis this last July, he was only 41. He had every single one of these symptoms except for the rash. He was improving from the endocarditis and then his heart ruptured and he went into cardiac arrest. He had 3 days on life support, he never woke up. They even called for the helicopter to transfer him to another hospital but when they tried, he started to crash and they couldn't transfer him. He had staphylococcus aureus that got into his heart when a different hospital drained bloody fluid from around his right lung when he had positive blood cultures already. It took about 3 months for his bacterial pneumonia to turn into severe endocarditis. He was the first patient at the hospital he was at to undergo a newer procedure to suction the bacterial growths out of the heart by threading a suction device through the femoral and jugular veins. It went so much better than expected, getting 70% of the bacterial vegetation out, almost instantly he was feeling much better and then 3 days later a different valve in his heart ruptured. His cardiologist told me he was going to publish my husband's extremely rare case and I hope he does. The 3 days he spent on life support were the worst, most traumatic days of my life. He was so swollen and we weren't sure if he was brain dead but his pupils were non-reactive starting at the end of day 2. The nurse called me at 5 am on day 3 to tell me it was time to come in because she was sure he was gonna crash very soon. He ended up holding on until around 10pm, and passed away within an hour of his 2 oldest children getting to the hospital to say goodbye.
I miss him everyday of my life. I'm only 26, we have identical twin 2 year olds and an 11 month old together. He was the best dad, a once in a lifetime kind of man I had the privilege of being with. I hope his death wasn't in vain and there's something to be learned about dealing with right-sided tricuspid endocarditis and thrombocytopenia with multiple system multi organ failure and sepsis in the bones.
Yeah, this one really got to me. If you read all this, thanks for letting me tell you about my husband. Have a great day and stay healthy.
Paislee, I am so very sorry this has happened to your family. Your world changed over night. My prayers are with you and your children. 💝
Sorry to hear hope you're doing better
My deepest condolences. I hope you and your family are coping well with such a loss. Thank you for telling your story ❤️
I'm so sorry for the loss of your husband and the father of your children. My thoughts are with you during this difficult period.
Sorry for your loss ❤
When I was pregnant, we bought some takeout. I noticed a funky smell coming from the meat so after one bite, I spit it out and decided not to eat it, but ate everything else because it smelled fine and was separate from the other portions. My partner decided to eat it because he couldn't smell it and thought it was just my pregnancy hormones. He threw up that night and had food poisoning and I did not. Those pregnancy hormones actually saved me from being sick 👍
Funnily enough it's a known medical phenomenon that pregnant women have a heightened sense of smell.
and funnily enough it's caused by excess estrogen so it is technically your pregnancy hormones causing the smell.
make sense that you have the pregnancy hormones, there's a lil dude inside your body and it's dangerous for him if you get sick
What happened to him?
@@BusinessGrey death, agonizing death
@@Yatagurusu Women in general have a better sense of smell and color distinction than men. We're better at judging distances and movement, but not so good when it comes to different shades of colors. Working in the kitchen, I always ask my female coworkers to double-check anything I find 'funny smelling', specifically because they have an easier time and are more accurate.
Oh and if anyone is worried about the 'funny smelling' thing; sometimes one food will spread its smell on other foods. So you can end up with, let's say, tomatoes that have a very light smell of aubergines. Neither has gone 'bad' but you get the slight difference in smell and your brain immidiately goes "DANGER DANGER DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING". It's a minor thing 99% of the time but that 1% that the food HAS gone bad just sticks in your mind and you become hyper-sensitive to it.
My mother had a phrase about food that might not be safe for whatever reason: "When in doubt, throw out". Better to apparently waste food if it looks bad, then risk getting salmonella, etc.she told us.
that my saying in my house so instead of risking it it is less risky just to throw it away
But it didn't look bad
😏
Um...you don't get N meningitidis from food. That is highly inaccurate
@@ddzhang5 Maybe not N. Meningitidis, but other evils-like the above.
One of my friends dealt with this last year, we both suspect he caught it in the hospital via improperly sanitized equipment as he started getting symptoms a few hours after return from a hospital after a simple check-up. As a result he lost his left arm from the elbow down, horrific shock for him to wake up to that, he quickly learned to adapt physically but still struggles mentally, partially due to to the social stigma from society he suffers from. He had never been vaccinated. I hope he is eventually able get a prosthesis but they are so costly especially hands, 100 k if you want one that functions like a real hand. However both of us are just so grateful he is alive
I love how his room mate is like "well this food is bad so i will put it in fridge to eat it later after it gets worse"
Yer I don't understand why his mate brought it home if he knew it was bad - As they say human stupidity knows no bounds
I'm guilty of doing that.
Luckily it wasn't tainted. It was homemade sushi, and I suffered for 3 days to eventually learn my body doesn't handle mirin well.
A set up
He was a college student who was low on cash and probably didn't want to waste food.
@@pfpchad2747 Doesn't matter, the food was clearly bad already. Student or not, low cash or not, its bad, he already threw up from it.
"knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive" I'm sorry for everyone who feels hesitant to get the help they need because of costs, what a nightmare
>Had to be transported by helicopter
We're past that now.
That particular factoid--the patient's reluctance to call an ambulance due to cost--is likely a dramatic embellishment by Chubbyemu. There is no mention of such a patient decision in the original New England Journal article. Of course, your general concern, that patients make potential life-threatening decisions based on cost of care, is an important one.
Where I live it's $800. a crack if no insurance and Medicare doesn't cover it.
