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Title: Flesh-eating bacteria kills man after he went swimming with new tattoo
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NY Post
URL Source: http://nypost.com/2017/06/02/flesh- ... went-swimming-with-new-tattoo/
Published: Jun 3, 2017
Author: Fox News
Post Date: 2017-06-03 07:41:35 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 13268
Comments: 31
A 31-year-old man died after he reportedly ignored warnings about swimming after getting a new tattoo and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria infection in the Gulf of Mexico. The unidentified man, whose case was detailed in the British Medical Journal, had gotten a tattoo on his right calf five days prior to swimming, Metro reported. The man had chosen a crucifix and pair of praying hands for his latest ink, and began suffering from fever, chills and a rash close to the tattoo after swimming, the news outlet reported. He reportedly developed sepsis in his right calf, which had turned purple by the time he was admitted to the hospital. Two weeks after he was placed on life support, his condition further deteriorated and his kidneys failed, according to Metro. Doctors reportedly believed his years of alcohol abuse left him susceptible to vibriosis infection and septic shock. While the man’s nationality was not identified, vibriosis causes an estimated 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths in the U.S. each year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), patients become infected by consuming raw or undercooked seafood, or by exposing a wound to seawater. 
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#6. To: cranky, redleghunter (#0)
The crucifix kills again. When will we finally outlaw it? Of course, the man was an idiot to wait until his calf turned purple (gangrene). He would have been very sick, his leg and surface veins would all be bright red from sepsis, etc. So he was an idiot and died of an easily treated infection. This is what his leg would have looked like with the purple, the swelling, the red blotches. If he'd gone to the doctor even a day or so earlier, he probably would have lived even if he would have lost the leg or some of the flesh.
What? A little discoloration? Walk it off.
#9. To: cranky (#8)
I know. I'm such a pussy.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestThe man had chosen a crucifix and pair of praying hands for his latest ink, and began suffering from fever, chills and a rash close to the tattoo after swimming, the news outlet reported. He reportedly developed sepsis in his right calf, which had turned purple by the time he was admitted to the hospital.
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