A 48-year-old man with a history of good health and who has spent his life around dogs was forced to have all of his limbs amputated after contracting a rare blood infection that likely came from his own pooch. “It hit him with a vengeance,” Dawn Manteufel, his wife, told the news outlet. The bacteria can cause severe infections in people with weakened immune systems, and is spread through bites or close contact with infected dogs. “This infection in his blood triggered a very severe response on his body,” Dr. Silvia Munoz-Price, an infectious disease specialist, told Fox 6 Now. It’s just chance.”The infection caused Manteufel’s blood pressure to drop, and the circulation to his limbs decreased, causing those limbs to turn black.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2018 14:31 UTC