Necrotizing Fasciitis: The Flesh Eating Bacteria.
Necrotizing fasciitis is also known as the flesh-eating disease. It is a rare disease that causes the deterioration of the flesh, causing extensive destruction of the tissues. It can kill. The disease infects a reported amount of 500-1500 people a year these reports are slightly incorrect with many unreported or misdiagnosed cases. There is some concern and suggestions that cases of this disease may be on the increase. Most of these serious infections occur between the months of October and March. The good news is that fifty to seventy percent of people who get this disease recover. When people get this illness, the symptoms are fever, severe pain, and a red, painful swelling which spreads rapidly. The disease spreads very rapidly through flesh at a rate of one inch or almost three centimeters per hour. The layers of tissue that surround the muscle are called fascia. When the disease spreads along the layers of tissue that surround muscle, it is called necrotizing fasciitis. Once the disease spreads into the muscle tissue, it is called necrotizing myositis. Necrotizing fasciitis was first discovered in France and ever since then has being demolishing most anyone whom becomes infected, once the symptoms have been confirmed and and is possible that that the person is infected it is imperative for them to get.
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medical attention and an appropriate diagnosis to determine what type and how potent of an infection, and also begin medical recovery.
Necrotizing fasciitis was first discovered in France during 1783 (Necrotizing Fasciitis/Myositis, par. 6). It is noted that it occurs sporadically and random throughout that 19th and 20th century. During that time it was limited to most military hospitals and other bad hygiene areas. It mostly disappeared around 1940 and reemerged worldwide in the 1980's. Necrotizing fasciitis occurs roughly in 3 to 7 per million people a year.
