A US Air Force Academy cadet tragically passed away last month in her Colorado dorm room, and experts suggest that her death, caused by pneumonia, could have been avoided.<\/p>\n
Avery Koonce, 19, of Tyler, Texas, died on September 4th, after suffering from complications of a severe lung infection, according to an autopsy report released by the El Paso County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
The report indicated that Koonce\u2019s cause of death was \u201cpaeniclostridium sordelli sepsis complicating parainfluenza laryngotracheobronchitis,\u201d a rare but potentially deadly bacterial infection that was secondary to a viral lung infection. <\/p>\n
Medical experts believe this could have been treated with timely antibiotics and other basic interventions.<\/p>\n
Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who reviewed the autopsy findings, clarified the nature of her illness, stating, \u201cIn essence, she died of untreated pneumonia.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dr. Baden, former chief medical examiner for New York City, explained that while paeniclostridium sordelli is a rare bacteria associated with severe toxic shock-like syndromes, the viral infection she had likely weakened her immune system, making her more susceptible to the bacteria.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not related to any pre-existing abnormality,\u201d he added, emphasizing that Koonce\u2019s condition could have been managed with antibiotics and fluids to address the viral infection.<\/p>\n
Before her death, Koonce likely exhibited common symptoms of pneumonia, such as persistent coughing, fever, and difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n
According to the autopsy, the young cadet had been struggling with a chronic cough, which worsened in the days leading up to her death. Dr. Baden noted that many individuals don\u2019t realize how serious their symptoms are until it\u2019s too late, which may explain why Koonce didn\u2019t seek treatment in time.<\/p>\n
The El Paso County Coroner declined to comment on the case, and neither Koonce\u2019s family nor the Air Force Academy responded to requests for further information.watch video below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A US Air Force Academy cadet tragically passed away last month in her Colorado dorm room, and experts suggest that her death, caused by pneumonia, could have… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}