Question 1

what can you do to address a flesh eating disease?

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Antibiotics: It needs to be treated in the hospital with potent antibiotcs. Surgery may be required.

Question 2

what are the target cells of flesh-eating diseases?

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Soft tissue: Flesh eating bacteria favor the paths of least resistance, usually flimsy layers of tissue that are not well-vascularized.

Question 3

how common is the flesh eating disease in urban areas?

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Can happen anywhere: Flesh eating bacteria can be anywhere and that's exactly the reason for good, clean wound care. It does afflict few people, so i would not focus on that if everything else is properly done.

Question 4

what are the symptoms of flesh-eating skin disease?

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Flesh eating bacteri: The symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis include redness, swelling, and pain in the affected area. Blisters may be seen in the involved area of skin. Fever, nausea, vomiting, and other flulike symptoms are common. Another characteristic of necrotizing fasciitis is that the symptoms develop very rapidly, usually within 24 hours after a wound in the skin has allowed the bacteria to invade deep tissue.

Question 5

who is at risk of getting flesh-eating skin disease?

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Flesh eating bacteri: Risk factors for necrotizing fasciitis include:
skin injury or puncture wound
peripheral vascular disease
any condition that causes a weakening of the immune system such as:diabetes, organ transplant, chemotherapy: the administration of medicines that kill cancer cells. Aids, dialysis, .

Question 6

does trich have any association with the flesh eating disease?

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No Relations: Typically, only women experience symptoms associated with trichomonas infection. Symptoms include inflammation of the cervix (cervicitis), urethra.

Question 7

my daughter has a flesh eating disease, what's the cure for this.

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Bacterial cause: Necrotizing soft tissue infection is a rare but very severe type of bacterial infection. It can destroy the muscles, skin, and underlying tissue. A very severe form of necrotizing soft tissue infection is due to streptococcus pyogenes, which is sometimes called "flesh-eating bacteria." powerful, broad-spectrum antibiotics given immediately through a vein (iv). Surgery is also usually needed.

Question 8

what is flesh-eating skin disease (necrotizing fasciitus)?

Accepted Answer

Necrotizing fasciiti: Necrotizing soft tissue infection is a rare but very severe type of bacterial infection. It can destroy the muscles, skin, and underlying tissue. The word "necrotizing" refers to something that causes body tissue to die.

Question 9

can popping pimples lead to flesh- eating disease?

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Unlikely: The so-called flesh eating disease is a bacterial infection caused by an aggressive staphlycoccus organism which usuallly infects deeply into the skin and deeper tissues.  It is fortunately not very common. However, it is not a good idea to "pop" pimples as this can cause the infection and inflammation to spread.

Question 10

i have an autoimmune disease .. i have heard there are cases of flesh eating disease in fl waters would i be ok as long as i have no cuts ?

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They are every where: Bad bugs are every where including your area. Most of the time so called flesh eating bacteria not like sharks , attack  in neglected wounds only  , when wounds are not drained , dead tissue not removed poorly controlled diabetes , poor circulation etc. Maintain good hygiene and enjoy sunny  Florida

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