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Ketamine Abuse Led to Beauty Therapist's Death

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Zoe Tighe, a 22-year-old beauty therapist, tragically lost her life due to a severe urinary tract infection linked to years of ketamine abuse, which had severely damaged her bladder. Despite multiple hospital visits for abdominal pain, her pregnancy went undetected until her final collapse. The coroners report revealed that the infection, exacerbated by her ketamine use, led to septic shock, sparking new hospital protocols for early detection in women of childbearing age.

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Ketamine Abuse Led to Beauty Therapist's Death

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Ketamine Abuse Led to Beauty Therapist's Death. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On April 28th, a 22-year-old beauty therapist named Zoe Tai died from septic shock last year after a urinary tract infection turned deadly, all tied to years of ketamine abuse that wrecked her bladder. She started using ketamine at 17 after her dad's tragic death, hitting stage 3 bladder syndrome by 20 things severe ulcers, constant, pain, incontinence, and infections that left her wheelchair bound and out of work. For six weeks, Zoe hit Jane's Paget Hospital four times with bad abdominal pain, getting antibiotics for UTIs, each go, but Docs missed that she was. 14 weeks pregnant unknown, even to her, until her final collapse. Her mom, Jane, slammed staff for fixating on the ketamine and ignoring other issues, saying Zoe had a bright future with a good job, home, and boyfriend, but relentless pain after a short rehab stint led to relapse and suicide attempt. The coroner ruled the septic shock came straight from that UTI and ketamine damage, no link

to the undiagnosed pregnancy since the infection never hit. The fetus, or birth canal, sparking new hospital rules like routine blood tests for women of childbearing age to catch stuff early.

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