AJ is 20yo who ate 5days old pasta and his liver shutdown. he presented himself to the ER with abdominal pain nausea and diffuse bleeding. in the ambulance he kept vomiting and fell unconscious. AJ is a student with student loan so he decided to eat cheap food to save some money like pasta with premade sauce. he always cook his food on Sunday for the all week and put it in the fridge but sometimes he leaves his food out overnight and eat the the following morning. so one day AJ let his food out for 2days his roommate didn't know that the food was out for 2days and he put back the food in the fridge for 3more days. AJ reheated the 5day old pasta and eat it.AJ acknowledge the bad smell but ignore it by changing the sauce. immediately after eating his pasta AJ's stomach started to hurt so bad, he couldn't feel his eyes push out his skull he started to vomit badly. he drink a stomach medicine before going to bed but he didn't work. his roommate found him pass out the whites of his eyes a sickly greenish yellow.   1How did the toxin cause Aj’s death?  2.how didAJ’sover consumption of over-the-counter stomach meds   contribute to his death?  3.what are a general thoughts on this case

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AJ is 20yo who ate 5days old pasta and his liver shutdown. he presented himself to the ER with abdominal pain nausea and diffuse bleeding. in the ambulance he kept vomiting and fell unconscious. AJ is a student with student loan so he decided to eat cheap food to save some money like pasta with premade sauce. he always cook his food on Sunday for the all week and put it in the fridge but sometimes he leaves his food out overnight and eat the the following morning. so one day AJ let his food out for 2days his roommate didn't know that the food was out for 2days and he put back the food in the fridge for 3more days. AJ reheated the 5day old pasta and eat it.AJ acknowledge the bad smell but ignore it by changing the sauce. immediately after eating his pasta AJ's stomach started to hurt so bad, he couldn't feel his eyes push out his skull he started to vomit badly. he drink a stomach medicine before going to bed but he didn't work. his roommate found him pass out the whites of his eyes a sickly greenish yellow.

 

1How did the toxin cause Aj’s death? 

2.how didAJ’sover consumption of over-the-counter stomach meds  

contribute to his death? 

3.what are a general thoughts on this case

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