A 42-year-old man in the UK turned blue after using a new bedsheet without washing it. On reaching the hospital, the doctors found that it was not a disease, but raw color from the bedsheet. This incident teaches us to wash and use new sheets.
New things brought from the market, especially clothes and bedsheets, should always be used after washing. If this is not done then big trouble can happen. A similar case came to light in the United Kingdom (UK), where a person wore a new bedsheet without washing it and when he woke up the next morning, his entire body had turned blue. He felt that there was a serious health problem and in panic he immediately ran to the hospital. What the doctors told there after examination was quite funny. Let’s know the whole story…
When I woke up in the morning, my body had turned blue.
This incident happened with 42 year old Tommy Lynch, living in UK. Tommy slept at night covered with his newly purchased bedsheet. When he woke up in the morning he saw that his entire body had turned blue. He was also feeling very tired. Seeing this he was horrified. One of his friends, who works as a caretaker, immediately took him to a nearby hospital. Seeing Tommy’s blue body, the hospital staff also got scared and they immediately put oxygen in Tommy’s nose.
During the subsequent examination, a doctor wiped Tommy’s arm with an alcohol swab. Then they were surprised, because the cotton immediately turned blue. It did not take long for the doctors to understand the real reason. He found that this blue color was not due to any disease inside the body, but was applied from outside. Then Tommy also remembered that this was the raw color of his new bedsheet. Knowing this truth, Tommy’s friends and the hospital staff started laughing.
Actually, Tommy had recently bought a new navy blue colored bedsheet. He used it for two nights without washing, causing its color to stain his body. When everything became clear after investigation, Tommy was relieved. He jokingly said that he looked like a character from the movie ‘Avatar’.
Initially this situation was quite scary, but when the doctors came to know the truth, the atmosphere of the hospital changed into laughter and fun. Lynch told that when he tried to tell people in the emergency department about his blue body, everyone looked at him in surprise. Overall, the unwashed bedsheet gave him an experience he would hardly forget.