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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]
Flesh-eating bacteria cause woman, 33, to go into sepsis. Diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, she reveals symptoms, including a swollen knee. Woman, 33, thought her 'giant' leg was a knee sprain.
The CDC issued a warning about flesh-eating bacteria vibrio vulnificus after six people died on the East Coast. Infectious disease experts explain the risks.
This infection can cause blistering skin lesions, bloodstream infections, and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease, which causes soft tissue to die) if a wound gets infected.
eating raw vegetables such as water spinach Foodborne illnesses (commonly diarrheal diseases) Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Listeria spp., Shigella spp. and Trichinella spp. animals domesticated for food production (cattle, poultry) raw or undercooked food made from animals and unwashed vegetables contaminated with feces Giardiasis ...
Monsters Inside Me is an American television documentary series about infectious diseases. It includes first-person interviews with people and medical professionals telling their personal stories about contracting various parasitic, viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases. Interviews with contributors are shot on location across North America.
An outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria in Australia has prompted warnings from the country’s chief health officer as it spreads through suburban Melbourne.. Professor Ben Cowie warned the region ...
An 8-year-old boy died from necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease, after a bicycle crash. A young boy in Oregon died from flesh-eating bacteria after crashing his bike — here ...