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<\/div>\nLaura Barajas got the infection from undercooked tilapia fish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A tragic incident has unfolded in California, where a woman has lost all four of her limbs. This devastating outcome is the result of her contracting a bacterial infection, reportedly stemming from the consumption of undercooked tilapia fish that had been contaminated with a lethal strain of bacteria, according to accounts from her friends.<\/p>\n
Laura Barajas, a 40-year-old mother, underwent the lifesaving surgery on Thursday after a months-long stay in the hospital, the New York Post<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n “It’s just been really heavy on all of us. It’s terrible. This could’ve happened to any of us,” Ms Barajas’ friend Anna Messina told KRON.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Messina said Barajas became sick after eating the fish that she had purchased at a local market in San Jose and made for herself at home.<\/p>\n “She almost lost her life. She was on a respirator,” Ms Messina said.<\/p>\n “They put her into a medically induced coma. Her fingers were black, her feet were black, and her bottom lip was black. She had complete sepsis, and her kidneys were failing,” she added.<\/p>\n Ms Messina has stated that Barajas contracted Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly bacterium commonly found in raw seafood and seawater. This underscores the critical importance of properly preparing and handling seafood to avoid such severe health risks.<\/p>\n “The ways you can get infected with this bacteria are, one, you can eat something that’s contaminated with it [and] the other way is by having a cut or tattoo exposed to water in which this bug lives,” UCSF Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Natasha Spottiswoode told KRON.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n