A US teenager is battling for her life in the hospital with kidney failure – a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of E. coli poisoning she got after eating the infamous McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers. According to news reports, 15-year-old Kamberlyn Bowler went to McDonald’s several times for her favourite meal days before getting sick due to a bacterial infection outbreak in which one person died and a dozen others were hospitalized.
Doctors say Kimberly was previously healthy and active. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 75 people across 13 states have been infected with E. coli following meals at the fast-food chain.
McDonald’s says the most likely source of contamination was slivered onions which have now been removed from its menu. Kamberlyn's symptoms began with fever and stomach pain Brittany Randall, the mother of Kamberlyn – a high school freshman, said her daughter’s symptoms started this month with a fever and stomach pain – which were not concerning initially. “We both thought I just had a fever, like just the flu or something — a stomach bug,” Brittany told NBC News.
Randall took Kamberlyn to the doctor when she began inconsistently throwing up and then to the emergency room for some scans, which didn’t show anything significant, she said. But back at home, Kamberlyn didn’t get better. “I think it was day six that she said: ‘Something’s not right.
I don’t feel good. I need to go.
