flesh eating disease

‘Leg for a life’: B.C. man looks forward after amputation due to flesh-eating disease

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‘Leg for a life’: B.C. man looks forward after amputation due to flesh-eating disease

Vancouver firefighter Christopher Won said he is just feeling lucky to be alive after a devastating diagnosis on his vacation forced the amputation of his lower leg. Won contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a rare, life-threatening disease, while travelling with his family in Asia. “On the tail end of the Singapore phase, literally the morning that we … Read more

Woman Thought It Was A Flu, Turned Out To Be Flesh-Eating Disease

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Woman Thought It Was A Flu, Turned Out To Be Flesh-Eating Disease

She endured three surgeries to remove the contaminated tissue and muscle.  A 59-year-old woman from Scotland was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating disease that left her butt with a 20 centimetres deep wound. Jongh Eglin, who now lives in the Netherlands, stated that she started displaying flu-like symptoms on January 20. She was rushed to … Read more