My American bf broke his arm (his bone was sticking out) and I was going to call the ambulance. He said no because it's very expensive. i said I'll drive to the er, he said, "no, find an urgent care, it's cheaper".
Only Americans go through this. I'm from a '"third world country" and we don't have to think about how much when we are sick.
@@18bhfbpt61 it does happen. An ambulance ride can cause you $500 even with insurance, especially if you don't have 0 deductible.
I think it’s important to emphasize that this is a freak 1 in a billion accident. Meningitis isn’t a bacteria that just randomly grows on food. Like he said it’s spread from person to person. He just as well could’ve gotten it from being in a college dorm (which is where many cases happen and why institutions require vaccination). Point of the matter is: get the meningitis vaccine and reheat your food properly to not get basic food poisoning (bacillus cereus with rice for instance).
he doesn't have meningitis. but meningococcemia
@@rickwrites2612 caused by the same bacteria
Google also says that you are more likely to get this infection when your body is weak. It's possible they both got infected on the campus and the bad food was just that - it could "just" cause food poisoning and weakened the body enough to allow the bacteria to spread rapidly.
@Constantine Constans yeah I think took that too because the school asked for that vaccine, meningitis one
@Constantine Constans "Let me bring up covid for no fucking reason because I'm the smartest guy in the room"
Whenever you say “they make A recovery.” I’m always curious what they didn’t recover from/what functions they lost/changes to their body. It leaves me so curious
he had multiple amputations of his limbs
@@THEYuYama so real
@THEYuYama school nurse when your leg suddenly falls off:
@@THEYuYamaba dum, tss 😅
@THEYuYama I get that you're trying to be "funny" but it is such a cruel comment. Your lack of empathy must be awesome for your friends and family. Good luck with that.
I remember sitting in the doctor's office waiting for my booster so I could go to college. Asked if it would hurt and he responded by explaining what Meningitis was, every form of Meningitis, the symptoms and prognosis, and why schools mandate it. He never did tell me if the vaccine would hurt though.
They never do. Most vaccines are intra-muscular, and they hurt like an absolute bitch. And then you get the jabs that physically cannot be delivered to your arm...
That shot was a bitch. I think everyone who had to take it for college could’ve told you then that your arm would be sore for like a week 😭
I finished this video thinking 'man it seems like a great day to check I'm up to date with my vaccines' bc the doc was right, the vaccine may hurt but if it prevents this heinous shit? Worth
sore arm > no arm
@@lexibat7829 US of A. New York, specifically.
Even while literally dying he thought that treatment would be too expensive. Sad truth is he wasn't wrong.
The funny thing is that the USA thinks they are the best place to live, while common people accept such hurdles in the healthcare system as normal, other people from around the World haven't even heard of (and I am not talking about just developed western countries).
@@fenrirr22 I live in the USA and I'd say pretty much everyone I know believes our healthcare system is a scam and completely insane. The insurance companies and wealthy corporations have paid lawmakers to ensure it stays that way. There's pretty much nothing we, normal citizens can do to stop it. 😔
I'm very grateful to be a US citizen that lives in Germany. I never want to go back. I'd give up my citizenship if I could stay. My husband has multiple chronic illnesses and we were a lot worse off in the US.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. had us in the first half. I always keep hearing about US healthcare being so expensive but the most surprising thing was that even ambulance isn't free!!! That absolutely blew my mind! Like wtf?!
@@BRUXXUS rise up you still have guns. Just change the laws by force lol. Only need to get like 10 thousand people with arms
Meningococcal is legitimately terrifying. Imagine having flu-like symptoms one week and being a multiple amputee the next.
thats why I got the vaccine
Bruhh had no idea this disease even existed or that I had to get vaccinated for it. If I ever catch it I'm just gonna hope I die and not wake up without limbs 🙏
@@faishaga i sweat i thought the vaccine was needed for your immunization to be up to date in public schools. given that you are 16 when you should get the second dose
@@Wasahbi I live in the UK and I've never been asked to provide my immunization records? for public schools lol and I'm 21
@@faishaga this is the usa
0:09 NileRed panicking is the most hilarious part of this video, given that the guy has synthesized / played with at least 50 deadly compounds in the last 5 years 😂
How heartbreaking and shocking to remember going into the hospital and wake up with parts of yourself missing. Poor man.
pets go trough that all the time...
@@cyberfrank-bx2nv pets aren't people. False equivalence.
My hope is that the man in the real story, assuming he lost limb parts too, can get either awesome prosthetics and/or that crazy new thing I saw about donor limbs, though there are rejection problems with the latter.
@@danielgoodman3578 I was sarcastic, but since we can t understand them yet, no one can say it s not equivalent. we should at least consider it if we are so superior.
Imagine how he really reacted in real life
I had meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia when I was 27 and suffered many of those same symptoms as JC. It presented as a bad cold in my case. Thankfully I didn't have any amputations but it did leave me permanently blind in one eye, deaf in one ear and stroked out on my left side. It is possible to bounce back but it takes years and you never feel more than 70% on a good day.
Do u mind sharing how you came into contact with the bacteria? Just curious! But glad ur alive
@Eclipse538
Thank you. I will look into those.
@@ileanabanana8254
I have no idea! I wasn't doing anything out of the norm. But I was commuting on public transport and working in a hospital. So I could have picked it up from anywhere.
God bless you. Sending hugs 🫂
wow, that's terrible. And really scary. I hope you're okay :/
Your roommates' left over gas station sushi. The final boss.
but UH OH there was a roofie in our gas station sushi!
