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The story was told that a 16-year-old boy passed away just a few hours after returning from school and complaining that his muscles were sore. Background photo = Getty Image Bank / Bottom left = Nolia Cyre Peterson SNS
The story was told that a 16-year-old boy passed away just a few hours after returning from school and complaining that his muscles were sore. What appeared to be simple muscle pain was a fatal bacterial infection, meningococcal type B infection.
According to reports such as the British media Mirror, on September 23, Levi Sire, who lives in Australia, returned home after hanging out with friends as usual and complained of muscle pain. His mother, Nolia Sayre-Peterson, thought her son had gastroenteritis because he was feeling nauseous and wouldn’t eat, so she made an appointment for him at the hospital the next day. However, around 1:30 a.m., I heard a thumping sound in the bathroom, and when I went there, I found my son vomiting, having a high fever, and showing symptoms of confusion on the floor.
Levi’s condition gradually worsened to the point where he could no longer understand speech, so he was immediately taken to the emergency room. He received intensive treatment by 60 medical staff in the intensive care unit, but died of sepsis less than 24 hours after the onset of symptoms. Medical staff performed CPR on Levi, whose heart function had stopped, for 90 minutes, but were unable to recover.
Doctors diagnosed Levi as suffering from sepsis caused by Meningococcal type B infection. This bacterium spreads rapidly throughout the body through the bloodstream and can cause shock and multi-organ failure within hours of infection. Characteristic purple spots appeared on Levi’s face and body, and he was intubated to remove fluid accumulated in his lungs.
Levi received the meningococcal ACWY vaccine at school, but he was not immune to type B. The mother said, “Parents need to know the type of vaccine and the timing of vaccination in advance and prepare for it,” and “Type B vaccination is provided during adolescence (3rd to 4th grade of middle school), but not all students are eligible.”
“The medical staff did their best, but the doctor said, ‘These bacteria sweep through your body like a tsunami,’” his mother Nolia said in an interview. “I can’t believe I lost my son in just a few hours.”
https://n.news.naver.com/article/296/0000093949
I think children should be required to get the vaccine in Korea as well.