A young man died after eating overheated noodles

In Brussels, Belgium, a 20-year-old boy died a few hours later after eating overheated noodles. The case occurred eight years ago, but an badysis
in a scientific journal, he returned to the case.

The young man died in 2011 after eating a plate of overheated pasta. But his death did not occur when he ate food, but by a strange habit that he maintained. The student was preparing Sunday the foods that he would consume later in the week. He kept them in containers and heated them the following days with sauce. The only problem is that he did not refrigerate them.

This is how, according to his custom, he prepared a noodle which he ingested five days after having warmed. He noticed a strange taste, the young man thought that it was due to the seasoning and the sauce that had added them. A few hours later, he left home to play sports and after half an hour he began to experience severe abdominal pain, in addition to nausea and headaches. The picture is aggravated with diarrhea and vomiting. The young man did not want to see a doctor and fell asleep.

The next day, his parents learned that his son was away from the university and went to pick him up at his home, where he was found dead. The autopsy performed showed that the young man had died about 10 hours after eating the paste, due to necrosis of the liver and signs of acute pancreatitis.

The autopsy also revealed the presence of bacteria responsible for the death, it is known as "Bacillus Cereus", known to be responsible for the "Fried Rice Syndrome".

According to experts, this bacterium usually appears in prepared foods that are left for several hours at room temperature and then ingested.