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Minor cut leads to flesh-eating infection on Florida man's hand. Black blisters were sign something was very wrong
ASHLEY MAY | USA TODAY | 10 hours ago
Learn the signs and treatment of the rare disease "necrotizing fasciitis."
USA TODAY
A Florida man said he is lucky to be alive after a minor prick from a fishing hook led to a life-threatening, flesh-eating bacterial infection.
Fisherman Mike Walton caught his hand in a fishing hookin the Gulf of Mexico days ago, and didn't think much of it, he told Tampa Bay's WFTS. It's an injury he said he'shad hundreds of times while fishing.
But, his hand began to swell? with large black blisters. Usual antibiotics weren't working. So,Walton drove himself to an emergency room, where doctors told him he needed surgery or he might lose his arm or worse.
?They said in a few hours, this would have gone up my arm into my chest and I wouldn?t have been here. There was no saving me,? Walton told Florida's FOX 13.
Doctors considered amputating his arm, but were able to remove the bacteria from skin tissue between his elbow and the palm of his hand, he said.
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"I got real lucky on this one," he told WFTS.
The flesh-eating infection,necrotizing fasciitis, is rare and can be deadly. Bacteria that causes it can enter the body through even small breaks in the skin and spreads quickly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Walton, who works in construction, said this injury won't stop him from fishing in the future.
"I want to go right now,"he said."It ain't going to slow me down. It's one thing I enjoy."
Doctors told Walton the infection is contained, he said, but he'll likely need to be on antibiotics for another month, and require additional weeks to heal.
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Minor cut leads to flesh-eating infection on Florida man's hand. Black blisters were sign something was very wrong
ASHLEY MAY | USA TODAY | 10 hours ago
Learn the signs and treatment of the rare disease "necrotizing fasciitis."
USA TODAY
A Florida man said he is lucky to be alive after a minor prick from a fishing hook led to a life-threatening, flesh-eating bacterial infection.
Fisherman Mike Walton caught his hand in a fishing hookin the Gulf of Mexico days ago, and didn't think much of it, he told Tampa Bay's WFTS. It's an injury he said he'shad hundreds of times while fishing.
But, his hand began to swell? with large black blisters. Usual antibiotics weren't working. So,Walton drove himself to an emergency room, where doctors told him he needed surgery or he might lose his arm or worse.
?They said in a few hours, this would have gone up my arm into my chest and I wouldn?t have been here. There was no saving me,? Walton told Florida's FOX 13.
Doctors considered amputating his arm, but were able to remove the bacteria from skin tissue between his elbow and the palm of his hand, he said.
More: Woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after using neti pot with filtered tap water
More: Man died 'horror-movie' death from flesh-eating bacteria
More: Woman dies from 'flesh-eating' bacteria after eating oysters
"I got real lucky on this one," he told WFTS.
The flesh-eating infection,necrotizing fasciitis, is rare and can be deadly. Bacteria that causes it can enter the body through even small breaks in the skin and spreads quickly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Walton, who works in construction, said this injury won't stop him from fishing in the future.
"I want to go right now,"he said."It ain't going to slow me down. It's one thing I enjoy."
Doctors told Walton the infection is contained, he said, but he'll likely need to be on antibiotics for another month, and require additional weeks to heal.
More: 'Flesh-eating bacteria' case: Meet the Delaware man who survived Vibrio vulnificus
Follow Ashley May on Twitter: @AshleyMayTweets
View | 21 Photos
The world?s most colorful cities and towns
Originally Published 14 hours ago
Updated 10 hours ago
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