他被野貓攻擊後就突然「發高燒全身變灰」只能緊急送醫,醫生檢查後不敢相信...:幸好當下沒有流行起來!

▲太恐怖了......(source: thesun,以下同)

相信大家都知道黑死病這種疾病,在中世紀的時候,由於衞生條件太差的關係,黑死病曾一度肆虐,甚至滅絕了大約30%~60%的人口數......由於造成的影響太大,在黑死病發生後,歐洲整個社會結構也有了很大的改變。對我們來說,黑死病聽起來很遙遠,甚至許多專家、機構認為黑死病的病原體已經滅絕,但根據thesun報導,事實似乎並非如此......

▼這是住在美國奧瑞岡州的Paul Gaylord,他在5年前曾經染上一場幾乎致死的大病。

 Paul, in his sixties, who lives 12 miles from the tiny town of Prineville, was infected back in June 2012

當時Gaylord試圖將一隻老鼠從貓咪的口中拉開,因為那隻貓咪有點噎到了,沒想到貓咪卻咬了他一下。最後因為噎到的貓看起來很痛苦,Gaylord只好將貓射死。

當時Gaylord不以為意,認為被貓咬到沒什麼大不了,可是過了幾天他開始高燒、皮膚變灰、覺得全身痠痛,手臂下的腺體甚至腫到檸檬那麼大。

▼Gaylord被送入醫院。

 Paul miraculously woke up from a coma the day before his life support machine was due to be switched off

 Paul Gaylord caught the bubonic plague from his infected cat when it bit him after he tried to remove a dead mouse from its throat

入院後醫生告訴他,他竟然同時罹患了腺鼠疫、血鼠疫與肺鼠疫......可能必須要將手腳截肢。不久後,Gaylord因病情嚴重陷入昏迷。

▼Gaylord的四肢末端都發黑了。

 After two days he started to experience flu-like symptoms and was rushed to hospital, where his hands went to a charcoal black colour

Gaylord的病情極度危急,他在靠著生命維持設備的情況下在醫院待了27天,黑死病蔓延全身,造成他的心跳停止,肺部也失去功能。

最後院方只好將Gaylord遠在他鄉的兒子都找過來,甚至幫Gaylord進行禱告、洗禮,已經準備要關掉維生設備的時候,或許是Gaylord的求生意志贏過一切,他竟然醒了過來!

▼Gaylord一度性命垂危。

 His dangerous condition saw him be put on a life support machine for 27 days, as the Black Death slowly consumed his organs

之後醫生還是將Gaylord的手指、左腳跟1/3的右腳截肢。而疾病管控中心聽說了Gaylord的病情後,更是到他家挖出那隻貓屍進行研究,最後研究結果出爐,貓的確感染了黑死病......只是不確定牠是怎麼染病的。

▼至於Gaylord,他說雖然自己手腳被截肢,不過他很高興自己撿回一命,也決定要用樂觀的精神面對接下來的人生。

 After his horrific ordeal, he retired from his welder job and now makes hunting knives as a hobby

真是太可怕了......沒想到已經6世紀前大肆虐過的疾病,在現代的醫療科技下仍然會給人類帶來這麼大的危害。幸好疫情沒有流行起來,不然後果真的不堪設想......

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