For all the valid complaints I have about doctors' attitudes and incompetence, you are so refreshing. You are an absolute expert. Thank you for all the videos.
Scary how a single bacteria can screw you up this badly, and there's people out there who take medicine for granted.
If you think about it, I bet at least half of the cases of heart disease are caused from bacteria (from bad teeth and / or gum disease) as well as over half of the cases of blood sugar issues (bacteria attacking the beta cells of the pancreas) and much more.
...or worse than taking medicine for granted are those who spread disinformation about medicine that saves countless lives, now and in the future.
@@02markcal You beat me to it. I wish I could show this to every anti-vaxxer out there.
@@LuckyBadger maybe show some evidence of "Covid19" while you're at it ;)
@@02markcal bacterial infection is just a LITTLE different than viral...On a biological level, the main difference is that bacteria are free-living cells that can live inside or outside a body, while viruses are a non-living collection of molecules that need a host to survive.
Chubbyemu is the perfect example of quality over quantity
And he delivers fairly often. Looking at you JCS. High quality but 1 video every year...
Uhm jake tran
I agree 100
@@CRWiebe jcs uploads a bunch though? RUclips just keeps fucking the channel over
@@CRWiebe tbf his videos are way longer and of course there will be a lot of scripting for it
As a kidney transplant recipient at the age of 8, when i was around 12 I caught meningitis. 105+ degree temp. hallucinations. vomiting. was awful. probably could have died. the healthcare system/institution itself while flawed in management in the US atleast, the wonders of modern medicine will never be lost on me and I am forever grateful for my doctors and all other healthcare providers
Be grateful to money. There are many in poor countries who cannot even afford food let alone hospitals and doctors.
@@Rikka_V1 Yes in the very most poor and fucked-up countries but the US lags far behind all the other "first world" countries and most "developing" countries as well for medical care. People in the US need to get a lot more angry about this.
o o o
@@alexcarter8807 Agreed. Though "free healthcare" via the government as activists want won't work. I think we should take a closer look at Japan's system. It's not single payer, yet manages to produce excelent facilities and relatively low cost via a subsidy system.
@@alexcarter8807 that is incredibly false
Moral to this story is"don't eat leftovers" or "when in doubt, throw it out"! 😬
Dont keep them more than a day. Always check their smell and appearance.
All that and don’t steal other peoples food because you don’t know what’s in it (and it’s not yours) 🙏
"Knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive." Truer words have never been spoken. I was once hit with a $1925.00 ambulance bill for a 43 mile drive. I asked for an itemized bill. I was charged $600.00 for fuel for that 43 mile drive. The entire "healthcare" industry in America is nothing more than a for profit business. And wow, do they profit!
That's healthcare everywhere. You pay for it in every country, the source is just different.
@@andieallison6792 Yes, but it's not as expensive in other countries because those countries are able to negotiate prices unlike the US who ONLY recently made it legal to negotiate medicine prices. Beforehand, companies could put any price they wanted and the government had to buy it at that price. Why else do you think a vial of insulin costs $100 in the US while it's only $10 on average in other countries?
1925 DOLLARS?!
EX-FUCKING-CUSE ME?!
I've heard about America's expensive hospitals and ambulances, and thought they were $500 on average. I never in my right mind would have thought of a figure as high as almost $2000.
Jesus. I pray for you all living through that shit.
Thieves.
@@andieallison6792 No, it’s really not. People usually pay no more than $100 for hospital visits in Europe, and rarely does it go above ~$20 or so.
Yoo, that dude lost both legs to some noodles. I guess my life doesn't suck that badly huh.
Roommate must also have had to deal with the whole "I should have thrown those leftovers instead of putting them in the fridge" hanging over his head for years too. Shit's sick.
o_o Such a little thing, forgetting to throw out bad leftovers leading to your roommate losing a limb?! Holy hell, I don’t even know what I’d think in that position!
@@AmericanDivaa Honestly I couldn't feel too guilty about it. He stole his roommate's food and wasn't up to date with the required vaccines. Everything that happened was by his choices.
@@spiffy956 lol really? You think the punishment of losing your feet fits the crime of stealing your roommate's $5 leftovers?
@@spiffy956 ok, he shouldn't have stolen his roommate's food from the fridge, but do you REALLY think the man DESERVED TO LOSE HIS LEGS for such a stupid thing??? I'll bet if he was completely fine after eating it, his roommate would have just made him treat him to another meal another time. "karma he deserved" man you should listen to yourself speak...
@@spiffy956 at first I thought these moronic takes were supposed to be jokes, but seeing them so many times has me doubting myself. Honestly, what is wrong with you? The man lost both legs, how is that an appropriate "punishment" for something that small? Are you insane?
"Sorry bro, I got hungry last night and ate your noodles."
"That wasn't noodles, that was my doctoral thesis!"
He then became extra credit.
roommate ; who s sorry now!
They actually used this scenario on Grey’s Anatomy this last season. Two friends came into the ER sick from food they’d eaten. One was fine, but the other almost died. He hadn’t had his vaccines.
No one else in the world can make me go through an existential crisis as easily as this man. Thanks Chubbyemu.
Now you'll think thrice before eating something and basically doing whatever you want
You haven’t met my friend DiMiTri.
worrying too much over anything isnt good for your health too. just relax
This is the first time that hearing only "a recovery" at the end of a chubbyemu video has been a RELIEF for me.
Yeah, I was floored that he survived that
@@MariaNicolae Yeah. Especially after needing amputation for gangrene! In this day and age!
