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Man's hands and feet amputated after food poisoning! 🍣

What initially seemed like a standard case of food poisoning - vomiting, diarrhoea and bouts of fever - turned into a matter of life and death for a 50-year-old man. Three days after he ate a raw fish dish, or yusheng, he showed symptoms of food poisoning. A diagnosis revealed that the patient had severe pneumonia that was complicated by sepsis that led to gangrene on his hands and feet. It caused a narrowing of the blood vessels in his body, which meant less blood could flow to his extremities. The lack of oxygen caused his hands and feet to turn purple, then dark red. Eventually, they turned black and the flesh started to shrivel. Amputation was the only option. FOLLOW us @medicalpedia for more extreme cases! Courtesy of mr. Tan Hwee Boo