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Woman dies after eating raw oysters

Louisiana - She died on October 15th, 2017

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A 55-year-old woman, Jeanette LeBlanc, died after eating raw oysters during her family trip to Louisiana in October.The woman was affected by flesh-eating bacteria after she and her friend consumed about a dozen of raw oysters.
According to the KLFY daily, about 36 hours later she started having extreme respiratory distress, had a rash on her legs and body.
"An allergic reaction of sorts, that's what I would call it. That's what we thought," Karen bowers, victims friend.
In 48 hours, Jeanette's condition deteriorated as doctors diagnosed her with vibrio. "It's a flesh-eating bacteria. She had severe wounds on her legs from that bacteria," her husband, Vicki Bergquist was quoted saying.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people become infected with vibrio after eating raw or under-cooked shellfish or by exposing open wounds to brackish water. Jeanette fought for her life for 21 days.
"I can't even imagine going through that for 21 days, much less a day. Most people don't last," said Bowers said.
She died on October 15th, 2017.
"She was bigger than life," Bergquist said. "She was a great person, laughed a lot, loved her family, loved her dad."
"If we had known that the risk was so high, I think she would've stopped eating oysters," he adds.