In the video about the man that drank a lava lamp he also says "a recovery"
@@ronangrayson yes but that wasn’t a relief
@@ronangrayson oh, I've heard him say it many times - but usually with a sinking feeling! Here, it was more than I expected!
I've started watching this channel about 2 weeks ago (RUclips recommendation), and then this video comes out. It can't be a coincidence...
I've had meningococcemia as a kid. The diagnosis came quite late and it really could have killed me (the doctors said I probably wouldn't even survive being transferred to another hospital). I also almost became an amputee, as the necrosis on both my hands were starting to become really bad. My parents tell me that the doctors even had already communicated them that the amputation was certain, and had already contacted the plastic surgeon to make the procedure, but at the very last possible examination, they observed that my hands were recovering naturally, and it ended up not happening.
I'm thankful everyday for getting out of this with just some minor scarring. And I'm glad that videos like this exists to raise awareness about those symptoms, as this disease evolves very fast and a quick diagnosis can really save a life - or a normal life for that matter.
Hopefully you are living well now
you were lucky... glad you made it out alive
Thank you for sharing your story! Take care of yourself and be well!
Glad you're well now!
@@theclockworkcadaver7025 LOL, math nerd! Seriously though, it's good to point out that "yes, it CAN happen to you." We humans tend to think that these things only happen to other people.
Man, this videos are wonderfully made. Very eerie, but also very informative. I always knew that meningitis vaccines were important, but i had no idea that they could prevent this kind of reaction from food. Fascinating! I wonder if that explains why the roommate only had a typical case of food poisoning, while the other case was so severe. It makes me feel insanely grateful that i received my meningitis vaccinations a while back. It really goes to show you that while such cases are unusual, staying up to date on your vaccinations can save you from a world of trouble.
I have been watching these videos for a while and here are the things i have learned:
1. If food doesn’t seem right, don’t eat it.
2. Do not overeat after not eating much for a long time.
3. Don’t steal roommate’s food, you don’t know where its been.
4. Don’t overdose on anything, even water.
5. Keep up to date on your vaccinations.
6. Be wary around anything that shouldn’t go into your body; don’t put yourself in situations where you could easily mistake it for something edible.
7. If you think something is terribly wrong, go to the ER right away. DO NOT “sleep it off.”
8. For certain foods, especially things like raw fish, make sure you get it from somewhere trustworthy: not a gas station (at least not in US)
9. In general, be wary of food/drink at a gas station that is made in house (soda fountain, nachos, hot dogs, etc.)
10. Do not do dumb things for views, this should be obvious.
11. Emeia means presence in blood.
You are so right about #7. I have allergic reactions to various things so I taught my sister about symptoms of an anaphylaxic reaction. One of her best friends in college ate seafood for the first time. She became very sick. My sister noticed possible signs of an anaphylaxic reaction - a rash, her gait, her speech. Her friend wanted to just go to sleep. My sister called 911. Her friend had such a bad reaction that the EMTs had to use 2 Epipens on the way to the hospital. Her friend fully recovered.
I do really like how he breaks down these medical terms so they're understandable for anyone even if sometimes they're irrelevant for most people.
yes.. sorta like Carl Sagen talking abt the Cosmos to a term that we all can understand.
Well that’s just how they teach you in school
@@GrabbaBeer very true
That one was tough!
Thank you for the sepsis description and images. I have an infection in a surgical incision right now and my mind was playing tricks because my hands are splotchy. Not newly splotchy. I feel I have a better idea of what sepsis looks like now and it has put my mind somewhat at ease. ❤️
Wish you better! 🌸
Dang, hope you're able to have that infection looked at soon. That sounds really scary.
You got antibiotics right?
hope you get recover asap, make sure you are hydrating and eating sleeping enough
Please get checked out asap - sepsis moves fast! Hope you’re okay
The main lesson I have learned from this channel is that horrible things will only happen to you if your name is comprised of two letters.
good thing mine is five
@@diegoreckholder945 but your name has die in it...
Lol 😂
@@diegoreckholder945 mine is 9
As long as your initials are not JC you don't have to worry
"JC didn't want to call the ambulance because it would be too expensive"
oh my god, this health system is inhumane
Wait a minute. His roommate barfed the food up too, but STILL decided to keep it???
And put it in the common fridge!!
And stepped over his fallen roommate instead of helping him up.
We’ve been always told to save food. Either that or he was intentionally trying to kill his “friend” for always eating his leftover/food. It’d be the perfect crime
Well last year, I ate a huge load of 2 days old pastas, and 2 hours later threw them up, but it actually was a gastro enteritis, my mother and my coworkers got it too, I could have thought it was the pasta I ate, but it wasn t, so, it might not always be the food 🤷♂️
@@baptisteandre8176 It's really hard to tell. Once I ate a small bowl of washed raw baby carrots. I threw up immediately and I was fine.
A friend of mine in his early 20’s died from this disease years ago. He’d just gone for a run, started to go downhill, went to bed, collapsed next morning and died in hospital a few hours later with massive bruising all over his body. There wasn’t any food poisoning suspected.
An utter tragedy.
why didn't he get the vaccine?
I wonder how he got it if it weren't from food?
@@johnwilliams1238 The food in the video was contaminated but i think he said its transmitted through saliva, so maybe someone coughed near him.
@@Aaa-wf6cg what’s wrong with you?
@@Aaa-wf6cg it happened before the vaccine was available. I remember it even now.
I'm actually really grateful you shared this story, now I'm going to be a lot more wary of what I'm eating.
My takeaway was vaccines and boosters work.
Yeah I think this is more of an example of why you should get your vaccines, not just watching what you eat.
