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Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days (arstechnica.com)

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[–] BluntRadical@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yikes. Well, that sucks.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sure does.

Always give yourself a pat down after going in to nature. Whether it's flesh eating bacteria from water, lyme disease from a tick, a little gnome hitching a ride — better to just play it safe and give yourself a twice-over.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So you know exactly where the bacteria is eating your flesh…

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ideally the concept is to pat yourself down and find your tiny cuts, clean them, and then monitor them. That way you won't be totally blindsided by it suddenly growing red and swollen.

That being said, yeah even finding and cleaning the cuts isn't foolproof — just like finding the tick that bit you may not stop you from getting Lyme disease.