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한 40대 남성이 손톱을 물어뜯는 습관 때문에 사망한 것으로 알려져 세간에 충격을 주고 있다.
우울증을 앓으면서 손톱을 물어뜯는 버릇이 생겼다는 존 가드너는, 그 정도가 점점 심해져 결국 한 손가락에 패혈증에 걸려 일부분을 절단한지 8일만에 심장마비로 사망했다고 영국 현지 언론이 12일(한국시간) 보도했다.
이에 앞서 가드너는 아마추어 축구 심판으로 일했으나 건강이 좋지 못했고, 지병이던 당뇨병이 심해져 2011년 오른쪽 무릎 하단을 절단했다.
이후 우울증과 불안증 증상을 보여 치료를 받아오던 그는 손톱을 물어뜯는 모습을 자주 보였다.
그의 사망 후, 가드너의 유족은 가드너가 치료를 받던 위건 병원(Wigan Infirmary)에 고소를 통지한 상태다.
환갑을 갓 넘긴 가드너의 어머니 젠은 "(아들을 살릴) 방법이 있었을 것이 틀림없다... 마음이 찢어지는 것 같다"며 통곡했다.
(코리아헤럴드 온라인뉴스부 joowonc@heraldcorp.com)
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Man dies after chronic nail biting
A 40-year-old British man died after his nail-biting habit gave him blood poisoning, which led to a fatal heart attack.
John Gardener bit his fingers so intensely that one of his fingers became septic, or infected with disease-causing organisms, and had to be amputated in September 2013. He died eight days later.
Gardener served as an amateur football referee in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
The man had previous health problems with diabetes and had his lower right leg amputated in 2011.
He had taken clinical sessions for anxiety and depression, only to have his nail-biting intensify.
After the case, his family decided to take legal action against Wigan Infirmary. “There could have been more done to help him. … It’s just devastating,” his mother Jean, 60, was quoted as saying.
From news reports (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
Man dies after chronic nail biting
A 40-year-old British man died after his nail-biting habit gave him blood poisoning, which led to a fatal heart attack.
John Gardener bit his fingers so intensely that one of his fingers became septic, or infected with disease-causing organisms, and had to be amputated in September 2013. He died eight days later.
Gardener served as an amateur football referee in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
The man had previous health problems with diabetes and had his lower right leg amputated in 2011.
He had taken clinical sessions for anxiety and depression, only to have his nail-biting intensify.
After the case, his family decided to take legal action against Wigan Infirmary. “There could have been more done to help him. … It’s just devastating,” his mother Jean, 60, was quoted as saying.
From news reports (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
