Flesh Eating Bacteria (Necrotizing fasciitis)

Flesh-Eating Disease (Necrotizing fasciitis) is very rare. But believe me when I say, the bacteria (Group A streptococcus) which causes this fatal condition can be found on your skin even right now. How do these common bacteria cause such a fatal disease?Necrotizing means causing the death of tissues. Fasciitis means inflammation of the fascia. Fascia is the tissue layer situated below the skin which covers deep structures like muscles, fat, and nerves.

is a common bacteria living on our skin. They usually don’t cause us any harm. But when the skin is injured in abrasions, minor cuts, burns or insect bites, the bacteria can translocate into the deep layers of the skin and cause infections. Necrotizing fasciitis occurs when such bacteria infect the fascial layer of the skin. It can spread rapidly and involve fat, muscles, nerves and cause extensive tissue death. That's why it is known as Flesh-eating disease.
However, Group A streptococcus is not the only bacteria capable of causing this deadly disease. Sometimes a polymicrobial or a mixture of bacteriae like Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas and Clostridium can also cause this condition.
Symptoms include red or purple rash in the affected area, severe pain, and fever. As the disease progresses, you can notice blisters and black discoloration as tissues start to die.
The bacteria can even spread into the bloodstream and cause a fatal condition called sepsis. It can also release toxins into the blood and cause another fatal condition known as toxic shock syndrome. In both these conditions, the blood pressure will fall rapidly and there is a high risk of multi-organ failure.
Patients with diabetes, Kidney Disease, Liver disease, and Cancer are at high risk of developing Necrotizing fasciitis because of their poor immunity.
Doctors will use the clinical features to come to a diagnosis. Blood investigations, Taking tissue samples from the affected area and Imaging through CT or MRI scans will help to confirm the diagnosis.
Treatment should be started as soon as possible. The main treatments are Intravenous antibiotics, Surgery to remove the infected tissue and supportive treatment to maintain the blood pressure. These patients are looked after in Intensive care units.
But unfortunately, Up to 1 in 3 people with necrotizing fasciitis die from the infection.

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[TmacAbz]

I had this disease when I was a kid in Iran. I woke up in the middle of the night screaming in agony as I felt my leg being eaten alive. It felt like being on fire and having thousands of needles aggressively being jabbed into your flesh. I was also completely paralysed. My parents didnt take me to the hospital until the next morning. By then it was too late and the first doctor said he would have to amputate my leg. I absolutely refused and made a massive fuss, eventhough I was a kid, I said if my leg goes I will 100% kill myself. After visiting two other hospitals, one doctor finally took the challenge to have a surgery on me and not go through with amputation. After 6 months of being in hospital and countless surgeries I was finally healed. Couldn't walk for another 6 months but it didnt matter because I had my leg back! This was by far the most amount of pain I've ever experienced in my life. There is literally nothing worse!

[davidshanholtz]

I had NF in 2016 and had all my stomach muscles removed as well as part of my intestines. It later got to my heart and destroyed my aortic valve. I spent eight months in hospitals and rehab going through 12 surgeries. No one can believe I'm still alive.I do have to now deal with PTSD.

[delcardobaybandgeek]

"Up to one in three people with necrotizing fasciitis die from the infection. Thank you for watching!"

[Inahpeach]

"This bacteria is on your skin right noe!"
Me: *stops biting nails*

[CG-nslk]

I'm a necfasc survivor and this was freaky to watch. Glad to have survived and thanks for the info!

[bDwS]

Lovely animation for not so lovely bacteria!

[jskohut]

Thanks for posting such a great explanation. I survived a bout of NF in June 2020. I've had a hell of a time explaining it to friends and family. So much ignorance out there about it (my own included)!

[blondiejr]

I survived NF and STSS back in 2004 after giving birth to my son. I'm so glad to see more information coming out about this. More OB/gyn's need to be aware of this and to look for it, I've talked to several mom's over the years who got it from childbirth.

[michael]

I survived this horrible infection after developing it out of nowhere in my right upper thigh in 2015 when I was 25 years old. I'm left with a huge chunk of my thigh gone and I get swelling in my lower leg occasionally so it left me with ongoing issues but at least my leg was saved.

[AlexH-icdk]

Had an operation last summer and got it. I’ve never been in such a pain. After the operation everything was swollen and hurted so i didnt think its that special. But after 3 days of pain, the wound leaking and other gross stuff i went to the hospital, where i got operated on the same day. The doctors said i‘ve been lucky, cause if i would have waited one more day it could have been critical since it already was in my blood. Its pretty scary to know that 30% of the patients die.

[seventysevenlee]

I recently spent three months in hospital with this. A week in a coma, and lost a lot of my left leg. Had no idea til afterwards how close I came to clocking off.

[danielavalentinacicchino]

Sadly, my mother had strep A which turned into necrotizing fasciitis and went into septic shock and died 10 days later 🥺 this caused so many complications. I don’t wish this on anyone because this spreads VERY quickly.

[primuscapere]

I was extremely infected with this in my right foot and leg along with four others types of flesh eating infections they couldn't name. It was severely excruciating and I almost lost my leg. I contracted it from a patient that had it but she didn't survive unfortunately. Reminds me of Revelations 22:18.

[golaylago]

Well done! It's informative and entertaining and I love the voice!

[daviok]

So this bacteria lives on my skin, , Corona can go chill in the refrigerator... Damn godit man....

[MedTrackMT]

this is So fascinating, and informative, Brilliantly explain facts with amazing Animation

[mmapng]

Just found your channel and am amazed by the amount of amazing content that you upload, btw I think that you should make your videos longer definitely would watch them through

[MK-cfrm]

now i have paranoia getting this.. what to do? i wanted to get a nose job but not anymore

[zhiya_]

My aunt is in the emergency now because of this disease, and I am here at the work could do nothing but digging into this tragedy and mess and trying to know what is going on with her.

It is so devastating..
She is 140kg, losing her organs, have diabetes and the doctors removed most of her flesh out.

The doctor gave us no hope 😞😞😞

[amandalove]

I had Necrotizing fasciitis back in April 2022 in my leg. I was hospitalized for 14 days and 6 surgeries. I codes in the operating room twice. It was very scary.