I think the takeaway here is to ensure your up to date on vaccines... But also not to steal your roommates food
In what way can you 'be wary of what you eat'? Send a sample to the lab before every single meal and wait 2 days to eat it? I don't understand how you can even come to this conclusion after watching the video...
Prevention is still better at treatment and awareness, yes you can be more wary what you eating but being vaccinated is still important since we sometimes accidentally eat something that we have no idea
2:43..."..an ambulance would be too expensive" is a wild statement.
This is so freaky to me, I had bacterial meningitis at 16 that went into my lungs. No one is sure where I got it from as people can be asymptomatic carriers. I had to be hospitalized and put into a drug induced coma with a ventilator to recover. Took about two months to get out of the hospital and I have neuropathy in my feet from septic shock when the bacteria was broken down in my system. It's to the point that I couldn't feel how bad an infection was in my toe until it was constantly stabbing pain, luckily didn't hit the bone. They literally had to remove it with a scalpel and I didn't feel the blade whatsoever. This bacteria is one of the scariest out there because it can come from almost anywhere.
meningitis was horrible, a girl in my school had it as a baby and lost both legs.
As opposed to figuratively removing it with a scalpel.
@@amarissimus29 hey man they used the word correctly this isnt the place to jude people who say literally
@@nickm6751 I would agree with you that this isn't the place but they didn't actually use it correctly
Glad you're better now
Jesus, bad enough to scrounge up your roommate's leftovers--but, who the hell takes home food that *already* made them throw up the night before?
good point
ikr? "Where should I put this poison? Oh, in the common fridge."
Maybe he knew his roommate would eat the food without asking him. Food for thought
@@tesfahailu1000
“That sumbitch gonna keep stealing my food? This oughta fix him.”
I could see it happening because someone might not be sure what made them sick. They might have eaten other stuff too or something before it.
JC: **literally on the floor, struggling to breathe**
Roommate: haha ikr **casually walks over him**
That cracked me up lmao
One time a guy in my dorm passed out in the hall and multiple people walked over and around him, so honestly this feels legit to me. Roommates can be dicks.
I once was having an asthma attack. I was on the phone with my mother at the time when it happened (cat fur on the sofa I was sitting on). My mother told me she was driving up to meet me at my nearest hospital (90 minute drive for her). We hung up and I called 9-1-1. All the while my roommate came in, looked at me, didn't say a word or seemed worried, and went into her room.
@@RameshKumar-mv3jd ur welcome bhai
@@Evieteresa what the fuck
Can I just say I love how you break down the words that you say in your videos? As someone who knows nothing about medical science and stuff, it makes me really happy. Over time as I watch your videos, I slowly learn more bits and parts of medical words, and then I can identify words before you can even explain them.
Wow. A few people will get hyper fixated on the leftovers, but I see three lessons:
1. Be up to date on vaccinations
2. Don't touch strange food if you don't know where it came from
3. Throw your poisoned freaking leftovers away if they were bad for gods' sake
4. Whenever there is suspicious leftovers in your refrigerator, it is better to starve than eat it.
Some people say the roomate kept the poisoned food in the fridge to file a lawsuit later but in that case shouldn't he have warned his friend not to eat it? Or at least put a note on it? I mean he's not entirely at fault since the victim ate something that wasn't his, but still.
And also if you throw your food back up throw it in the garage do not put your thrown up food back in the fridge.
i’ve never been vaccinated nor will i ever . in my late 30s now, healthy as a horse .
Being vaccinated has nothing to do with food poisoning!!! Stop spreading lies
That poor young man!!! I feel so bad for him! His life changed in 24 hours just because he was hungry! Another great and informative video from you Dr. Thank you!!
No, it was because he wasn't fully vaccinated. Food poisoning does not have to be life threatening. His roommate managed just fine with some minor stomach upset.
@@LuckyBadger I agree, at least when it comes to specific vaccines like this one, it can be life saving! As opposed to the more recent ones people know about.
@@LuckyBadger I mean yea, it was good of Dr Bernard to point this out, people should get vaccinated. But this vaccine isn't something that everyone has and there are plenty of things that we don't have vaccines for. Another video had food poisoning for which there is no vaccine. Dude was fucked up due to the whims of nature when it comes down to it and that is sad.
@@LuckyBadger His roommate possibly ate borderline dangerous food which then spoiled even further by the time it was eaten again which already makes the food 10x more toxic.
What a great video! This hit home for me as a college student who just like JC, only got partly vaccinated for meningitis twice (I didn’t even know there was a booster, and my school only requires one dose). And especially after learning about necrosis and watching this, I might be scheduling an appointment with student health services soon.
"Might"??? Do it! Lol
I think I might have missed my meningitis vaccine booster in high school. I'm a little freaked out too lol
Now I have to dig out all the vaccination cards for my 4 adult children. I probably only got them what the schools require, not knowing it might be different than a doctors recommendation. Thanks for the heads up.
i literally JUST went to check up and make sure i have all my vaccines for meningitis and thank god i do
Almost like vaccines cause more harm than good sometimes. It'll probably never happen again though.
The way you segment and explain each medical term is very useful and helps me understand the content.
Thank you once again for your amazing content. This story reminded me of a time in my early 20s when a close friend and I had a falling out of sorts, but later that month she was hospitalized for meningitis. Her sister called me and said my friend wanted me to come to her hospital bed and take her box braids out of her hair for her, because they were painful to lay back on and were heavy from the beads on the ends of each braid. It look over four hours, and my friend was only semiconscious while I unbraided her hair, but when I was finished she thanked me feebly and shed a tear from each eye. She and I remain close friends to this day, some 25 years later, and I will never forget that event and how quickly someone can fall ill and need a true friends help, regardless of petty disagreements.
