[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-detail":3},{"lang":4,"article":5,"alternate":19,"related":20,"latest":29},"en",{"id":6,"slug":7,"title":8,"content":9,"summary":10,"thumbnail":11,"metaDescription":12,"metaKeywords":13,"created":14,"modified":14,"author":15,"authorEn":15,"categoryId":16,"commentCount":17,"thumbnailToContent":18},12722,"raw-spring-water-leptospirosis-mxkf","Raw Spring Water Almost Killed a 61-Year-Old","\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">Mountain spring water looks clean. It comes straight from the rock, clear and cold — so clean that a 61-year-old man drank it raw for years, and kept drinking it raw even after a typhoon flooded the hillsides around his home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">Days later, he was fighting for his life in an ICU.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 style=\"color:#111;font-size:21px;line-height:1.4;margin:28px 0 12px;\">\u003Cstrong>A Habit That Survived a Typhoon\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">The man, identified only as \"Old Yang,\" had always drunk directly from a natural spring. When the typhoon brought heavy rain and the outdoor environment turned wet and muddy, his family boiled the spring water before drinking it — but Old Yang stuck to his old habit and drank it straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">At first came only mild discomfort: chest tightness, fatigue, and upper abdominal pain. He put it down to ordinary tiredness and didn't see a doctor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">It was nothing like tiredness. Within days, the mild symptoms collapsed into a severe whole-body infection. His blood pressure plummeted, and his heart and kidney function were seriously damaged. The diagnosis: \u003Cstrong>septic shock with multiple organ dysfunction\u003C\u002Fstrong> — an extremely high-risk critical condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fattachment\u002F20261005\u002F1b0f7c0431c74708855b5285925f3d32.webp\" alt=\"img_01.webp\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 style=\"color:#111;font-size:21px;line-height:1.4;margin:28px 0 12px;\">\u003Cstrong>The Real Enemy in the Water\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">The infection behind it all was \u003Cstrong>leptospirosis\u003C\u002Fstrong> — caused by Leptospira bacteria, which spread through water contaminated by the urine of infected animals. Raw spring water may look pristine, but wildlife and runoff can turn it into a transmission route. When the bacteria get in, a mild feverish start can explode into organ failure in days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">For the most severe cases, doctors put the fatality rate at \u003Cstrong>50–70%\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fattachment\u002F20261005\u002F117db1406ab84173b753b4e6d1368269.webp\" alt=\"img_02.webp\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">Old Yang was one of the lucky ones. After intensive treatment, his infection was brought under control, his organs gradually recovered, and he was finally out of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fattachment\u002F20261005\u002Fbda011a115884366913d5ba76fbf5ff8.webp\" alt=\"img_03.webp\">\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 style=\"color:#111;font-size:21px;line-height:1.4;margin:28px 0 12px;\">\u003Cstrong>What the Family Knew That He Didn't\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">The family had it right all along: boil the water. A typhoon turns the hills into a soup of mud, animal waste, and runoff — and clear mountain water doesn't look any different when it's carrying Leptospira. \"Natural\" is not the same as \"safe.\" The habit that felt harmless for years almost cost him everything in a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">Boil it. Or don't drink it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"margin:0 0 18px;\">Curious what those bacteria actually look like under a microscope — the rod-shaped cells that can hide in a glass of \"clean\" water? \u003Cstrong>WWAI\u003C\u002Fstrong> is an AI-powered biology encyclopedia with an online microscope, including an \u003Cstrong>E. coli specimen where Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria are clearly visible\u003C\u002Fstrong>. 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