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A single flea bite has caused a Texas man to lose several limbs over the past month.
There are more than 2,500 different flea species found around the world, but only four are known to severely affect your health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those 2,500 flea species, only about 300 are found in the U.S.
Michael Kohlhof, 35, was admitted to the hospital with what he thought was the flu, according to the family’s GoFundMe post. As the day progressed, he was transferred to the intensive care unit as his body became septic.
Miracles for Michael, organized by JLeene Hardaway
Kohlhof was put on a ventilator, treated with a number of antibiotics and entered dialysis as doctors spent the next 24 hours trying to determine a diagnosis.
By the end of June 20, his family was informed they needed to say their goodbyes. Kohlhof woke up out of his haze about a week and a half later.
Doctors told the family the reason he experienced sepsis to begin with was because Kohlhof had contracted typhus. The flea bite had also caused tissue death in both his hands and feet.
Both of his hands have been amputated up to his forearms and doctors are still trying to assess what parts of his feet can be saved.
A Texas man lost his hands and feet earlier this month after a single flea bite
Michael Kohlhof, 35, from Houston had his arms and parts of his feet amputated after he was bit by a flea over a month ago.
A Texas man lost his hands and feet earlier this month after a single flea bite
A single flea bite has caused a Texas man to lose several limbs over the past month.
There are more than 2,500 different flea species found around the world, but only four are known to severely affect your health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those 2,500 flea species, only about 300 are found in the U.S.
Michael Kohlhof, 35, was admitted to the hospital with what he thought was the flu, according to the family’s GoFundMe post. As the day progressed, he was transferred to the intensive care unit as his body became septic.
Miracles for Michael, organized by JLeene Hardaway
Kohlhof was put on a ventilator, treated with a number of antibiotics and entered dialysis as doctors spent the next 24 hours trying to determine a diagnosis.
By the end of June 20, his family was informed they needed to say their goodbyes. Kohlhof woke up out of his haze about a week and a half later.
Doctors told the family the reason he experienced sepsis to begin with was because Kohlhof had contracted typhus. The flea bite had also caused tissue death in both his hands and feet.
Both of his hands have been amputated up to his forearms and doctors are still trying to assess what parts of his feet can be saved.