The 48-year-old Greg Manteufel from Wisconsin was licked by his dog. After he was initially sick, and had to be amputated later on both legs. Also, parts of his hands and nose were destroyed. Guilt is a bacterium.
His dog licked is for any dog owner to be something completely Normal. For Americans Greg Manteufel Cuddling, ended with his four-legged friend however, disaster.
Because in the saliva of the dog he came in contact with the bacterium Capnocytophaga Canimorsus, as the family of the Affected, told the Portal gofundme. Actually, it is harmless, can lead in humans in rare cases, deadly infections.
The 48-Year-old always felt sicker than he had the flu and went to the hospital. There is a blood was found to be poisoning. Manteufel it went progressively worse and he had to fight for his life. The infection is expressed by accumulation of Blood, looked like wounds over his entire body, like the “Toronto Sun” reported. In order to save his life the Doctors had to both of his feet and later his legs to below the knee disc amputate.
Hands and nose are also destroyed
Also, parts of his hands and nose had to be removed because the tissue had been by the bacterium is destroyed. Manteufel copes with the Situation very bravely and is easy to be glad at life.
On the Portal “gofundme” has Manteufel started with his family a call for donations. Because he still needs many more operations to undergo, and the family in this difficult time support. In addition, he has to get prostheses for his legs and hands, so that he may in the future lead a reasonably independent life.