Flesh Eating Bacteria that is killing more people

🚨 URGENT HEALTH ALERT 🚨

🩺 Ask Doctor Hansen:

In recent times, there has been a significant rise in flesh-eating bacteria (Vibrio Vulnificus) cases, especially during the warm months of July, August, and September. The CDC has issued a national health alert to spread awareness about this severe health risk.

This video aims to educate viewers on how to protect themselves from this potentially fatal bacteria, primarily found in coastal waters, which has recently caused serious infections and fatalities in states like Connecticut, New York, and North Carolina.

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[fixnstuff]

We live in Western Australia and my 78 year old dad has just survived this horrible horrible bug, his wounds are still healing now. We don't know if it started from a missed kangaroo tick or maybe a whitetail spider bite after going into the bush to get firewood. He was in hospital for nearly 4 months and had to have multiple surgeries on his thigh, up into his groin and up on to his stomach. We had to go and say our goodbyes to him twice because the doctors just didn't know which way it was going to go but luckily for us, and my dad, he came through it. He's lost a lot of weight and muscle but he's slowly building back up. I think along with the surgeons and the doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and anybody else I've forgotten his strong will to live (and come home to his dog Mavis and the rest of the family) had a lot to do with his survival, which all the doctors are totally stunned with. My dad is a returned serviceman and has lived a very hardworking life and doesn't give anything up without a fight. I thank everyone that helped him and God for letting us keep him.

[tekannon]

Doctor Hansen, your advice is worth a million. I am a survivor from a rogue bacteria where I almost lost my arm and probably my life were it not for the last anti-biotic in the hospital. Still, I had to have 4 operations to get new skin on the huge patch of skin I lost from the infection. It must have looked horrible because when the nurses undid the bandages in the first few days they literally screamed for the doctor to come look at my arm. One nurse begged me to look at my arm and for some reason I refused to see it all infected and instead I visualized my arm looking normal. I used visulation to get my arm back to normal. All I know is that an infection is something that is very difficult to defeat in these times.

[Nottherebutthere]

You title disturbing pictures, then fuzz them all out so you can't see anything. Why bother with the pictures then? Content was excellent anyway.

[THEJKER]

Thanks for mentioning Hemochromatosis. A lot of, especially men, do not realize they even have this genetic disorder. Also, I would caution women not to shave anything prior to exposing themselves in the ocean waters because the break in the skin does not have to be a gaping wound. God bless all and be safe.

[janewalsh]

I know an older man who was moving boxes in his home. He got a scratch from doing so and died from necrotizing fasciitis. Absolutely frightening.

[teptime]

In the late 90s, I lived in San Francisco. My girlfriend worked with a girl who was part of a communal household, all young lesbian girls who were IV drug users. Over the course of a few days, they were all admitted to the hospital with an aggressive rogue bacterial infection which basically dissolved them in under 48 hours. This fatal condition had never been seen, and a square area was quarantined while men in Hazmat suits investigated.. It was concluded that the source of the bacteria was a rooster one of the girls had found in the Mission district, and brought home as a pet. The matter was virtually unreported and little information is available. I can only wonder how many such incidents are occurring and never made public.

[stewartabernathy]

I had to have surgery for a flesh eating bacteria 4 years ago(2019). I am agoraphobic and haven't been swiming in at least 2 decades so they couldn't figure out how I got exposed. They cut out over a pound of flesh from the back of my leg. It took about 8 months to heal. I do know my iron levels are higher than normal always, it's genetic but they never mentioned that at the hospital. Thanks for the information.

[ALT-vzjn]

We just had a case in San Jose, a lady bought some tilapia from a seafood market and didn’t cook it long enough; she ended up in the hospital for 2 months with a vibrio infection and they had to amputate both her arms and both her legs. It’s so sad, she has 2 young kids.
From now on we won’t be eating much fish anymore… it’s too scary.

