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    What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    Here's a true-story medical mystery sent to me by a friend. See if you can figure out what happened, & do post your guesses below. I'll wait a while to post the rest of the story.

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    A man was home from work taking care of his sick child while his wife and the other children were at school. Suddenly the dog keeled over and died, and their other dog was having

    seizures and looked terrible. The man called his wife and she ran home and scooped up the dogs and took them to the vet. Then the kids started coming home from school and there

    was also a friend of one kid who came over. They all started getting sick and vomiting and having trouble breathing. At this point the man called 911 and got all the kids outside and

    they all were taken to the hospital. The kids needed oxygen and their kidneys were showing some distress. They all eventually recovered and were discharged in 2-3 days, but had to

    go to a hotel. In the meantime the CDC was called in to check out the house once carbon monoxide was ruled out, and to verify that they were not a drug family. The mom never

    showed any symptoms, but was closely watched when she visited the others in the hospital, because it could not yet be ruled out that she had somehow poisoned her family.


    They finally figured out what happened...do you know? Hint: It's animal-related.
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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    Was it a nitrous gas like substance emitting from poop or urine just laying around? That’s my only guess.


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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kam View Post
    Was it a nitrous gas like substance emitting from poop or urine just laying around? That’s my only guess.


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    Nope, but keep trying...
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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Nope, but keep trying...
    That’s all I have.


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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kam View Post
    That’s all I have.


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    Don't feel bad at all, this is a tough one & I didn't figure it out either. But I promise it's something more people should know about, which is why I decided to share it here & for a bit of fun.

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    Tell us? Please
    Not yet...way too soon.
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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Don't feel bad at all, this is a tough one & I didn't figure it out either. But I promise it's something more people should know about, which is why I decided to share it here & for a bit of fun.

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    Not yet...way too soon.
    And that’s the sad part. It is going to be something simple and it is going to bother me until the riddle is solved.


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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

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    And that’s the sad part. It is going to be something simple and it is going to bother me until the riddle is solved.


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    It's something I've never heard of before, & fyi, I've always enjoyed medical-mystery shows. But it IS something that could potentially affect even some members here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    It's something I've never heard of before, & fyi, I've always enjoyed medical-mystery shows. But it IS something that could potentially affect even some members here.
    Le sigh!!!


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    Re: What you don't know CAN hurt you- See if you know how this happened?

    This story rings a bell. I'm pretty sure I've heard it somewhere else before...

    Was it something to do with coral? I've heard stories of corals getting stressed and releasing some noxious compounds that caused health issues when aerosolized. Including some that were closely related to ones I used to keep, yikes!
    0.1 Sonoran Boa sigma​: "Adelita" ('19 Hypo het. leopard)
    1.0 Boa imperator longicauda: "Kuzco" ('19 het. anery)
    0.1 West Papuan Morelia spilota​: "Pandora" ('20)

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