In Denmark, a 33-year-old man died last October, his family said Wednesday, December 14, after being bitten by his cat four years earlier, which had transmitted the “flesh-eating” bacteria to him.
A minor injury that will prove fatal. Henrik Kriegbaum Plettner, a 33-year-old Dane, died last October, his family said on Wednesday December 14, four years after he was bitten by his cat, which transmitted the “flesh-eating” bacteria to him.
The facts come from 2018, when the young Dane adopted a cat and her kittens from an animal shelter. He was then bitten on the index finger while attempting to move the scope.
First a superficial wound that closes very quickly. However, just hours after the bite, Henrik Plettner noticed that his hand had doubled.
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Indeed, after the wound closed very quickly, a bacterium was able to enter his bloodstream through the vein and remain in the body, where it began to spread rapidly.
His health deteriorated rapidly
According to his family, who testified to the DailyMail, he had contacted a doctor, but despite several consultations, he did not take the situation seriously and the Dane ended up in hospital.
Spent a month in the hospital, underwent a dozen operations. Despite everything, his finger still didn’t work properly, the doctors decided to amputate it.
Then his health would have deteriorated rapidly. His mother said he had pneumonia, diabetes and gout, in addition to a significantly weakened immune system.
When Henrik Plettner’s family said he died in October, his loved ones wanted to make the case public to honor the seriousness of a cat bite.