Posted on 08/01/2019 3:36:52 PM PDT by ransomnote
An Ohio business owner’s rapid downward spiral to near-death began innocently enough — with an affectionate lick on her arm from one of her two pet dogs.
Marie Trainer’s symptoms emerged shortly after, according to Fox 8. She felt nausea, her temperature acted erratically, and after being taken to the hospital, her condition kept worsening. Sepsis set in, and she developed gangrene. The hospital staff put Trainer in an induced coma.
She awoke 10 days later to find that her arms and legs had been partially amputated
“When I opened my eyes I didn’t know where I was,” Trainer told Fox 8. “It was very hard to find out that they had to remove my legs and my arms…very hard to cope with.”
But the amputations likely saved her life, Fox 8 reported.
Tests concluded that the cause of infection was capnocytophaga, a germ commonly found in dogs and cats that can be contagious after close contact. Most of the time exposure to it does not result in the serious consequences that Trainer faced.
Doctors believe that the germ may have entered her body through a small scrape on her arm.
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Horrible
If the micro critter is commonly found in dogs and cats, you’d think amputations would be happening left and right, so to say ...
Got to be more to this. Could be a cover up for one of those botched cases where they fail to diagnose a kidney stone. That’s led to amputations before they figure it out and same symptoms up front.
My dog licks his bottom.
Everything else follows.
Still my buddy.
My degree is in biology.
There are nasty/bad/scary/infectious/exotic bugs everywhere.
I just try to keep them out of my refrigerator.
Capnocytophaga is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria. Normally found in the oropharyngeal tract of mammals, they are involved in the pathogenesis of some animal bite wounds and periodontal diseases.
Capnocytophaga spp. are capnophilic bacteria; they can live only in environments where the concentration of carbon dioxide is greater than that of the atmosphere (at least 5% CO2). They can also grow anaerobically. They require enriched media, type blood agar, incubated at 37°C.
These bacteria are involved in different types of infections, the severity of which depends on the immune status of the patient.
These bacteria belong to the oral bacterial community responsible for periodontal infections affecting and destroying the supporting tissues of teeth (periodontal tissue). Capnocytophaga strains are often isolated from periodontal pockets, but also from apical and periodontal abscesses, in association with other bacterial parodontal species. This condition increase alveolar bone loss, attachment loss, tooth mobility, and finally tooth loss. It can cause other diseases widely reported in the literature, such as bacteremia (potentially complicated by septic shock), infections of the musculoskeletal system (osteomyelitis, arthritis), lung (empyema, lung abscess), digestive (peritonitis), maternal-fetal (ovarian abscess, chorioamnionitis), eye (conjunctivitis), heart (endocartitis) or brain (meningitis). Capnocytophaga is clinically important in pediatric oncology and hematology, especially when patients are in aplasia. C. canimorsus and C. cynodegmi are commonly transmitted by dog bites and known to cause sepsis, potentially complicated by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome, in immunocompromised patients.
Thanks for your learned response. Where did you intern?
My theory is that people have become less naturally resistant to bacteria with the increase in antibiotic usage. I believe that the antibiotics kill bacteria in the gut that prevent diseases such as cancer and maybe even autism.
I have been bitten 3 or more times. Always get antibiotics after a bite. That said I probably have a good immune response to it by now.
From what I could find this happens to the elderly even though children are most frequently bitten.
Many folks let their dogs and cats lick them every day. Makes you wonder if something in her DNA or genetic makeup allowed her to be especially susceptible to that germ.
As with libtards, you just never know where those tongues may have been.
Below is a link to one of those stone screw ups. There are several.
But, but for years I’ve heard a dog’s mouth was cleaner than your own mouth!
But after seeing some of the things a dog eats, like cat poop, I doubt it.
Thanks, Doc. What’s your specialization again?
Nothing to do with dogs.
Nothing to do with dogs.
We have always had dogs and cats my entire life, I have been licked by all of them since I was a little boy. I should have died at least 50 years ago.
Anyone, who owns both dogs and cats learns the hard way, sooner or later, that cat poop is canine candy.
Dogs will do almost *anything* to get it.
Anyone who lets their dog lick them deserves her result.
(just kidding, my imitation of the nannies in our society, including some people here)
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