Oregon Plague Victim Loses Fingers And Toes

[Shiloh]

Source: http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2012/09/19/oregon-plague-victim-loses-fingers-and-toes/

Oregon Plague Victim Loses Fingers And Toes
September 19, 2012 10:03 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ? An Oregon man who nearly died from the plague in June has now lost his withered fingers and toes to the disease known as the Black Death...

...Gaylord was infected in June when he tried to remove a mouse from the throat of a choking cat. The plague-stricken cat bit him and a family friend. The friend was treated with antibiotics and never developed severe symptoms...

 

[Emily]

Re: Oregon Plague Victim Loses Fingers And Toes

Articles detailed below report that Mr. Gaylord did seek treatment in a timely fashion, but the Veteran's Administration hospital said they could not see him for a week. Then when he went to an urgent care clinic the next day, he was misdiagnosed with cat scratch fever. It's tragic because I would expect the VA doctors to be more experienced with rare diseases, so if they had seen Mr. Gaylord immediately, his outcome might have been much better. His friend's experience supports that possibility.

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