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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]
Free sialic acid storage disease; Freeman–Sheldon syndrome; Freiberg's disease; Freire–Maia odontotrichomelic syndrome; Freire–Maia–Pinheiro–Opitz syndrome; Frenkel–Russe syndrome; Frey's syndrome; Frias syndrome; Fried–Goldberg–Mundel syndrome; Friedel–Heid–Grosshans syndrome; Friedman–Goodman syndrome; Friedreich ataxia ...
Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Autocannibalism, also known as self-cannibalism and autosarcophagy, is the practice of eating parts of one's own body. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver ) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism . [ 3 ]
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.