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  2. Necrotizing fasciitis - Wikipedia

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    Necrotizing fasciitis (NF), also known as flesh-eating disease, is an infection that kills the body's soft tissue. [3] It is a serious disease that begins and spreads quickly. [3] Symptoms include red or purple or black skin, swelling, severe pain, fever, and vomiting. [3] The most commonly affected areas are the limbs and perineum. [2]

  3. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal.The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.

  4. Medical cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Medical or medicinal cannibalism is the consumption of parts of the human body, dead or alive, to treat or prevent diseases. The medical trade and pharmacological use of human body parts and fluids often arose from the belief that because the human body is able to heal itself, it can also help heal another human body. [ 1 ]

  5. A young boy in Oregon died from flesh-eating bacteria after ...

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    An 8-year-old boy died from necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease, after a bicycle crash.

  6. Woman, 33, thought her 'giant' leg was a knee sprain. It was ...

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    The veteran was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare infection with bacteria that can cause “flesh-eating disease,” the CDC notes. Even with treatment, up to 20% of patients die ...

  7. Florida father suffering from flesh-eating disease has over ...

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    A Florida father of two is fighting for his life after he contracted a flesh-eating disease from an unknown source, his family says. David Ireland, 50, began experiencing flu-like symptoms last ...

  8. Cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    A slug, Arion vulgaris, eating a dead individual of the same species Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food.Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom and has been recorded in more than 1,500 species. [1]

  9. Desomorphine - Wikipedia

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    The frequent occurrence of tissue damage and infection among illicit users are what gained the drug its nickname of the flesh-eating drug, or the zombie drug, as homemade versions made under inadequate conditions contain multiple impurities and toxic substances that lead to severe tissue damage and subsequent infection as a direct consequence ...