Can anyone tell me what is this?! (Click on the link below to see the picture!)?!
Question:
Can anyone tell me what is this?! (Click on the link below to see the picture!)?
**SPOILER ALERT**: The picture you're attempting to see is somehow gory. Please DO NOT click on the link below if you can't deal with strong images. **Discretion advised.** Please, answer respectfully!
Altough it may seem morbid, I'm intrigued by what condition can have caused what we can see in the picture. I'm truly asking for knowledge only. (It is not a situation of someone near me nor myself. I just found it while looking for a picture through a well-known search engine.)
I've included a link a friend of mine gave me leading to the picture so you can observe it and comment it here (on Yahoo Answers):
— http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image...
PS: I swear, the link is nothing that would harm your computer. I need information about it. Please, treat with respect. Thanks!
2 days ago
Inicially, I thought it may be necrosis, but I'm concerned about the look of the skin around the opening.
...And NO, it is not ANYONE I know. But thanks for your concern and your comments.
Answers:
That is a type of flesh-eating disease witch is the common name for necrotizing fasciitis (nek-roe-tie-zing fah-shee-eye-tis), an infection that works its way rapidly through the layers of tissue (the fascia) that surround muscles. It destroys tissue and can cause death within 12 to 24 hours. It is estimated that there are between 90 and 200 cases per year in Canada, and about 20 to 30 percent of these are fatal.
This flesh-eating disease can be caused by a number of different bacteria, including group A streptococcus (GAS). GAS is a very common bacteria. Many people carry it in the throat or on their skin without getting sick. It is the same bacteria that causes strep throat, and can also cause impetigo, scarlet fever and rheumatic fever. In rare instances, GAS will cause serious illnesses, including pneumonia, meningitis, blood poisoning (bacteremia), streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome and flesh-eating disease.
And because flesh-eating disease progresses so rapidly, treatment usually involves surgery to remove the infected tissue and antibiotics to fight the infection. There is no vaccine to prevent flesh-eating disease.