Popular YouTuber Billy LeBlanc has revealed his girlfriend died after they both contracted an infection from eating raw oysters . LeBlanc, 44, said his girlfriend Natalie Clark, 41, died after the pair contracted Vibrio vulnificus. “We ate oysters and we both felt sick for a couple of days and then I woke up and she was gone,” LeBlanc said in an Instagram post.
'Deadliest beach' in America where people are dying in huge numbers every year Images show guests arriving at luxury Thai hotel, hours before deadly poisoning The YouTuber said he “almost died” and spent 12 days in hospital, but managed to recover. “Unfortunately Natalie didn’t make it and she passed away. I will always remember how we got lost everywhere together.
I will always love her and miss her,” he said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Billy LeBlanc (@justbillyleblanc) “Be safe and hold your loved ones tight.” Vibrio vulnificus is a type of bacteria that can cause a fatal infection.
Most people get vibriosis by eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Symptoms include fever, low blood pressure and painful blisters. The CDC estimates that 80,000 cases of vibriosis happen each year in the United States, with more than 50,000 of them caused by eating contaminated food.
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