I’m sorry about your friend…I pray that her spirit can still experience joy… in Jesus Name
@@reginaluv82 Huh?
@@reginaluv82 She’s still alive! ❤️
@@MX-S I think Regi B assumed the worst. She’s still alive and well today.
@@MX-S your friend… how is she? I was praying that she’s able to get around well and all. That she’s able to find joy in the pain. That’s all ♥️
Also, as someone from the UK - the fact that someone could choose to not call an ambulance because it’s too expensive horrifies me! Doesn’t make any sense at all to me.
An ambulance takes time even in major cities. I remember being a responder to an accident on my way to lunch. Patched up the guy with hemorrhage, but over 20 mins later, the ambulance called by a witness, hasn't arrived. Turns out it was stuck in traffic due to rubber neckers (people slowing down to look at an accident.)
@@shootingbricks8554 Oh absolutely, not talking about being quicker, just people choosing not to because of the cost! :(
@@GMxTekhe services cost money anywhere you go, you just don't directly see the bill
@@rarelycold6618 I mean I pay national insurance and taxes… but I’ve never had to question whether or not my bank balance could let me call an ambulance which was my point.
Yea the standard financial advice here is never use an ambulance unless there's no other alternative. Even if someone else calls it, you don't pay if you don't get in. The only place it makes sense is for all the middlemen in America's private for-profit healthcare system who are getting rich off others' suffering.
The roommate: *sees that the man is about to die on the floor*
Also him: Smiles and casually steps over him
indeed
also i just read the article which says that he ate a little of and spitted it our (vomitted)
why he put it in the refrigerator if he suffered discomfort and vomitting because of it
not here to blame what happend has happened but really sad
Lets be real we all knew this kind of guy, it was probably the nth time he stole someone elses food. Not the first time ever, if you are going to be a thief atleast do it right and look before you leap or ya know dont steal someone's take out.
@@DumAzzFairy bro dafuq wrong with you
@@DumAzzFairy Agreed, but you should still feel guilty for leaving poisoned life-ending food in the fridge, especially after it made you sick, it should have gone straight to the trash. - - - I know I'd feel guilty, even if it was stolen.
@@MasterYoda389 did you not listen to the video this sickness was unique to vc, normal food poisoning doesn't almost kill you normally. the roomate also ate the food puked it up but was fine afterwards.
2:06 So his roommate is giving off very strong serial killer vibes.
Great video. As a kidney specialists, by couple minutes into the video, I thought this was E Coli induced HUS which presents like that and may be more common (even though not that common).
Yep the bruising + food also made me think it could be HUS
Oh thank God, a human doctor, I'm a car doctor. 🏥💊
@@AaronJ323 can cars also be posioned by bad food (fuel)?
@@tongjordon9116 Definitely like putting Diesel in gasoline engines is bad and putting e85 fuel in a car that doesn't have fuel lines to use e85 will destroy the engine.
Most likely from the mountains of feces that chickens walk around in at factory farms (and even free range farms)
"Hi, Dr. Bernard here! This video is based-"
HOLY
He had two options
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"sussy leftovers"
based? based on what?
@@Vassilinia based on deez nuts
"knowing that an ambulance would be too expensive" I'm so glad I've never had to think about this.
Ended up having to pay helicopter bill instead
They rly are expensive though, even in Europe, it just so happens you dont generally see the bill. My mum had to go to the hospital im germany once (we are dutch). The bill (before our health insurance paid it) was 1000€ just for the ambulance ride 👀
@@dodopson3211 Well that's what I meant wasn't it? That _I_ don't have to think about it?
@@dodopson3211 Lol that is nothing i think its nearly 3 times that in the US if not 10x as much and thts probably for the ride to the ER alone if your in the ICU the first night is 10,000 if not more. Thats probably about what an ER trip would start off at.
Lucky you 👀
>eats food
>pukes it
>"eh, should be good enough"
>puts it in fridge
"knowing that an ambulance was too expensive"
I cant be the only one that becomes instantly infuriated at the fact that money=health care. The number of people that die alone at home because they didn't think they could afford medical transport, much less medical care, and didn't call for help is depressing. Healthy shouldn't mean wealthy and the reverse.
Sadly that’s also my way of thinking because of the health care system in the U.S I would rather wait and see if I sweat out the sickness than to go to the hospital
if you put your life over your finances then how is that someone else's (or society's) fault? You can't worry about bills when you are dead so suck it up and do what you gotta do. I have diabetes, it's the cost of living, I have to cough up the cash to treat it. Not YOUR fault I have diabetes, why would I expect you to pay?
@@teampenit Because choosing between your life and your finances shouldn't be a choice in the first place. Reducing it to a simple choice between dying and money completely ignores the fact that they also need that money to live, you need it to buy food and to pay rent. We should all be paying for it because sickness isn't anyone's fault, it could happen to any one of us. The same reason we pay for firefighters, it's not their fault that their house is on fire, and we don't want their house to burn down, so we all pay to stop it.
It sure is a shame.. I wonder if it wasn't cost prohibitive if they would have gone sooner..
I wonder if he would have gone sooner he might have saved his limbs.
N. meningitides usually causes Meningitis, being a subgroup of gram negative cocci, but I haven’t personally heard or have been told about a case of Meningiococcemia in my med school until now. Also, not getting the booster dose against N. meningitides totally explains meningiococcemia and DIC associated with it. Thanks for the case discussion, Dr. Bernard! Totally appreciate that, as it will help me a lot in the future!
