A teenage child in the UK fell ill from eating fried chicken, and the doting parents initially mistook the symptoms of meningitis for food poisoning, causing the child to eventually lose one foot and part of his finger. According to British media reports, on August 4 last year, 14-year-old Mitchell Etherton vomited violently all night after enjoying a bucket of fried chicken. His father thought it was food poisoning at first, but when he woke up to find his son's legs discolored and covered in rashes, he was completely frightened.
Mitchell was quickly taken to the hospital where doctors suspected he had meningococcal sepsis, a form of meningitis. He was immediately placed in an induced coma for five days to prevent further damage. However, when he woke up on August 11, he faced devastating news. Mitchell from Canvey Island, Essex, must lose his left leg on August 18 due to blood poisoning spread throughout his body, followed by another part of his left thumb on the 25th. "His legs were completely black and his toes had shrunk. He himself knew that he was necrotic and had to undergo amputation" "He was a boy who loved sports very much and loved football. Previously his biggest concern was that he would not be able to play football again, but now he fully accepted it all. Like all of us, he was more concerned with how to get fit, no matter what the cost," and "he received a partial thumb cut and the rest stitched up in the groin so that most of it could grow again." Now part of his thumb was back to its original form. He underwent a prosthesis last December and has been learning to walk ever since. Last month he even went back to his former team and started playing football."
Now mitchell is struggling to save his right leg, and his mother, Sharon Sigston, wants to share his story to raise awareness of some of the non-traditional symptoms of meningitis. Mitchell ate a fried chicken takeaway at his father's house and began to get sick soon after. His father thought it was a piece of inferior chicken that caused his food poisoning. It wasn't until the next morning that he noticed mitchell's legs were full of rashes and purple and blackened. Mitchell said his leg hurt and he realized it was a more terrible disease."
Fortunately, Mitchell was lucky, and the paramedics quickly took him to the local hospital. "At first we were even told he wouldn't live more than 24 hours, but his life journey is clearly far from over and we're glad he's back home again. Now we want to raise awareness that a common reaction like food poisoning can be fatal. Now although his life seems to be back to normal, Mitchell's right leg has been suffering from complications due to the long-term effects of sepsis."
"Since all this happened, he has had another injury to his right leg and last September he had to undergo a skin graft on his entire leg. It wasn't until last week that we didn't know what lasting damage sepsis had caused him, and if surgery to increase the bone strength of the ankle failed, he would have to undergo further surgery. But Mitchell has been very good, he has been in good mood no matter what hurts all this, and we know he will continue to fight" Statement: This article is reproduced for the purpose of conveying more information. If there is a source labeling error or infringement of your legitimate rights and interests, please contact the author with the proof of ownership, we will correct and delete it in time, thank you. ( Source: Overseas Anecdotes)