{"id":667761,"date":"2026-01-01T23:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/667761\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:04:15","slug":"i-thought-i-just-had-the-flu-but-a-deadly-bug-was-eating-me-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/667761\/","title":{"rendered":"I thought I just had the flu \u2014 but a deadly bug was eating me alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SEI_279150572-475b.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25979251\" alt=\"Mark Brooks in a hospital selfie, smiling, with a large bandage over his body and arm, following multiple procedures.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tMark Brooks considers himself lucky to be alive (Picture: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018At one point you could see straight through my arm,\u2019 says Mark Brooks, 53. \u2018It was grim to look at.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Before we get into what he\u2019s referring to, be warned that this story probably isn\u2019t one to read at the dinner table \u2013 especially if you happen to have a weak stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Mark, a dad of three from Grimsby, had always prided himself in being a bit of a fitness fanatic, regularly going to the gym and looking after his <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/health-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But in December 2023, a horrifying incident would take place \u2013 one that would cost almost half a million pounds in medical bills and leave him with severe, lasting trauma.<\/p>\n<p>It all started when Mark decided to do an \u2018intense workout\u2019, despite battling the \u2018worst sore throat [he\u2019d] ever had,\u2019 and in the midst of a fast.<\/p>\n<p>He says: \u2018While I was working out, I tweaked my elbow which was no big deal. Then I developed a fever so I slept like a champion. When I woke up, it felt like I\u2019d smashed my elbow really hard on the bedside table. It was killing and I couldn\u2019t use it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SEI_279150416-1d4c-e1767267877123.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25979247\" alt=\"WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT - Story from Jam Press (Flesh Eating Bug) Pictured: Mark Brooks. Flesh-eating disease eats away fitness fanatic dad-of-three's arm?after sore throat A flesh-eating disease caused by a sore throat ate away a fitness fanatic?s arm. Mark Brooks needed 25 operations to cut away the muscle on his left arm after he was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis. The 54-year-old blames going to the gym and pulling a muscle in his arm while recovering from a sore throat for the disease developing. ?I was fine and completely healthy and it came completely out of the blue,? Mark said. ?And then all of a sudden, I?m fighting for my life. It was ridiculous. ?I had the worst sore throat I?d ever had. ?Then I went to the gym and did an intense workout.&quot; Mark of Grimsby, Lincs, also told?NeedtoKnow: ?I was also fasting so I think that paved the way for the illness. ?While I was working out, I tweaked my elbow which was no big deal. ?Then I developed a fever so I slept like a champion. ?When I woke up, it felt like I?d smashed my elbow really hard on the bedside table. It was killing and I couldn?t use it. ?After that, I developed a fever and started puking like a champion. ?I thought it was bad luck that I had a bad elbow, a sore throat and food poisoning. ?I remember sitting on the carpet thinking that my decision making capacity was diminishing and that I only had one good decision left in me.? The dad-of-three went to hospital and medics assumed he had compartment syndrome, a painful condition from dangerous pressure buildup in a muscle compartment. But he was rushed into surgery when a large bruise appeared out of nowhere. Mark was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, or the flesh-eating disease that was eating away his skin and muscle. He had 25 operations to remove the dead skin, brachialis muscle, much of his tricep, a finger flexor and the connective tissue between muscles. The bacteria had also entered his bloodstream, triggering his kidneys to shut down. Mark said: ?I was in ICU for a week. ?They told me I had multi-organ failure. ?That sounded really bad. ?At one point, you could see straight through my arm. ?There was bone with nothing supporting it. ?It was grim to look at.? Mark spent nine weeks in hospital and still has more surgery to come. Doctors used a vacuum pack to keep the limb viable while fighting infection. Skin was later harvested from his leg and back in agonising graft procedures. He said: ?The donor sites were worse than the arm. ?I woke up in the worst pain of my life, crying uncontrollably. ?They removed a muscle from my back and swung it around to rebuild my arm. ?Then they removed fat from my stomach and packed it into my arm to support the exposed bone. ?If I?d gone to an orthopaedic surgeon, they would have amputated. ?One different decision, one different hospital, and my life would be totally different.? The cost of reconstruction has already reached around ?450,000, covered by insurance, with tens of thousands more expected. Mark says he developed PTSD since the ordeal in December 2023. He added: ?The antidote was gratitude. ?Thinking about what I still had, not what I?d lost.? ?Necrotising fasciitis has a mortality rate of around 20 per cent ? but in my case it was closer to 50% so I?m just thankful to be alive and have all my limbs. ?Hopefully, by telling this story, it saves someone else?s life.? ENDS\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe fitness fanatic had completed an intense workout before he fell ill (Picture: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p>Mark\u2019s fever worsened and he began vomiting, but he put it down to \u2018bad luck\u2019 that he had an injured elbow, flu-like symptoms, and potentially food poisoning all at once.