He Was Bleeding Internally. Then Doctors Found the Real Danger.

He Was Bleeding Internally. Then Doctors Found the Real Danger.

The 25-year-old man was shivering. Although the weather in Milwaukie, Ore., was cold and rainy that March evening, his apartment was too warm to explain his chills. He had been having abdominal pain for the past several weeks, but that night it was excruciating — like a knife plunged deep into his belly, sharp and burning. All the strength seemed to seep from his body, and he thought he might pass out. That’s when he asked his roommate to call 9…