Flesh Eating Disease - Necrotizing Fasciitis- Infectious Disease Doctor Explains

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[blancaresendiz]

Recovering from this bacteria. 4 months in the hospital 6 surgeries later i consider my self extremely fortunate to be alive.

[darlenericotta]

How scary! Thank all of you doctors for the information. Bless you all!❤❤

[stephanieinglett]

Back in 2002 I had a bilateral mastectomy. I had 3 drain tubes coming out of my chest into bulbs. After being home for a week, I think, One of the tubes fell out. I went to my Doctor and he put it back in. The next thing I know a day or so later I had a 105 temperature. Doctor told me to go to the hospital. I had a staph 3:16 infection which caused me to this flesh eating disease where my right breast had been. I was on strong IV Antibiotics. Every day they had to send me to surgery to debrid me. It wouldn't stop spreading. One of the doctors in the group came to see me. I think he was the oldest doctor in the group. Anyway, He started packing gauze with vinegar In the wound. It got changed several times a day. A little more debridment And things finally started turning around. When I got to go home I was still on IV Antibiotics for 10 more days. I finally fully recovered and The only lasting Thing is that I have an indentation where they had to do all of the surgeries. Then start a chemo for 6 months. It was a lot to deal with but I would do it over again if it was going to keep me alive.

[syusi]

I had a buddy who was an orthopedic surgeon. He told me about a routine knee surgery where his patient already had, or got, this flesh eating disease. He had to amputate above the knee. He got kind of hollow talking about it. The poor patient went under thinking they were going to have their knee repaired and woke up without a leg. At least they lived. No rhyme or reason. Enjoy every cup of coffee. Thanks for your work.

[markbeauchamp]

My brother died from this in 2022 at age 63. He let it go undiagnosed too long and his existing heart problems prevented surgery (amputation). Both of his legs from the knee down became raw meat. Debridement was too painful to perform. The infection began to destroy his internal organs and he eventually succumbed to it. I swear it was as painful as any condition I've ever heard of. If you even think that you are being affected by this, SEE A WOUND SPECIALIST IMMEDIATELY!

[tezt]

Had NF 2021 and the infection started in my left eye.
For the people wondering how it starts, it can be anything. A small scratch on a leg while cutting the hedge, a mosquito bite during the summer. Or in my case, a sore eye that I tried to clean with some cotton pads, but apparently I was instead introducing Strep A bacteria to it.
It took little more than 14 hours from my eye started to swell a bit (with no pain) until I was in full septic shock in the intensive care unit with no pulse in my arms and legs.
I am glad to be alive, but also, as someone wrote further down, "I never really saw success" which is accurately put. There is so much emotional trauma from all the pain, the surgeries and the loss of function. This disease leaves you broken.

[RichRich]

People with wounds going into the warm ocean have been getting it

[Lori-zhhv]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Learning more about things like this is very important!

[GreggBB]

Thanks for doing this topic! Knowing wat to look for is important for us to know---very important!

[Kerri_Kristina_Z]

We live in Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay..My uncle dropped a crab pots off of his pier..one day he pulled up a one of his metal crab pots and it hit his shin causing a cut.. a few days later he developed a high fever and flu like symptoms had went to the hospital and was transferred to John Hopkins Hospital ..he developed the flesh eating bacteria and almost lost his leg..he was hospitalized for weeks.. he ended up with kidney damage and damage to his heart valve. Strangely enough there was also another gentleman on the same floor of the hospital who had just lost his arm to the same bacteria

[pintsizestories]

My friend's husband died from this . He was in his forties and had a fairly minor wound on his ankle but did not go to the doctor or hospital soon enough. He was hospitalized finally but complications were too severe.

[sewgardens]

I once bumped top of my foot slightly, later noticed nylon stocking embedded in skin. Went to bed woke up with bad pain in foot, was slimy green red streak to knee. Scrubbed everything I could find into it, tea tree, lysol bleach. 3 hours later looked better. Scared me SO bad!.

[mae]

Sooo how do you get this? Exposure to an open wound? Exposure to what, where. From other people who have it? Polluted water? Sitz bath? From being in hospital for something else? What?

[georgevirginia]

The video didn't address how to protect against or avoid, so i googled it: Avoid contamination

Don't go swimming, use hot tubs, or go into other bodies of water if you have a break in your skin. Avoid putting your wounds in situations where they could become contaminated.

See a doctor

See a doctor right away if you've been in close contact with someone who has necrotizing fasciitis and you notice any symptoms of infection, such as pain, swelling, redness, or fever. You should also see a doctor for any deep or serious cuts or punctures

[amanibabi]

Thank you for.this information. Dr at a private medical facility told us today my brother might have this bacteria as he came home from Thailand with a swollen bruised leg turning black but due to lack of funds was moved to the government hospital and the Dr's over there still have not seen to him and will only do blood tests tomorrow 😢 it has rapidly progressed since yesterday and he is in immense pain.pls pray for him

[sharonkelly]

You are great teachers! Could you talk about sepsis sometime?

[kevinking]

How people get it would have been helpful info.

[KristaJ]

I had this on my side last year. Nothing was there and within a week I was being rushed into surgery and was in hospital for 3 weeks. It was excruciating and smelled like a portapotty on a hot summer day. I went to a walk in and they said it was cellulitis. 2 days later it was taking over my whole side. Went to emergency and they said it was a deep infection and to put hot compresses to bring it to surface. Worste thing ever. I went back to the emergency and refused to leave. They brought in a disease specialist and gave me 5 minutes to call my husband and rushed me into emergency surgery. I was lucky they got it all the first round. Took almost 6 months to heal and close the huge hole that started on my stomach all the way to my back. They had me on every antibiotic they had continuously for 4 days until they discovered what caused it.

[FayWeed]

My former mother-in-law had this twice. Eventually she died from it a couple years later after the first diagnosis. She also had other health issues.

[richardblue]

A friend had flesh eating disease. It was caused by a colon tumor. Removing the tumor was the cure along with the treatment you discussed.