<\/p>\n<p>What he didn\u2019t know yet was that his flesh was being eaten alive by necrotising fasciitis, a rare and severe bacterial infection that has an alarmingly high mortality rate of between 20% and 40% \u2014 although it can vary depending on how early it\u2019s picked up.<\/p>\n<p>As his condition deteriorated, Mark started to realise something more serious was going on and that he needed to act fast,<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I remember sitting on the carpet thinking that my decision making capacity was diminishing and that I only had one good decision left in me,\u2019 he recalls.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSymptoms of necrotising fasciitis\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Initial symptoms may include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intense pain or loss of feeling near to a cut or wound \u2013 the pain may seem much worse than you would usually expect from a cut or wound<\/li>\n<li>Swelling of the skin around the affected area<\/li>\n<li>Flu-like symptoms, such as a high temperature, headache and tiredness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Later symptoms can include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Being sick (vomiting) and diarrhoea<\/li>\n<li>Confusion<\/li>\n<li>Black, purple or grey blotches and blisters on the skin (which may be less obvious on black or brown skin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mark managed to make it to hospital, where he was initially diagnosed with compartment syndrome, a painful condition from dangerous pressure buildup in a muscle compartment. <\/p>\n<p>But when a large bruise appeared on his body out of nowhere, medics rushed him into surgery and they made the disturbing discovery of what was really going on.<\/p>\n<p>Necrotising fasciitis was quickly eating away at Mark\u2019s skin and muscle. Worse still, the bacteria had also entered his bloodstream, triggering his kidneys to shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was in the ICU for a week,\u2019 he says. \u2018They told me I had multi-organ failure. That sounded really bad.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SEI_279150564-ed7f.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25979243\" alt=\"WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT - Story from Jam Press (Flesh Eating Bug) Pictured: Mark?s arm caused by flesh-eating disease. Flesh-eating disease eats away fitness fanatic dad-of-three's arm?after sore throat A flesh-eating disease caused by a sore throat ate away a fitness fanatic?s arm. Mark Brooks needed 25 operations to cut away the muscle on his left arm after he was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis. The 54-year-old blames going to the gym and pulling a muscle in his arm while recovering from a sore throat for the disease developing. ?I was fine and completely healthy and it came completely out of the blue,? Mark said. ?And then all of a sudden, I?m fighting for my life. It was ridiculous. ?I had the worst sore throat I?d ever had. ?Then I went to the gym and did an intense workout.&quot; Mark of Grimsby, Lincs, also told?NeedtoKnow: ?I was also fasting so I think that paved the way for the illness. ?While I was working out, I tweaked my elbow which was no big deal. ?Then I developed a fever so I slept like a champion. ?When I woke up, it felt like I?d smashed my elbow really hard on the bedside table. It was killing and I couldn?t use it. ?After that, I developed a fever and started puking like a champion. ?I thought it was bad luck that I had a bad elbow, a sore throat and food poisoning. ?I remember sitting on the carpet thinking that my decision making capacity was diminishing and that I only had one good decision left in me.? The dad-of-three went to hospital and medics assumed he had compartment syndrome, a painful condition from dangerous pressure buildup in a muscle compartment. But he was rushed into surgery when a large bruise appeared out of nowhere. Mark was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, or the flesh-eating disease that was eating away his skin and muscle. He had 25 operations to remove the dead skin, brachialis muscle, much of his tricep, a finger flexor and the connective tissue between muscles. The bacteria had also entered his bloodstream, triggering his kidneys to shut down. Mark said: ?I was in ICU for a week. ?They told me I had multi-organ failure. ?That sounded really bad. ?At one point, you could see straight through my arm. ?There was bone with nothing supporting it. ?It was grim to look at.? Mark spent nine weeks in hospital and still has more surgery to come. Doctors used a vacuum pack to keep the limb viable while fighting infection. Skin was later harvested from his leg and back in agonising graft procedures. He said: ?The donor sites were worse than the arm. ?I woke up in the worst pain of my life, crying uncontrollably. ?They removed a muscle