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steve2470

(37,468 posts) Fri May 8, 2015, 10:41 AM May 2015

Man loses leg to flesh-eating bacteria after swimming in Florida [View all]

http://abc7chicago.com/health/man-loses-leg-to-flesh-eating-bacteria/702643/

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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Doctors are issuing a warning about swimming with open wounds after a man in Florida had to have his leg amputated because of a flesh-eating bacterial infection.

Zach Mody only had a minor cut on his toe when he went swimming off a Fort Myers beach in the Gulf of Mexico about a month ago. Now, he's in a hospital bed and is missing one leg.

"I would have never thought in a million years this would have happened to me," Mody told ABC affiliate WZVN-TV.

His symptoms started shortly after his visit to the beach.

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Man loses leg to flesh-eating bacteria after swimming in Florida [View all] steve2470 May 2015 OP

Yikes. I wonder how worse things like this will occur mmonk May 2015 #1

necrotizing fasciitis magical thyme May 2015 #2

I'm surprised it was from swimming in the Gulf of Mexico FLPanhandle May 2015 #3

I think that's the "brain eating... Whiskeytide May 2015 #4

Thanks FLPanhandle May 2015 #7

I could be wrong ... Whiskeytide May 2015 #8

Yikes! Used to go to the beach near St. Pete all the time, was worried TwilightGardener May 2015 #5

I Lost My Foot To Staff Last Year. Now My Cousin Lost His Right Foot To Gangrene This Year. TheMastersNemesis May 2015 #6

Could be worse MurrayDelph May 2015 #9

Oh, great. My stepsister lives in nearby Bonita. KamaAina May 2015 #10

My parents first rule after beach or river trips was malaise May 2015 #11