'I was left looking like a zombie after a flesh eating disease ate away at my face – don’t make my mistake'
It's dubbed a "flesh-eating bug" but the bacteria doesn't actually eat the flesh, it releases toxins that damage the tissues, causing it to rot away.
The bacteria can spread in a matter of hours, even from a minor injury, and is life-threatening if it's not treated early enough."At hospital they were massaging my head, draining it and forcing [the pus and tissue] out," she explained. "It was touch and go, they would never give me a date that I could possibly go home - not once," she added.
In January - after a nine week stay in hospital - Meg was finally clear of infection stitched up by aBut even now, the mum is still suffering from "strange" after-affects from the flesh eating bug, such as fainting."I feel like more people should know about this [condition], because a lot of people avoid the dentist," she explained.Symptoms of necrotising fasciitis can develop quickly within hours or over a few days.
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