The Flesh-Eating Bacteria Thread

[shoegazer76]

I think the untreatable gonnorhea is the extinction event.

[ENluv12]

I just google image searched "flesh eating bacteria." DON'T DO THAT.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[kitt kat]

So basically, if we're relatively healthy and don't do things like...erm...let rusty slacklines cut up our legs without going to the hospital, we should be OK?

OK.

[HowToDisappear]

No, she had the bad luck of falling into a river after cutting herself badly. She was treated and stitched up. It was most likely the water. So the lesson is: don't go into a body of untreated water with an open wound/sore. Never suck untreated water from a lake or river deeply up into your nose (granted that's usually accidental); people have succumbed from weird microbial/fungal infections that settle deep in their sinuses and then go to the brain, and BAM, they're dead. Isn't that swell?

[kitt kat]

^ That too, but I also thought I read she was studying holistic health and initially didn't go to the hospital to be treated. She only went in when it started getting worse instead of better.

DON'T USE UNTREATED WATER IN YR NETI POT

[ThatGirl]

A friend of mine had some variation of flesh eating bacteria that infected her foot a few years ago. Luckily it didn't spread, she didn't have to amputate, and when they got it under control her foot healed up pretty good. the pictures of when it was infected looked like something out of a fucking horror movie though.

Something similar happened to my friend's brother. Sudden and fast. They said you could see his skin changing and watch it become infected as it moved up his leg. He was terrified but they caught it and he was in ICU for 3 days but healed completely.

[gaypalmsprings]

[miscorrections]

Something similar happened to my friend's brother. Sudden and fast. They said you could see his skin changing and watch it become infected as it moved up his leg. He was terrified but they caught it and he was in ICU for 3 days but healed completely.

Yeah, in the beginning it usually presents like an inflamed zit or a boil, so it's especially problematic when doctors misdiagnose (as is unfortunately common). When they lance the area it helps introduce the bacteria to the bloodstream and tissues. Correct early diagnosis is key.