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GettyA Wilmington, North Carolina man is suffering from a flesh-eating bacteria. It's left him with a frisbee-sized hole in his back. The hole is near the side of his buttocks the Mirror reports. The police officer has been in ICU since last month after contracting a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Carson Seitter suffered an injury when a fall on September 5th left him unconscious. What’s worse, the minor injury ended up becoming infected. Experts say it's a “deadly flesh-eating bacteria” in his “hip/leg/buttocks region” known as necrotizing fasciitis.
"Flesh-eating bacteria" is a term used to describe the bacteria that can cause necrotizing fasciitis. This is a severe and rapidly progressing soft tissue infection that can destroy skin according to doctors. It can also damage muscle and other underlying tissues anywhere in your body. The term "flesh-eating" is a little exaggerated and can be misleading. It doesn't mean that these bacteria actually consume flesh as their primary source of nutrition.
Carson’s brother Jacob has set up a GoFundMe page to help offset medical costs after Carson has spent the last 35 days in the hospital – five of those days on a ventilator in the ICU. Carson, who’s been a cop for more than a decade, has undergone seven surgeries and is expected to need several skin grafts from the infection. The GoFundMe has raised over 17,000 for his recovery.
Flesh-eating bacteria freak me out, man. I hope this guy gets fully recovered!
The Best Hospitals In The World
When you check into a hospital, you're hoping you'll get the best care possible, but not every hospital is created equal. There's no doubt some hospitals in the U.S. and around the world will give you better care than others, and now a new report reveals which ones they are.
Newsweek just came out with their third annual list of the World's Best Hospitals. The list looked at 2,200 hospitals across 27 countries. The Global Top 150 list is dominated by U.S. hospitals, with 33 overall, and half of the Top 10 spots made up of U.S. hospitals. Germany comes in second with 14, followed by Italy and France with 10 each. Topping the list is the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
