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GrannysKnitting's avatar

also avoid the australian white tailed spider that injects you with bacteria that causes necrotising fasciitis because the fucker is trying to pre digest you - you're welcome

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RRJKR's avatar
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Necrotizing Fasciitis is just the most serious of a large number of bacterial infections you may get from even a minor wound. Grandma knew this. Having been born many years before the introduction of antibiotics, she was aware of the danger. Any cut, scrape, or scratch was immediately thoroughly cleaned with soap and water, rinsed with alcohol. had merthiolate applied, and covered. . Our cries of "but it burns" were met with one of several stories of people she knew who had died of "blood poisoning" Before antibiotics, any wound that became infected colud quite possibly be a death sentence. It's good practice to follow her methodology. I always do, and urge others to do the same.

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RRJKR's avatar

We became far to complacent with our ability to effectively treat conditions caused by pathogenic organisms There are bugs out there who laugh at our feeble attempts to stop them COVID may indeed have been just a "shot across the bow" which we have largely ignored. Learn all you can about diseases you may be exposed to, are at risk of contracting, and what you can do to mitigate your personal risk

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kmblue187's avatar

About NF, I'm surprised I've lived this long.

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kmblue187's avatar

You may have noticed I'n sitting at my computer now. That's because my dog (like she does every freakin' morning) woke me up at 6 am to take her out and feed her. Now I'm awake and she's snoring on the couch. There oughta be a law...

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RRJKR's avatar

Hey, she got your ass up out of bed. Her work for the day is done. At least that's what my dogs tell me.

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Birb-General of the US's avatar

Must...have...MUSIC VEST !

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AIB's avatar

I’m not a doctor but I’m going to speculate that necrotizing fasciitis is a risk particular to diabetics.

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Thomas B.'s avatar

I have been wrists deep in a necrotizing fasciitis wound after surgery, to pack it with gauze (occupational hazard). Keep those nether regions clean and dry, folks.

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Homero's avatar

One of the saddest cases I have ever seen as an internal medicine resident was a gentleman who I think worked on Capitol Hill and came in to the ER with what seemed like a simple case of cellulitis, a superficial skin infection on one of his legs and as he waited in the hallway near the ER, his leg had gone from a light red to purple with blisters and advanced up his leg and I didn’t know what it was but I knew it looked like something it would take a surgeon to treat, possibly a vascular surgeon. The surgical resident on the vascular service wasn’t impressed and later on

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Homero's avatar

To continue, I tried to admit him to the ICU but they declined to admit him and the next morning he tried to get out of bed and crashed. There’s only so much that antibiotics can do for an infection that advances that fast and in that case « to cut is to cure »

That was more than 30 years ago 😔

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Homero's avatar

To continue, I tried to admit him to the ICU but they declined to admit him and the next morning he tried to get out of bed and crashed. There’s only so much that antibiotics can do for an infection that advances that fast and in that case « to cut is to cure »

That was more than 30 years ago 😔

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Wayne Allen's avatar

An acquaintance from high school survived NF a few years back, and wears the scars from multiple skin grafts proudly.

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carovee's avatar

Gosh darn it Robyn, i am already obsessively wearing sunscreen. Now i'll be obsessing over when i last shaved my legs.

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John Thorstensen's avatar

Where was necrotizing fasciitis when we needed it in RFKJrs little outing? Assuming it could be arranged so only he got it ...

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Craig Nixon's avatar

𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑜 — 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡, 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ “𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠.”

I didn't Google it, cuz I wasn't looking for it...but I found it anyway, deep down some WikiPedia rabbit hole last year.

Robyn is correct - do NOT do this, like I did with the first cup of coffee in the am. Yeesh.

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Snowolf100's avatar

There's a whole bunch of diabetic foot ulcer/vasculitis ulcers that you shouldn't google either unless you have a strong stomach.

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oscarphile's avatar

First college job was in Interlibrary Loan, where I looked up articles, mostly in medical journals, then Xeroxed and mailed them to people at other universities. Saw photos of cancers and disorders in E-V-E-R-Y part of the body (shudder)

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AIB's avatar

Ms. AIB worked for a while at the Yale Medical Library and one day when I was waiting for her to leave work, I opened a book with pictures. That’s all I’ll say. Never again.

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Craig Nixon's avatar

I SAW THAT SHIT TOO. Same morning, same rabbit hole.

For this part, I have a reason tho. I suspect I've gone full blown diabeetus in the past 2 years, and have this unexplained...thing on my calf.

Having new bloodwork run soon.

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Snowolf100's avatar

Are you UK or USA?

I know in the UK you can get free blood sugar monitors and you can test yourself after you eat after 1 hrs and 2hr. Which should give you some idea depending on how far away the bloodwork is.

Yeah uncontrolled diabetes will give you leg ulcers. But so can a few other things.

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Craig Nixon's avatar

US, but I should get one soon. Prob can be had easily enough.

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Snowolf100's avatar

Manufacturers will send them out in the UK, because its the strips that are expensive so might be worth checking out a few websites for

freestyle libre/abbot. (they're the biggest name I can recall)

you might also be able to get a free 15 day trial of the continuous monitors ie those round things that you put on your arm

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Snowolf100's avatar

Spoilers for Doctor Who.

WTH??? Billie Piper??? I know there were rumours.

So we currently have a 14th Doctor, who looks like David Tennant and now the 15th has regenerated and ended up as Billie Piper?

But it didn't say introducing as the Doctor Billie Piper? But Jodi and Ncuti was credited as the Doctor??

And no warning, just rumours that he was leaving or being kicked out for the "woke".

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RandomNameAllocated's avatar

I know!

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Andrew Fleming's avatar

RIP Lucien Bouchard!

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