from my back and swung it around to rebuild my arm. ?Then they removed fat from my stomach and packed it into my arm to support the exposed bone. ?If I?d gone to an orthopaedic surgeon, they would have amputated. ?One different decision, one different hospital, and my life would be totally different.? The cost of reconstruction has already reached around ?450,000, covered by insurance, with tens of thousands more expected. Mark says he developed PTSD since the ordeal in December 2023. He added: ?The antidote was gratitude. ?Thinking about what I still had, not what I?d lost.? ?Necrotising fasciitis has a mortality rate of around 20 per cent ? but in my case it was closer to 50% so I?m just thankful to be alive and have all my limbs. ?Hopefully, by telling this story, it saves someone else?s life.? ENDS\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tIt took doctors over 20 operations to try and save his arm (Picture: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the bug had done so much damage his arm looked like \u2018bone with nothing supporting it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But over the course of nine weeks in hospital, he underwent 25 operations to remove the dead skin, brachialis muscle, much of his tricep, a finger flexor and the connective tissue between Mark\u2019s muscles.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/doctors\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctors<\/a> used a vacuum pack to keep the limb viable while fighting the infection, harvesting skin from his leg and back in graft procedures that Mark has described as \u2018the worst pain of [his] life\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He says: \u2018The donor sites were worse than the arm. I woke up crying uncontrollably.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They removed a muscle from my back and swung it around to rebuild my arm. Then they removed fat from my stomach and packed it into my arm to support the exposed bone.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SEI_279150471-06df-e1767268511185.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25979242\" alt=\"WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT - Story from Jam Press (Flesh Eating Bug) Pictured: Mark?s arm caused by flesh-eating disease. Flesh-eating disease eats away fitness fanatic dad-of-three's arm?after sore throat A flesh-eating disease caused by a sore throat ate away a fitness fanatic?s arm. Mark Brooks needed 25 operations to cut away the muscle on his left arm after he was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis. The 54-year-old blames going to the gym and pulling a muscle in his arm while recovering from a sore throat for the disease developing. ?I was fine and completely healthy and it came completely out of the blue,? Mark said. ?And then all of a sudden, I?m fighting for my life. It was ridiculous. ?I had the worst sore throat I?d ever had. ?Then I went to the gym and did an intense workout.&quot; Mark of Grimsby, Lincs, also told?NeedtoKnow: ?I was also fasting so I think that paved the way for the illness. ?While I was working out, I tweaked my elbow which was no big deal. ?Then I developed a fever so I slept like a champion. ?When I woke up, it felt like I?d smashed my elbow really hard on the bedside table. It was killing and I couldn?t use it. ?After that, I developed a fever and started puking like a champion. ?I thought it was bad luck that I had a bad elbow, a sore throat and food poisoning. ?I remember sitting on the carpet thinking that my decision making capacity was diminishing and that I only had one good decision left in me.? The dad-of-three went to hospital and medics assumed he had compartment syndrome, a painful condition from dangerous pressure buildup in a muscle compartment. But he was rushed into surgery when a large bruise appeared out of nowhere. Mark was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, or the flesh-eating disease that was eating away his skin and muscle. He had 25 operations to remove the dead skin, brachialis muscle, much of his tricep, a finger flexor and the connective tissue between muscles. The bacteria had also entered his bloodstream, triggering his kidneys to shut down. Mark said: ?I was in ICU for a week. ?They told me I had multi-organ failure. ?That sounded really bad. ?At one point, you could see straight through my arm. ?There was bone with nothing supporting it. ?It was grim to look at.? Mark spent nine weeks in hospital and still has more surgery to come. Doctors used a vacuum pack to keep the limb viable while fighting infection. Skin was later harvested from his leg and back in agonising graft procedures. He said: ?The donor sites were worse than the arm. ?I woke up in the worst pain of my life, crying uncontrollably. ?They removed a muscle from my back and swung it around to rebuild my arm. ?Then they removed fat from my stomach and packed it into my arm to support the exposed bone. ?If I?d gone to an orthopaedic surgeon, they would have amputated. ?One different decision, one different hospital, and my life would be totally different.? The cost of reconstruction has already reached around ?450,000, covered by insurance, with tens of thousands more expected. Mark says he developed PTSD since the ordeal in December 2023. He added: ?The antidote was gratitude. ?Thinking about what I still had, not what I?d lost.? ?Necrotising fasciitis has a mortality rate of around 20 per cent ? but in my case it was closer to 50% so I?m just thankful to be alive and have all my limbs. ?Hopefully, by telling this story, it saves someone else?s life.? ENDS\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tMark described the pain as the worst he\u2019s ever felt in his lift (Picture: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p>Although it was a gruelling process \u2013 with more procedures to come \u2013 it meant Mark at least kept his arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If I\u2019d gone to an orthopaedic surgeon, they would have amputated,\u2019 he explains. \u2018One different decision, one different hospital, and my life would be totally different.