Necrotizing fasciitis or fasciitis necroticans, commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria", is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues (fascia). Many ...
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Surgery for Flesh-Eating Bacteria
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Tell us about your personal experience with Surgery as a treatment: Has it worked? Have you had any issues? Any recommendations or tips?
Posted on 10/12/06, 08:10 am |
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This disease is so strange. My girl friend had a water blister on her foot. She popped the blister and two days later she had contracted necrotizing fasciitis, ( NF ) aka flesh eating bacteria. This bacteria will literally eat away at your skin. There is no cure for it other than to amputate above where the infection is. For instance my g/f lost her lef below the knee to begin with then it ad travelled higher than they had expected and they had to do an above the knee amputation. It will also distroy your kidney,liver and heart. This disease travels at apprx. 1 inch per hour. You need to have immediate care. 
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Yeah...my best friend had this several years ago. It's AMAZING he still has all his limbs.
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P.S. Susie, I am so, SO sorry for your loss. If you'd like, you can message me any time...
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My hubbie had NF in march and lost all the skin muscle and fluid duks on his left arm...had skin graths almost died it was a teriffing time for me my son stepkids and all the rest of the family...he had dry skin on his elbow and it split and the bug went in there....ohhhh my god scary....
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My mom had two major surgeries to remove her flesh eating and she was in critical condition. The surgery went really well and she recovered, but the recovery was stalled when she got mrsa while she was in hospital...but she never had any problems after.
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I have never had flesh eating bacteria, but I have heard of an alternative treatment by the name of balm of gilead.It is a very good treatment for many things.
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In March 07, I contracted a Strep A Infection in my blood stream which, within 12 hours, led to necrotizing fasciaitis-flesh eating bacteria. I was in so much pain that I was dilusional. By the time they finally figured out what was going on and took me to emergency surgery, they removed 60% of the muscle out of the left side of my back. I was in complete organ failure. They gave me a 2% chance to live. I had a total of 13 surgeries and spent 2 1/2 months in the hospital. But, I'm here to post this, so God's definitely got a plan for me!
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what exactly is a flesh eating bacteria? trish
