 health servic - univers waterloo http healthservic uwaterloo html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata servic html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata hour html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata emerg html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata insur1 html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata appoint html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata staff html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata topic html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata link html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata event html flesh-eat diseas necrot fasciiti better flesh-eat diseas f-ed gain great notorieti year f-ed lethal sever difficulti diagnosi earli stage f-ed life-threaten invas soft-tissu infect fatal character widespread faster destruct skin skin tissu well tissu cover muscl it affect sex ag what kind germ produc f-ed? f-ed produc bacteria bacteria group a - streptococci ga lead f-ed produc ga aggress invas germ produc grave diseas streptococc toxic shock syndrom stss note syndrom union sign symptom character diseas in ontario f-ed rate 1 8 case 100 000 popul year about 15 case associ stss despit absenc conclus proof rate increas the f-ed mortal rate 30 higher correl ag health statu earli diagnost treatment well develop complic patient what bodi area f-ed affect? anywher howev f-ed common head neck area eyelid in case f-ed origin dental ey throat infect surgic procedur post-traumat origin leg arm bodi primari site in 70 case portal entri open skin there uncommon form f-ed fourmier's gangren it deadli rapidli progress diseas locat bag testicl peni area it occur result local trauma extens peni infect well anal deep-anal infect thi f-ed associ high mortal rate a high suspicion essenti earli recognit person present discomfort swell testicl bag what diseas? there opinion scientist some f-ed caus aggress factor transfer strain ga evid suggest f-ed stss caus ga clone up-date studi group toxin releas ga it act super-protein capabl stimul bodi's immun system caus massiv respons lead bodi's destruct combat intrus bacteria who highest risk f-ed? elderli individu those chronic diseas system local exampl aid cancer heart diseas diabet lung diseas alcohol drug user individu chickenpox close contact f-ed case certain predispos condit trauma post-surgic procedur f-ed rare children aggress cancer treatment high risk factor howev case f-ed develop healthi peopl what f-ed symptom? f-ed stss classic associ some peopl initi non-specif symptom pain vomit diarrhea after 48 72 hour diseas wors area bodi appear sever local pain system high-grade fever person feel ill then skin chang pain area red swell larg blister tissu destruct the system blood pressur patient develop kidnei liver failur extern intern bleed sever difficulti breath red skin surfac sever laboratori procedur help doctor earli diagnosi blood test x-rai aspir suspici lesion biopsi cultur magnet reson imag what treatment? the kei success treatment earli diagnosi combin aggress cut destroi tissu administr antibiot high dose oxygen high pressur recent blood compon name plasma peopl sever f-ed success treatment peopl develop f-ed stss prevent f-ed health servic recommend person clean care chang underwear dai wash hand carefulli eat washroom earli medic care open skin lesion ey infect elderli peopl children chickenpox avoid drug name ibuprofen learn name!! it recommend prevent medic contact person develop f-ed thi prevent treatment antibiot oral 10 dai delai avoid diseas transmiss actual potenti vaccin f-ed test mice who candid prevent treatment? all contact live household ill person peopl close contact ill person exampl classmat peopl close contact patient f-ed stss all close contact person death ga infect rememb flesh-eat diseas extrem infecti contagi high mortal discomfort swell testicl bag highli suspici f-ed if contact develop f-ed doctor if prevent medic full 10 dai maintain good hygien habit time if question f-ed stss feel free call doctor nurs health depart last updat april 03 2001 thi maintain castrom uwaterloo chri strome http uwaterloo web-doc uw infoserv copyright html copyright univers waterloo http uwaterloo 