Flesh-Eating Bacteria at the Beach?

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According to live science, I find this very interesting A woman visited Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and developed infection a flesh-eating bacteria after wading in the ocean. After the infection Bonita Fetterman, of Lumberton, North Carolina has to visit Myrtle Beach with her family, when she fell on the balcony of her hotel room and cut her leg on a chair. the cut wasn't serious, then she went into the ocean to local news outlet WMBF more info.

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Upon the return to North Carolina, her leg began to blister and turn purple, and she was rushed down to a hospital. However, it is yet to confirm a link between the ocean water and the woman's infection.

Although generally known as "flesh-eating bacteria," this situation is known to medical doctors as "necrotizing fasciitis." It is a serious bacterial contamination that destroys pores and skin and muscles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The way people usually become infected.

V. vulnificus confirm that people usually get infected consuming seafood when it is open down with direct contact with Vibrio-containing seawater. when this happens the bacteria infect skin and cause skin breakdown and ulcers.

important note

necrotizing fasciitis infections are rare, and they usually do not occur in people with healthy immune systems.

People for South Carolina should please stay away for ocean water for a while.

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