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The cost of reconstructive treatment has already reached around \u00a3450,000, covered by insurance, with tens of thousands more expected.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just been a financial burden; Mark also developed PTSD following the ordeal. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SEI_279150273-f560.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25979245\" alt=\"WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT - Story from Jam Press (Flesh Eating Bug) Pictured: Mark recovering. Flesh-eating disease eats away fitness fanatic dad-of-three's arm?after sore throat A flesh-eating disease caused by a sore throat ate away a fitness fanatic?s arm. Mark Brooks needed 25 operations to cut away the muscle on his left arm after he was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis. The 54-year-old blames going to the gym and pulling a muscle in his arm while recovering from a sore throat for the disease developing. ?I was fine and completely healthy and it came completely out of the blue,? Mark said. ?And then all of a sudden, I?m fighting for my life. It was ridiculous. ?I had the worst sore throat I?d ever had. ?Then I went to the gym and did an intense workout.&quot; Mark of Grimsby, Lincs, also told?NeedtoKnow: ?I was also fasting so I think that paved the way for the illness. ?While I was working out, I tweaked my elbow which was no big deal. ?Then I developed a fever so I slept like a champion. ?When I woke up, it felt like I?d smashed my elbow really hard on the bedside table. It was killing and I couldn?t use it. ?After that, I developed a fever and started puking like a champion. ?I thought it was bad luck that I had a bad elbow, a sore throat and food poisoning. ?I remember sitting on the carpet thinking that my decision making capacity was diminishing and that I only had one good decision left in me.? The dad-of-three went to hospital and medics assumed he had compartment syndrome, a painful condition from dangerous pressure buildup in a muscle compartment. But he was rushed into surgery when a large bruise appeared out of nowhere. Mark was diagnosed with necrotising fasciitis, or the flesh-eating disease that was eating away his skin and muscle. He had 25 operations to remove the dead skin, brachialis muscle, much of his tricep, a finger flexor and the connective tissue between muscles. The bacteria had also entered his bloodstream, triggering his kidneys to shut down. Mark said: ?I was in ICU for a week. ?They told me I had multi-organ failure. ?That sounded really bad. ?At one point, you could see straight through my arm. ?There was bone with nothing supporting it. ?It was grim to look at.? Mark spent nine weeks in hospital and still has more surgery to come. Doctors used a vacuum pack to keep the limb viable while fighting infection. Skin was later harvested from his leg and back in agonising graft procedures. He said: ?The donor sites were worse than the arm. ?I woke up in the worst pain of my life, crying uncontrollably. ?They removed a muscle from my back and swung it around to rebuild my arm. ?Then they removed fat from my stomach and packed it into my arm to support the exposed bone. ?If I?d gone to an orthopaedic surgeon, they would have amputated. ?One different decision, one different hospital, and my life would be totally different.? The cost of reconstruction has already reached around ?450,000, covered by insurance, with tens of thousands more expected. Mark says he developed PTSD since the ordeal in December 2023. He added: ?The antidote was gratitude. ?Thinking about what I still had, not what I?d lost.? ?Necrotising fasciitis has a mortality rate of around 20 per cent ? but in my case it was closer to 50% so I?m just thankful to be alive and have all my limbs. ?Hopefully, by telling this story, it saves someone else?s life.? ENDS\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe dad of three will still have to undergo more surgeries in the future (Picture: Jam Press)<\/p>\n<p>To get through it, he tries to focus on the positives, saying: \u2018The antidote was gratitude. Thinking about what I still had, not what I\u2019d lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Necrotising fasciitis has a mortality rate of around 20% \u2014 but in my case it was closer to 50% so I\u2019m just thankful to be alive and have all my limbs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>By telling his story, Mark hopes to raise awareness of the symptoms of necrotising fasciitis, potentially saving someone else\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was fine and completely healthy, and it came completely out of the blue,\u201d he adds. \u2018And then all of a sudden, I\u2019m fighting for my life. 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