Woman had toothache, died after CT scan in the hospital, postmortem report shocked everyone!

A shocking incident happened when a woman who was suffering from toothache for two weeks was taken to the hospital after her condition worsened. This 34 year old woman was given a CT scan in the hospital. But she died in the machine itself. In the post-mortem... Read more

The woman was suffering from toothache for two weeks. (Symbolic picture)

The strange death of a woman has shocked people. A woman in Durham, UK had a toothache for two weeks and was trying to get an appointment with a doctor. But she died soon after her CT scan was done. The cause of death revealed in the post-mortem shocked everyone because the woman died due to an allergy to the dye that was given to her for the scan.

Toothache for two weeks

 According to the sun 34-year-old Lee Rogers from Durham County, UK, was suffering from toothache for about two weeks. He tried to relieve his pain with painkillers for the first two weeks, but was unsuccessful. Lee tried to make an appointment with the dentist again, but could not get an appointment even after several weeks.

Finally one day the pain increased and he was taken from the county to

the University Hospital of North Durham in an ambulance. There too the doctors said that it would take time to see a dentist, but the patient's pain could be reduced. The doctors decided to do a CT scan of Lee because his toothache had reached his chest through his neck.

The woman's CT scan was done inside the machine. (Symbolic picture: Canva)

Why was a CT scan necessary ?

Lee underwent a CT scan to make sure he did not have Ludwig's angina, a life-threatening bacterial infection that can develop from a tooth infection. That's why she was given an iodine-containing contrast dye. This helps the CT scan to clearly distinguish between infected and healthy areas.

Death after going into shock

But she went into anaphylactic shock while still undergoing CT scan. Her partner Darren said that suddenly many people started entering the room. It was learnt that Lee had a reaction. Efforts were made to save her for 90 minutes. But finally she had to be declared dead.

While the hospital's emergency consultant Dr Oliver Moore admitted that this was the first time in his career that he had seen such a problem due to a CT scan, the post-mortem revealed that the woman had died due to an allergy to the dye. The court also described this case as very unusual and very unfortunate.

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