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Toxic woman: a strange mystery of modern medicine, which remained unanswered

'22.03.2020'

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In the history of mankind - by the way, not so long ago, in the 1990s - there was a real woman who was nicknamed the "toxic lady." Why she received such an unflattering nickname, who she was and how her life ended, says the author of the channel “Scientific pop. Science for All "on Yandex.Zen.

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The strange case of Gloria Ramirez

By the age of 31, Gloria Ramirez had a husband, 2 children and a lot of friends. She also had cervical cancer at stage 4, which was discovered 2 months before the events described in the article in 1994.

On the evening of February 19, 1994, the woman was taken to a clinic in Riverside (California) in a very serious condition - a drop in blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, and shortness of breath. Although Gloria was conscious, she gave silly incoherent answers to questions about well-being.

The medical staff immediately began saving the patient's life. Already on the way to the hospital, she was given ventilation, then injections of heart and sedatives followed. But nothing helped. To reduce the heart rate, doctors decided to use a defibrillator.

When the patient was undressed, some present drew attention to the fact that her body was covered with an oil film. Other medical workers felt the garlic odor, which they suspected was coming from the patient's mouth.

Nurse Susan Kane was assigned to take blood from Ramirez for analysis. But as soon as the doctor put the needle into Ramirez’s hand, she smelled ammonia. Therapist Maureen Welch also confirmed the smell of ammonia emanating from the syringe. Next, the syringe fell into the hands of resident physician Julie Gorchinski, who also felt the same smell. Gorchinski also saw that some strange particles were floating in Ramirez’s blood.

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Almost immediately after this strange remark of the resident, events began to develop at a catastrophic pace. The first to faint was Susan Kane, who had to be taken out of the intensive care unit. A little time passed and Gorchinski complained of poor health and immediately fell to the floor. Soon, Maureen Welch also lost consciousness.

In total, 23 people felt bad in the intensive care unit, and the condition of 5 of them was rather serious.

Worst of all was Julie Gorchinski, who was shocked by convulsions. The woman was diagnosed with pancreatitis, hepatitis and changes in the bone tissue of her knees, so she had to move on crutches for several months. Fortunately, all the victims eventually recovered.

Resuscitation procedures could not save Gloria Ramirez, who “left” 45 minutes after arriving at the clinic. But it has become one of the most important mysteries of modern medicine. Naturally, the circumstances of such a strange death required an investigation. It was produced.

The woman’s body was examined as much as 3 times, but no reliable explanation was found in the clinic. As a result, the Department of Health issued a statement from which it followed that a mass attack of hysteria had occurred in the hospital among doctors, caused by a strange smell. This report provoked the indignation of the hospital staff, who found themselves accused of lack of professionalism. Further studies have confirmed that toxic fumes appeared from the patient’s body.

What was found in the blood of Gloria Ramirez

Gloria Ramirez’s blood composition was studied at the Federal Research Center in Livermore. According to its results, many traces of various drugs were found in the patient’s blood, some of which were painkillers. This was understandable - Ramirez suffered from severe pain and tried to relieve them.

It turned out to be a simple matter to find the source of the ammonia smell from the blood - Ramirez was sick during the illness. And against nausea, trimethobenzamide is a rather effective drug, which, when broken down in the body, produces an ammonia compound. Apparently this drug Gloria and took to alleviate the condition.

The strangest substance found in the blood of Gloria Ramirez was dimethyl sulfone. This sulfur compound can naturally appear in the body from amino acids, but its concentration cannot be high. In the patient’s body, the excess of all norms turned out to be multiple. Forensic experts suggested that this substance in the woman’s body could form from dimethyl sulfoxide, otherwise called DMSO.

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DMSO is a medicine widely distributed among athletes in the 60s and has been used to relieve muscle pain and reduce anxiety. However, this panacea turned out to be dangerous - tests on mice showed that when it is used for a long time, vision can seriously suffer.

It is possible that Gloria Ramirez rubbed DMSO to relieve pain. When one oxygen atom is added to a dimethyl sulfone molecule, it is converted to the extremely toxic substance dimethyl sulfate. Dimethyl sulfate vapors are capable of instantly killing cells, affecting the internal organs of a person. Severe dimethyl sulfate poisoning can be fatal.

It would seem that the answer has been found - the doctors trying to save Gloria Ramirez were poisoned with dimethyl sulfate. But it remains unclear how dimethyl sulfone became dimethyl sulfate in a woman's body, because no direct transformation of these substances in natural conditions has yet been observed.

The second doubtful point of this version is that with poisoning with dimethyl sulfate, a person becomes ill after a few hours. People in the intensive care unit lost consciousness after a few minutes of being next to the body of an extraordinary patient.

And the case of Gloria Ramirez remained one of the most mysterious in the history of medicine.

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