[azdrifter]

I had a situation where the front of my face from my eyes down began swelling pretty bad. Along with it a bad headache, that kept getting worse as the swelling got worse. Within an hour or two of it starting my face had swelled to the point my eyes were starting to shut and I had a migraine headache. I drove myself to the hospital and got there just in time they said. They immediately rushed me into surgery and they had to cut into my face from the inside of my upper lip, where my lip and gums meet. They extracted a huge mass of something that was forming inside my nasal cavity area. I had to have plastic surgery to fix my face afterwards. They never found out exactly what it was, or how I got it, but they did tell me it was some kind of infection. Apparently I would have died from it if I didn't get to the hospital when I did. They kept me in the hospital for days after the surgery because something wasn't right with my white blood cells or something. It was a scary experience. It all happened so fast. One minute I was fine. The next minute my face is starting to swell. The next minute I'm being rushed into surgery, on the brink of death.

[donnaengel]

“Filter feeders…”

All of you oyster lovers, let that one sink in. 🤢

[CivilEngineerWroxton]

I contracted Necrotizing Fascïtis back in summer of 2009 and it was by far the most HORRIBLE thing I have ever endured. It started at the left corner of my mouth and worked it's way across my lips and then down my chin and neck. I had no idea what it was and because of this, I ended up with it spreading to my chest and upper arms.

I was already in the hospital when I contracted it and it turns out that the day nurse had been tending to another patient who had it before me and that nurse apparently didn't wash well enough after working with that patient and then came into my room right after being in their room. Because of it starting at the corner of my mouth, it was surmised that the nurse touched something that, of course, touched my mouth and then it entered the skin of my lip through a pore or hair follicle. It ate a hole all the way through my lip to the point where my teeth were visible through my lip. It was the most painful thing I've ever had until I had five hernias repaired.

Once the Necrotizing Fascïtis spread to the rest of my body, including down to my toes, I was absolutely ready to give up and expire. I just wanted someone to unplug me. It destroyed me mentally, emotionally, and physically for over two years when I finally healed up from the last of it. I still have some VERY nasty scars from it and the effect it had on my joints, especially my hip and knee joints, is still very evident. So I have terrible joint pain because of the lasting effects of it. I thought that once it healed up that I would be completely back to normal, but its effects are still with me at least in that way.

I had Pemphigus Vulgaris before I contracted it, so this disease is thought to be one of the factors in why it ended up being able to enter my body so easily and wreak havoc. Pemphigus is bad enough all by itself and I had just come out of a very bad flare of it just a few months before contracting NF.

Thank you, Dr. Hansen, for doing a video that focuses on this infectious disease because I never see it discussed on the internet. So I'm very happy that you chose to do this video. It is much appreciated.

[jdenino]

I could never stand the taste of raw clams and oysters.🤢

[Zara_Brown]

New fear unlocked. Thanks doc.
Even though i live in scotland and its super cold, ill still worry about sea food. Great ✌🏻❤️

[lucy.babalu]

Brilliant research, Doc. Thanks for keeping us updated and educated. You're the BEST! 🎖🎖🎖

[davidsavage]

Beautiful, well-spoken. When I see another one of these videos published, it draws me right in. Super helpful info that I am sure is saving lives by educating the public about major medical issues.

[vivianrios]

We always miss your knowledgeable information Dr. Mike. Do not ever leave us. ☺️🙏🏼

[jdenino]

My son has a cut on his finger. I told him to spray peroxide on it. He’s young and healthy but I worry about this stuff all the time. He was out in the rain storm we had yesterday in the north east.😮

[PETER]

I stopped going in the ocean back in the 1970’s! And seafood is not going to enter my body in any way!🤮🤮

[ms.krueger]

My nephew, he is 20, just got out of the hospital. He had this in his throat and chest. He has had 6 or so surgeries. Doctors said his was caused by bad teeth. He got to the hospital just in time. We live on the Gulf coast in Alabama. My Mom put alcohol on her hands after fishing. Then washed with soap.

[et]

Recently, a lady from California bought some frozen fish, not oysters and ended up with a bacterial infection. She lost all her limbs. Very sad. It was in the fish. Then they said your seafood must be thoroughly cooked. Perhaps she handled the raw fish that had the bacteria and she had a minor cut or something or she did not eat a portion that was properly cooked. They did not go swimming either