Could you give me a little run down of that vaccine and booster? I don't think I ever got it so I would like to know more. I remember being told I needed to get it (or some kind of vaccine) in highschool, but I never did. The school and place I grew up in was kinda ghetto and my mom was anti-vaccine / medicine. Could you please tell me more? Thank you.
@@XexalSeyer I looked it up once on the CDC website fairly recently because I was in college before the vaccine existed. Didn't really see where it was recommended for adults, which seems weird to me, but may just be because that bacteria is predominant among college students
I actually did a deductive report on this exact infection and bacteria. My professor gave a scenario and I had to do research. He is soooo lucky to be alive since usually by the time symptoms appear, it's too late. When I heard the symptoms, I was like, 'hey that sounds familiar', and boom it was.
As a rule of thumb, any bacteria that can cause an infection can cause (septic) bacteremia. Meningococcal sepsis is thankfully rare, but as could be seen in the video, it can be very deadly
That's because med school is a racket.
"He was able to make A recovery."
People that don't know: 👍
People that know:
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what does it mean? its been a while since ive last watched chubbyemu lol
@@whyhesoears if the patient ends up totally okay, it's usually a *full* recovery XD
@@furretwalky I mean...his feet got amputated...so certainly not a full recovery lol
@@whyhesoears if he just says “a” recovery, that means the patient has permanent body damage
If a patient doesn't make any recovery, doesn't it mean they died?
A cousin died of Purpura Fulminans more than 20 years ago, the first symptoms of purpura occurred in the evening and his family didn't notice, sadly, by the morning he was already gone.
I had food poisoning once.
After emptying my stomach not long after I ate the food, I got better and went on with my life like nothing happened. I’m grateful, it could be much worse..
Having a reaction right after eating is fortunate. I ate a defective tinned product recently and spent 5 days in the worst state of my life.
If you vomited relatively quickly it was probably bacillus cereus. Most other bacterial food poisoning takes hours and hours to get symptoms (like 4-6 hours), and the viral food poisoning takes even longer.
@@waynehickey9830 Yeah, I was lucky.
I was suffering for like, 1-2 hours and it was horrible!!
I’m sorry to hear that you spent 5 days in that horrible state 😨
Hope you’re doing well now.
@@rdizzy1 I looked “bacillus cereus” up and I think you’re right!
I suspect I got food poisoning from pasta sauce.
I was so hungry that night. I had a half of jar of pasta sauce in my refrigerator. I was dumb, I thought it’s okay to use pasta sauce several times as long as it hasn’t expired, didn’t know that the expiration date is only valid before opening the jar and we should finish it quickly after opening it..
I actually noticed round white mold near the jar opening. But I thought only the sauce near the opening/the lid was affected, so I cleaned the opening and used the rest of the sauce to cook.
I got reaction less than an hour (or maybe less than half an hour) after eating the food. I spent around an hour (?) vomited repeatedly until I felt my stomach was empty and then I got better.
Anyway thanks for the information about bacillus cereus!
A nurse once said to me that most cases of food poisoning are 'self-correcting.'
You're a legend, Bernard. Seeing your progress over time to be where you are now from gaming to a doctor is amazing
He used to do gaming?!
@@Dozav7 Yup!
@@Dozav7 just have a look at his first videos
I barely decided to go through his videos, it's pretty incredible actually.
From gaming, gym junkies, doctor and RUclips #1 medical channel.
"They called for a helicopter"
Yeah, at this point the medical bill probably killed him.
america needs a hard reset
ya.. after recieving in the mail the total medical bill i bet he ran into the kitchen to get out of the trash the leftover he eaten and finished it off..
I mean there is insurance and state insurance for people who can't afford private insurance. When I broke my femur I had no insurance. The surgery was $30k. But some lady at the hospital got me on state insurance and they covered everything.
@@tabernaclejones6115 Wow nice
Shouldnt be laughing at this type of stuff, but holy that was hilarious
Imagine being his parents after thinking that missing vaccines would be no big deal :(
Imagine eating something bad, and then waking up to see you don't have legs anymore. How terrifying would it be?
I have an innate fear of losing limbs and this video just took it to another level.
I've partially lost sight on my left eye back when I was 10 and last year I've had a broken incisor.
Teeth doesn't seem much but realizing that you're loosing body parts makes you anxious.
So glad he had good doctors and made it. So sad for his issues that linger.
i was coughing through the whole video im watching this while sick
@@marshmallowis90 you okay there?
@@marshmallowis90 sorry ur were sick, hope ur better now!
he lost 10 fingers, both legs below knee.. and prop impaired kidneys
:( thats really sas i hope he's doing good
@@AlOqab_ and probably most of his money
"Don't worry about leftovers"
Me, after seeing this video: **Throws leftovers away**
lmaoo I did the same
If there's 1 thing i've learned from this channel, is to never trust day-old leftovers
Just make sure the leftovers didn't make whoever ate them first sick. Or, don't eat other people's leftovers without permission.
@@Crystal_Bull this, exactly this, 70% of my diet is left overs, just stick to left overs _you know_ are safe and toss them past day 3 in the fridge, that’s generally the rule
But it wasn't the fact that they were leftovers that made him sick- they were already tainted, as his roommate had thrown up after eating the food fresh
that's one of those times where multiple variables involving failures over a prolonged period of time come together to create a catastrophic outcome that would otherwise have been preventable if even just one of the events had not taken place. Much like in the case of an aircraft crashing as Mentour Pilot discusses.
