A few days ago, when many families were celebrating the New year, Sydney electrician Mick O, 39, and the Dowd family were experiencing a torment!
It started more than a month ago, when Mick, who had been working hard for a year, was able to take two weeks off on Christmas Eve.
As usual, Mick started hoarding some food for the family.
When he went to buy some seafood in the process, accidentally cut his hand, but also a little blood!
At the time, Mick didn't care too much, after all, as an electrician, the skin trauma said to him, it's nothing.
Therefore, also did not do any special treatment to the wound, began to be busy with other things!
But in the days that followed, Mick's nightmares began, and he began to feel his muscles all over the body beginning to ache, slowly that kind of nerve pain, has made him intolerable!
After Christmas, he immediately went to see a doctor, the results of the doctor's examination, to their whole family surprise!
It's not flu. Mick was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, (Necrotizing Myositis).
What is necrotizing fasciitis?
Necrotizing fasciitis must have been rarely heard of, but its alias is absolutely frightening to everyone, carnivorous bacteria!
Just listen to the name is not very scary!
Carnivorous bacteria are bacteria that can cause muscle tissue damage, such as Streptococcus, which can cause necrotizing fasciitis when seriously infected with carnivorous bacteria, causing severe pain somewhere in the body, followed by rapid necrosis of connective tissue and muscle tissue, with a mortality rate of up to 30%. Survivors also often have to remove necrotic tissue or even amputations through surgery.
Carnivorous bacteria are best at escaping human immune attacks and performing the trick of "eating meat". If they are not removed in time, they can cause fat and fascia to become infected and necrotic, as if they were "eaten".
This is a rare form of deep tissue infection in the skin.
Seeing that Mick was already seriously ill, the doctor decided to operate on Mick immediately to remove muscle tissue that had been infected.
After the operation, the doctor gave Mick's wife, Katharine, a notice of illness, telling her that Mick might only survive for three hours.
Katharine later said the doctor's words had plunged the whole family into darkness, that she was about to lose her husband, and that her two children would lose their father, perhaps the most terrifying "New year's blessing" she had ever heard.
Fortunately, Mick survived miraculously after the operation, and Mick survived with his strong willpower, and even the doctors were surprised by Mick's performance!
Life was saved, but at this point Mick lost his limbs. But the optimistic Mick believes he will never give up hope.
Mick's biggest wish at the moment is to return to his beloved job one day, because he is the only source of income for the family, and he will continue to be a hero to his children.
But it wasn't easy, there was a series of surgeries waiting for him, and the cost of installing an EMG arm was so expensive that two would cost A $ three hundred thousand.
After the story of the Mick family was forwarded by countless people, people around the world began to extend a helping hand. At present, the Mick family has received 114290 Australian dollars from good-hearted people on the GoFundMe website.
And 1000 shares of Facebook.
Believe that this strong father, will overcome the illness, early return to his job.
Terrible! Carnivorous bacteria sweep the world! Every year in Australia, 100 people are infected! There's nothing the expert can do!
Carnivorous bacteria like to live in salty sea water, a mixture of bacteria in the ocean, so many seafood also carry the deadly bacteria, many people around the world each year infected with the deadly bacteria.
Last year, a 55-year-old American woman went crab hunting with a friend. After eating oysters selected by the market, the two were unwell.
At first, her symptoms looked like allergies, but the condition deteriorated over the next 48 hours and ended up having to be hospitalized.
Doctors diagnosed that she suffered from carnivorous disease, and after 21 days of fighting with the pathogen, she eventually died!
The woman had a lot of wounds on her leg, all caused by the pathogen.
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control,
"Mushroom disease can be caused by exposure to saltwater rivers and by eating oysters."
"if people really know what might happen in 36 to 48 hours after eating oysters, they might ask themselves if it's worth it."
"if we knew there was such a high risk of doing so, I don't think she would have eaten those oysters."
Such tragedies are by no means a case in point.
Previously, a car salesman, AngelPerez, was injured by crab forceps while catching crabs. Unfortunately, he was infected with carnivorous bacteria. Within a few days, AngelPerez's limbs were all invaded by germs.
Starting to blacken, the scene was pretty scary, like an Egyptian mummy, and had to be amputated.
AngelPerez's daughter said it was hard to believe that all this was simply because of a tiny wound and was invaded by bacteria, first the whole right leg, the left leg, and then the right hand and left arm …
And this incident, soon after, another man died of infection with carnivorous bacteria.
Summer in Australia is also a season with a high incidence of carnivorous disease, with hundreds of people unfortunately eating meat bacteria every year, some losing their lives and others losing their limbs even if they survive.
epilogue
Carnivorous bacteria is a very high mortality rate after human infection, once infected very quickly, the death rate within 48 hours can exceed 30%!
How does it spread?
damaged skin infection:
Damaged skin infection, mainly through wound contact with seawater or by seafood stab wound to form infection. For example, if a person has a broken wound and goes swimming in the sea, he or she may become infected with the bacteria, or if one cleans seafood, his hand is punctured and infected by the seafood.
Raw seafood infection:
Raw seafood, especially oysters captured in warm seawater, can also lead to bacterial infection, while hepatitis, cirrhosis, and immunodeficient people are susceptible to carnivorous bacteria.
How to prevent infection?
Carnivorous bacteria are a mix of bacteria in the ocean that can infect carnivorous bacteria if they are accidentally scratched by a reef or injured by a few organisms when they go to the seaside.
If there is a wound on your body, it is best to wrap it properly and choose not to go to sea as far as possible.
When dealing with raw shellfish or other seafood, be sure to do a good job of protection and avoid being scratched by seafood.
If it is unfortunate to be scraped, be sure to wash the wound with disinfectant immediately!
Avoid seafood must be cooked to eat, those fat oysters or not raw eat it!