The Flesh Eaters

[EWolfe]

Necrotizing fasciitis

 

Survivors stories contain VERY GRAPHIC images, not for the weak of stomach.

[snugtop]

The Neuticles!

[knotzen]

Hmm, think I'll stick with hash browns and eggs for breakfast.

[fenderfour]

Isn't the bite of the Brown Recluse one cause of this?

 

mmmm... Rotting flesh...

[TREETOAD]

Ever since I read this I've been washing my hands every two minutes.

[EWolfe]

No kidding. I have become much more conscientious about hand-washing, etc.

What if someone has strep throat, coughs into their hand, then grabs a doorhandle just before you?

This is yet another reminder that preventative hygeine is a health aid.

[TREETOAD]

I try not to think about all the stuff in the hospital that lurks on almost every surface. We have some heavy dutie hand cleaners all over the place but you never know. Stuff like hep c can live on a surface for a week and you may not know that you have it until your liver is so fucked up that it's too late. There are all sorts of resistant bacteria around now and we have to go into isolation rooms all the time to fix stuff. It really gives me the creeps.

[ScottP]

"Higher risk groups include:

 

 

Individuals with recent cuts, scratches, injuries

 

Individuals with recent surgical procedures

 

Alcohol Abusers

 

Children with Chicken Pox

 

Drug Abusers

 

Diabetics

 

Elderly

 

Immunosuppressed individuals

 

Obese

 

Peripheral vascular disease sufferers

 

Severely Chronically ill individuals

 

Women giving birth"

[EWolfe]

My aunt died of hep c, it went undetected for 10 years, then it was too late.

 

I have also started opening inswinging bathroom doors in public places with the papertowel before throwing it away. Also, opening outswinging doors with an elbow.

My GF is very careful about germs, and I have picked up some tricks from her.