Read the wiki for Necrotizing fasciitis – its really nasty. Death rates of 25-30%.
> A post-mortem examination revealed Luke had been suffering from septicaemia, Lemierre syndrome – a form of bacterial infection, and necrotising fasciitis – a flesh-eating disease.
So this is obviously horrific that he’s died.
That being said – not only is Lemierre’s ridiculously rare, it also starts from an infection most likely in the neck (eg tonsillitis) that spreads to the internal jugular vein then round the body (this is also septicemia – a bacterial infection of the blood).
Can’t say anything else without knowing the details but I fucking hate the way things are reported as mistaken/missed.
Also worth pointing out that no doctor involved can comment on this that’s involved due to confidentiality rules whilst his parents can say whatever they like.
My wife had that. She’s a vet tech and they have an elderly dog that comes in for an injection every other week- my wife says he should really be put out of his pain, but the owner doesn’t want to face the loss. I can’t remember what she said he had wrong with him.
Anyway, this dog *hates* the vets, as he knows what’s coming. She was trying to get the muzzle on him (he’s tried to bite others) and got her between the fingers on the left hand.
Overnight, the bite turned into a hard lump that would move underneath the skin and had to go to the hospital to get it removed and prescribed antibiotics. She was complaining about shooting pains up her arm the bite was on.
Thankfully all better now due to the doctor catching it in time but it can be nasty. I’d never heard of it before until that happened.
Unrelated to the news, I think, but I knew this happened in Northamptonshire the moment I saw the shirt sponsor.
How do you even catch that?
(Don’t want to sound unsympathetic, it’s that the disease sounds very rare)
The problem with bacterial infections such as this is that a patient can deteriorate very quickly, while the tests performed to identify the pathogen can take several days to complete. New technology is available but it is still in the preliminary stages and most hospitals do not have access to it, due to cost and a lack of expertise in using it. He might have been given broad-spectrum antibiotics but specialist treatment could have been days away still, even if the GP did order more tests. As bad as this, it is difficult for the public to understand the issues with diagnosis and hospital pathology limitations when most have no understanding of how the processes work.
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Read the wiki for Necrotizing fasciitis – its really nasty. Death rates of 25-30%.
> A post-mortem examination revealed Luke had been suffering from septicaemia, Lemierre syndrome – a form of bacterial infection, and necrotising fasciitis – a flesh-eating disease.
So this is obviously horrific that he’s died.
That being said – not only is Lemierre’s ridiculously rare, it also starts from an infection most likely in the neck (eg tonsillitis) that spreads to the internal jugular vein then round the body (this is also septicemia – a bacterial infection of the blood).
Can’t say anything else without knowing the details but I fucking hate the way things are reported as mistaken/missed.
Also worth pointing out that no doctor involved can comment on this that’s involved due to confidentiality rules whilst his parents can say whatever they like.
My wife had that. She’s a vet tech and they have an elderly dog that comes in for an injection every other week- my wife says he should really be put out of his pain, but the owner doesn’t want to face the loss. I can’t remember what she said he had wrong with him.
Anyway, this dog *hates* the vets, as he knows what’s coming. She was trying to get the muzzle on him (he’s tried to bite others) and got her between the fingers on the left hand.
Overnight, the bite turned into a hard lump that would move underneath the skin and had to go to the hospital to get it removed and prescribed antibiotics. She was complaining about shooting pains up her arm the bite was on.
Thankfully all better now due to the doctor catching it in time but it can be nasty. I’d never heard of it before until that happened.
Unrelated to the news, I think, but I knew this happened in Northamptonshire the moment I saw the shirt sponsor.
How do you even catch that?
(Don’t want to sound unsympathetic, it’s that the disease sounds very rare)
The problem with bacterial infections such as this is that a patient can deteriorate very quickly, while the tests performed to identify the pathogen can take several days to complete. New technology is available but it is still in the preliminary stages and most hospitals do not have access to it, due to cost and a lack of expertise in using it. He might have been given broad-spectrum antibiotics but specialist treatment could have been days away still, even if the GP did order more tests. As bad as this, it is difficult for the public to understand the issues with diagnosis and hospital pathology limitations when most have no understanding of how the processes work.