A 20-year-old American student mysteriously dies in his sleep after eating a simple meal

One student died after eating a bowl of pasta that he had left on his worktop for five days.

The 20-year-old Belgian from Brussels, Belgium fell ill after eating leftover spaghetti with tomato sauce that he had prepared five days earlier and kept at room temperature.

The man, known only under the name of AJ, fell violently ill and went to bed to try to sleep.

The next morning, he was found dead in bed by his parents in shock.

A student died after eating leftover pasta that he had left over his kitchen for five days (file)

A dangerous bacteria has been developing since the pasta was left on the worktop (archive photo)

An autopsy revealed that he had died suddenly of food poisoning caused by a bacterium called Bacillus cereus.

Bacillus cereus is a spore-forming bacterium that produces toxins and causes vomiting and diarrhea.

Although AJ experienced such symptoms, he badumed that they were just part of it. While the student – known as AJ – had these two symptoms, he treated his symptoms as a regular food poisoning, drinking a lot of water and taking no medication. medication.

But the toxins in the bacteria were so important that they caused a liver failure and he died.

The man from Belgium fell violently ill and started to vomit and had diarrhea (file)

Bacillus cereus is a spore-forming bacterium that produces toxins and causes vomiting and diarrhea.

The lifeless body of the man was discovered 11 hours later by his "worried" parents who only became worried when he did not get up to go to college. .

The case, which originally appeared in the US Journal of Clinical Microbiology, explained how this harmful bacteria had caused the arrest of AJ liver.

Dr. Bernard, a licensed practitioner who studies and shares strange medical cases found around the world on his YouTube channel.

Samples of spoiled pasta and tomato sauce were badyzed.

The National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Epidemics confirmed that spaghetti was contaminated with "significant amounts" of B. cereus, although there was none in the sauce.

The man ended up going to bed hoping to sleep, but died during the night after liver failure. He was discovered by his devastated parents

"A lot of people eat pasta, or any other form of noodle, that stays for a day or two and they're fine," he says, "but watch out for food that stays for more than a few hours. If the food smells funny, prevention is always better than cure.

Online commentators have not shown much sympathy for the student.

"It was a little silly but it's not really something you expect to kill yourself a day later," wrote one person.

"I do not know why anyone would leave perishable food in the kitchen for 5 days and think it's okay to eat it again," she added.