Tracey de Jong-Eglin.[사진출처 = 뉴욕포스트 홈페이지]
The story of a Dutch woman in her 50s who thought she had the flu was hospitalized due to shock and had 20cm of her buttocks cut off was revealed.
According to recent foreign media reports such as The Mirror and the New York Post, Tracy Eglin (59) showed flu symptoms last January.
Five days after his symptoms appeared, he developed septic shock (a phenomenon in which sepsis causes dangerously low blood pressure and little blood flows to internal organs) and was taken to Helderland Hospital. However, he was diagnosed with ‘necrotizing fasciitis’, not the flu.
A large black lump was found on his left buttock. The medical staff said, “During the examination, I saw that the left side of his buttocks had turned black due to necrosis,” and added, “It was a critical situation with a survival rate of only 10% as necrosis had already progressed to a large extent.”
The medical staff put Eglin to sleep for 9 days and removed necrotic tissue and muscles through a total of 3 surgeries.
Eglin said, “When I woke up, 20cm of the left side of my buttocks had been cut out. I don’t know the cause of the disease, but I heard that it could be an infection through a wound or ingrown hair (a phenomenon in which hair fails to penetrate the stratum corneum and grows within the hair follicle and becomes trapped in the skin).” He said.
He had to have a catheter (a thin tube used to drain fluids from the abdominal cavity, digestive tract, etc.) for eight months to prevent further infection at the surgical site. You will also continue to wear a bag that collects stool from the colostomy.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare disease in which fascia (the membrane covering the outer surface of muscles) becomes inflamed due to bacterial infection. It mainly occurs when bacterial infection occurs through a skin wound. Additionally, bacterial infections can occur due to insect bites, surgery, etc. There are several bacteria that cause necrotizing fasciitis, but group A streptococcus (pyogenic streptococcus) is the most widely known.
Patients with necrotizing fasciitis experience fever, dizziness, and muscle pain in the early stages of their symptoms, which can easily be mistaken for a cold or flu. As the disease progresses, the skin color changes, the affected area swells, and blisters form.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), necrotizing fasciitis is rare, with only 700 to 1,200 cases reported each year in the United States. However, depending on the region, it is common enough to occur in about 1 in 100,000 people.
The sooner necrotizing fasciitis is treated, the easier it is to recover. In the early stages of symptoms, antibiotics are administered. If there is already necrotic tissue, surgery to remove it must be performed. To remove all infected areas, surgery is performed an average of three times.
As treatment for necrotizing fasciitis is delayed, the risk of quadriplegia, sepsis, shock, and death increases, so prompt response is important. To prevent necrotizing fasciitis, the most important thing is to take good care of the wound to prevent infection. If you have a wound, you must disinfect it and apply a bandage, regardless of its size. Also, do not swim until the wound heals.
2023-12-17 10:47:03
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