People don’t get flesh-eating bacteria very often, but it happens—and it’s good to know it when you see it, LiveScience reports. A South Carolina man nearly lost an arm this week after contracting the infection while swimming, per WSPA, and USA Todayreports on nine cases in Virginia this summer, including one fatality. One studyfound roughly four cases for every 100,000 Americans every year. That said, here’s what you need to know:
- People usually contract the ailment, known by doctors as necrotizing fasciitis, with a break in the skin that allows bacteria to enter. Think burns, scrapes, cuts, and surgical wounds, says the CDC.
- Watch out for “pain that’s out of proportion” with the wound, says one doctor. Patients may also notice crackling sensations or noises caused by air beneath the tissue.
- At the outset, look for a red or swollen patch of skin surrounding the wound that expands faster than usual, and pain beyond the red patch. Such symptoms will begin within hours and should send you to a doctor right away.
- Other possible side-effects include chills, body aches, stomachache, nausea, diarrhea, and fever—in other words, flu-like symptoms. Later on, watch for possible black spots, oozing pus, blisters, or ulcers.
They say it started at msnbc with a little itch, like this
When You Can’t Scratch Away An Itch
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If I could communicate with those critters, I would tell them to go to Berkeley, Upper West Side of Manhattan, and Beverly Hills for scrumptious flesh.
My friend at Taekwondo lost his arm and died on the table multiple times from the flesh eating bacteria. To his credit he rehabbed and is back teaching and kicking ass. Tough dude for sure.
Have a friend who has a BKA (below knee amputation) and has also lost half of his other foot to this. The foot is an ongoing battle, as he is also diabetic. It is nasty.
For _any_ cut or localized infection, pay attention to the 5 P’s:
Pain, pallor (+/-), pulse, parasthesia, poikilothermia (temperature)
I have lived on the Chesapeake most my life love the bay hate the gays
Anyone suffering from this, if they’re up to it, can they be employed at any one of the illegal alien holding facilities preferably in the food prep area?