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When did the disease start? More than 3,000 years ago since at least 2001, another serious form of mono microbial necrotizing fasciitis has been observed with increasing frequency. What are the Symptoms? They begin to show at about 24 hours after infected, Pain from an injury that gets better over 24-36 hours and then suddenly gets worse. The pain may be much worse than you expect from the size of the wound or injury. Skin is red, swollen, and hot to touch Fever and Chills Nausea and Vomiting Diarrhea Where did it originate? No. Flesh eating bacteria history goes back to at least the time of Hippocrates, the Greek physician born around 460 BC. He described the condition more than 3,000 years ago and there are hundreds of reports from the American Civil War. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/science/genetics/articles/45618.aspx#ixzz1HQv4VoY1 How is it treated? Taking a powerful, broad spectrum antibiotics given through a vein. How is it cured? Taking a powerful, broad spectrum antibiotics given through a vein. Surgery is REQUIRED to open and drain infected areas and remove dead tissue. Or antibodies are also given. After infection goes away skin graft may be needed. If an arm or leg get infected and they do not act on time you can loose your leg. If the bacteria oxygen-avoiding does not work, patients may be receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy. What are the medicines that are needed? Taking a powerful, broad spectrum antibiotics given through a vein. Surgery is REQUIRED to open and drain infected areas and remove dead tissue. Or antibodies are also given. Are there any long term or long lasting effects? Affect 94,000 people in the U.S. each year and are linked to 19,000 deaths. Is it fatal? You may loose the part of your body that gets infected, if you get a leg, arm infected and it does not get cured fast you may loose your leg/arm. Is it preventable ? Yes How? After any cut, wash deeply until there is no stain of blood or anything.

The most likely person to get this disease are 38-44 year old females. Many people who get this disease are either diabetics of alcoholics. Gangrene is a type of narcotizing fascistic. Although this disease is nicknamed the flesh eating disease, the bacteria doesn't actually eat it. It produces a toxin that destroys cells.

People who get it: Blue=Diabetics, Purple=Alchohalics, Green=Normal People


 * Resources: **


 * Global Warming Wants to Eat Your Flesh : TreeHugger. Web. 21 Mar. 2011 .** .


 * Necrotizing Fasciitis Picture (Hardin MD Super Site Sample). Web. 21 Mar. 2011 ** . < http://hardinmd.lib.uiowa.edu/dermatlas/necrotizing.html>.


 * Muse Medicine: Rare Diseases: Necrotizing Fasciitis. Web. 21 Mar. 2011 **. **<** http://nursewriter.com/2008/06/rare-disease-of-week-necrotizing.html> **.**


 * Journalism | Nomadically Curious Visual Thoughts. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. <** http://blog.jonahkessel.com/tag/journalism/>


 * Maynor, Micheal. Necrotizing Fasciitis in Emergency Medicine: eMedicine Emergency Medicine. Medscape, Web. 22 Mar. 2011. <** http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/784690-overview>.

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