Worst part about this, it honestly sounds like there was contamination from the restaurant itself, meaning it couldve been the source of an outbreak of this.
I hope the person in the story was able to seek compensation for what happened, as small a chance of his situation happening as there was.
If one of the restaurant workers was hungry, and couldn't take a break, he may have nibbled from the batch of food he was making. That would introduce the saliva into the food in the first place. If the restaurant worker was asymptomatic, it would be really hard to trace back.
@@LuckyBadger Or sneezed or breathed or talked .... this is why we're told to wear face masks with this virus going around, it travels on *droplets* and going all the way back to Pasteur, it was known that humans are always spewing droplets for one reason or another. That's what masks catch - and the larger droplets that can travel further, the masks stop the best. And in a population that's generally vaccinated, I agree the restaurant worker probably had no idea he was harboring the bacteria when he prepared the noodles. And the room-mate didn't land in the hospital, he just got a bit sick and went on with life. This is why vaccinations are so important. I actually got really sick as an adult from chicken pox. The population is generally immune but it still goes around (I think I caught it from a kid actually) and wow, a no-big-deal disease was a big deal for me.
@@alexcarter8807 IMO anyone working in a restaurant or commercial kitchen should wear a face mask while preparing food, pandemic or no.
@@christinesarkis4029 It's a big ask given the long hours they work leaning over steaming pots and pans in a hot kitchen. I agree it would be effective to just wear a light medical mask to catch saliva, but it's hard to maintain staff as it is without making the job even more hellish. There's a reason why drug abuse and alcoholism are so high in back of shop restaurant workers.
@@alexcarter8807 The issue with the coof is that the masks were not very effective unless they are n95 or fitted medical masks... not fabric masks or those flimsy disposable medical masks. The coof is an extremely virulent respiratory infection but can also be spread through surfaces, like touching your mask and then touching something else. The problem with the types of masks that do work is they are very hard to breathe in for most people, and some of us can't. I can only where n95 while at rest or for short periods when walking, because I have borderline asthma/exercise induced asthma.
I'm all for the normalization of masks and hate the politicization of it, because they can be helpful when a person has to go out while sick or while handling things that are easy to contaminate, like foods that are served cool or room temperature, or medical supplies. The lite disposable masks are also really useful for allergy sufferers during pollen season and both the medical and fabric masks are good for people in cold try temperatures to keep their airways warm and moist. So there should be no mandates, but normalization is great.
I really enjoy these videos. As someone who works in a lab, it's good to see the human side of the specimens. We never see the person, and often don't even get a medical history or what their symptoms are.
My 3 y.o. granddaughter was giving me a "checkup" and she gravely informed me "you have birdies in your ears." I'd LOVE to know the Medical Greek/Latin for "presence of birds in ear syndrome."
Google translate sais "Bird in ear" is "Avis in Aurem" in Latin - mangling it a bit more to fit it into one word .... "Avisauritis" - "Avis" from Latin for bird, "Aurem" for ear and "itis" means infection. Add a "Hyper" at your leisure to increase the number of birdies... or a "Hypo" to complain that they've all flown away.
Aviotopenia. You're welcome.
Ornithotia
Most drs just know Latin roots as they relate to medicine terms
@@toomanymarys7355 Wouldn't that be a deficiency of birds?
its crazy thinking he couldve avoided all of this if he just didnt eat the leftovers. Crazy.
A lot of people in the comments are saying that this case makes them wary of eating iffy food. Fair enough, but the real lesson here should be to stay current on all of your vaccinations. In this case, it was the difference between mild nausea in the roommate & life threatening meningococcemia.
Though vaccine exists the immunity it gives is not always good enough or long enough. Even with a booster. And it is not like a COVID-19. If infection breaks in, vaccine doesn't save from serios illness either.
@@dmitrmax it's much better than not getting vaxxed at all
I’ll make sure to get actual vaccines, not an experimental drug that the pharmaceutical companies have no liability for.
@@purplewine7362 no doubt
@@Prosecute-fauci Our current vaccines have been used and studied on millions of people by now. If you really want to take horse medicine instead, sure, do your thing.
Yikes... This is quite the worrying "Made A Recovery" in awhile...
While super rare and very unlikely to happen to anyone, this is a good reason to throw out leftovers when you aren't sure "How old are those leftovers now?"
in this poor guy’s case, a better tip would be don’t eat leftovers if you can’t confirm it didn’t make someone sick the first time. The roommate’s leftovers were only a day old, but his roommate had gotten sick and didn’t toss them out. At least, that’s how the story went in the video, the real life case may not have been so.
@@MynameisBrianZX Maybe what the roommate had gotten sick on was in fact not the food, but something which had already flared up and got from his mouth to the food? That's kind of how the story sounds. Neisseria meningitidis isn't known to grow well outside the body.
He also didn't heat the food enough. It's shown in the video that he microwaved it, but that may not have actually happened. Thoroughly cooked food would not contain any living bacteria.
@@djinn666 sounds like a series of poor decisions led to this situation. Not throwing out the food that was somehow contaminated, choosing to eat someone else’s food, not heating it properly.
@@djinn666 "if the food has been at room temperature for more than two hours, bacteria may have accumulated to dangerous levels and formed heat-resistant toxins that cannot be killed by cooking. Even cooked food can become contaminated this way, so get those leftovers into the fridge as soon as you can."
"Should I call an ambulance?"
"No, call a limo it's cheaper."
Literally
How about a helicopter?