So that she can continue living, Laura Barajas (40) had to amputate her arms and legs.

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She wanted to prepare a delicious dinner. Laura Barajas (40) no longer has any arms or legs. The reason: severe fish poisoning! 

Accordingly, the woman from San Jose (California) was shopping at a market in her hometown several weeks ago. The mother of a six-year-old son took a tilapia, an edible fish from the cichlid family.

Barajas and her partner Jose Valdez. It is questionable whether the 40-year-old has health insurance through her partner.

Shortly after consuming it, Barajas began to feel unwell. The 40-year-old felt so bad that she was taken to a clinic. Diagnosis: An infection with Vibrio vulnificus. These are bacteria that can lead to severe skin inflammation and blood poisoning.

The tilapia has spines that can transmit the bacteria.

Anna Messina, a friend of the sick, told local broadcaster Kron-TV: "They put Laura in an artificial coma. Her fingers, her feet, and her lips were black. She had blood poisoning, and her kidneys were failing."

After more than a month in the hospital, doctors decided on September 13 to amputate all four extremities to save Laura Barajas' life. Messina writes this on GoFundMe, where she has started a fundraising campaign for the family. So far, around 108,000 Dollars has been raised.

It says: "The family urgently needs our help. His partner, Jose Valdez, has health insurance through his work. But it is unclear whether Laura, with whom he has been together for eight years, is also insured." In addition to their son, the patchwork family has two children from previous relationships.

Anna Messina says about her friend's fate: "It could have happened to any of us." The Vibrio vulnificus bacteria can enter the human body through eating seafood - especially oysters - and swimming in brackish water. The tilapia has spines whose stings can also transmit pathogens.