Student had legs amputated after eating pal's leftover takeaway from fridge

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student lost his legs to sepsis after eating a leftover takeaway that was in the fridge from the night before. The young man, who has only been identified as JC in the New England Journal of Medicine, ate the chicken and noodle dish that his friend had bought from a restaurant the night before and immediately became ill.

He began suffering from a severely high temperature and his heart rate rose to 166 beats per minute by the time he was rushed into hospital to be sedated.

According to records, the lad had no allergies and had all of his childhood vaccinations and rarely drank alcohol. He did smoke two packs of cigarettes each week and marijuana daily.But his condition continued to worsen and he had to be taken to another hospital via helicopter for further treatment.The report said: “The patient had been well until 20 hours before this admission when diffuse abdominal pain and nausea developed after he ate rice, chicken, and lo mein leftovers from a restaurant meal.“Five hours before this admission, purplish discolouration [sic] of the skin developed, and a friend took the patient to the emergency department of another hospital for evaluation.”It was later confirmed that JC was suffering from an aggressive bacterial infection that made his kidneys fail and his blood began to clot.

The bacteria in his blood results came back positive for Neisseria meningitidis which is a form of life-threatening sepsis.For the latest breaking news from the Royal Family and stories from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.It's believed he became infected by the bacteria through his saliva and he had missed a booster jab for the meningococcal vaccine which he was meant to get at the age of 16.