Urgent Warning As 23-Year-Old Woman Is Left Paralysed By Soup Leftovers

An urgent warning has been sent out to the public, as a 23-year-old woman is left paralysed by soup leftovers.

A young Brazilian woman employed by an exchange program in Colorado is paralyzed and in critical condition in the hospital after contracting rare bacteria.

According to a family member who spoke to the Aspen Daily News, Claudia de Albuquerque Celada, 23, was admitted to the hospital on February 17 due to paralysis, dizziness, double vision, and shortness of breath. Two weeks later, she was diagnosed with botulism.

A toxin that targets the body’s nerves causes botulism, an uncommon but dangerous illness.

Since then, Ms. Albuquerque Celada has also been receiving breathing assistance at Swedish Medical Center in Denver.

=After it was discovered that the exchange worker was paralyzed by a deadly bacterium thought to have come from leftover soup, local health officials are now cautioning Americans to properly refrigerate and heat their food. According to The Daily Mail, the Brazilian woman’s illness was linked by Aspen health officials to a pre-packaged soup she had purchased in February while working there.

When tests on soup samples from the same supermarket produced negative results, officials assumed the problem lay in Ms. Albuquerque Celada’s methods for cooking or storing the soup.

It is thought that she might not have properly chilled the leftovers after serving, reheated the soup, or stored it at a low enough temperature.

According to a spokesperson for the Pitkin County Health Department, the incident was a tragic accident that should serve as a reminder to people to reconsider their food handling practices.

Officials advise people to refrigerate soup and perishables at 4 degrees or colder, ensure that food is thoroughly heated, and avoid leaving food out for more than an hour. Her sister, Luísa Albuquerque, posted on social media that the Denver hospital is paying for her air ambulance flight back to Brazil.

“We believe that recovering close to family and friends is much faster. “When comparing the costs of staying here and returning to Brazil, the return is still less expensive,” her sister said.

Every day she spends in the hospital costs approximately $15,400 AUD.

Since November, Ms Albuquerque Celada had been working in Aspen as part of an exchange program.

Her sister claimed she began to feel ill and had to leave work early one day in February, telling Portuguese outlet UOL, “She took a shower, had dinner, and went to bed, but she had shortness of breath, blurred vision, and dizziness.”

She had messaged her friends about the illness, and when they arrived the next morning, her condition had deteriorated significantly.

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