A man who helped repair homes after Hurricane Harvey just died of flesh-eating bacteria

A 31-year-old Texas man died of a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection last week, nearly two months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall and the man began repairing homes damaged by the floods. On Monday, the Galveston County Health District said the man went to a hospital on Oct. 10 with a “seriously” infected wound on his upper left arm. […]Related:The rare case of a woman who stunned doctors in Italy by sweating blood from her faceThe rare case of a woman who stunned doctors in Italy by sweating blood from her face‘Damaged for the rest of my life’: Woman says surgeons mistakenly removed her breasts and uterus
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news