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Woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria, Husband blames delayed diagnosis
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:34 am
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:34 am
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An Indianapolis woman died Saturday after she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria during a vacation to Florida but her husband believes she would still be alive today if doctors diagnosed her earlier.
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However, after the family returned from their trip, Carol noticed she had a sore on her buttock.
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"She had like a pimple come up on her right butt cheek. She said it was kind of painful," Richard Martin said.
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Martin said his wife went to the doctor’s office twice to get the sore checked out. Both times she was sent home with antibiotics and a heating pad.
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"They finally decided to do a biopsy of the area after the third trip. That's when they found out it was the flesh eating virus, bacteria," Richard Martin said.
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After she was released from the hospital, Carol died at home.
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“She made me lunch; I kissed her goodbye to go to work. I come home early in the morning and found her passed away,” Martin said.
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Martin said he believes his wife may have contracted the infection from the Florida hotel’s hot tub.
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:36 am to DemonKA3268
2 things...
1.That’s fricking awful
2.Florida
1.That’s fricking awful
2.Florida
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:37 am to DemonKA3268
Lots of cases of this going on in the gulf in recent years. I know it says hot tub but that shite seems to be spreading
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:38 am to DemonKA3268
She made him lunch on her death watch? Now that’s a real woman.
RIP beautiful lady.
RIP beautiful lady.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:43 am to DemonKA3268
Tragic, but it's not clear the doctors did anything wrong.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:44 am to TDcline
Or the husband killed her and this is a cover up.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:44 am to DemonKA3268
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Martin said he believes his wife may have contracted the infection from the Florida hotel’s hot tub.
Public hot tub's are some of the nastiest things around.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:48 am to JOJO Hammer
hotel hot tubs.
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:50 am to DemonKA3268
Doctors aren't perfect.
Sad case though.
Sad case though.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:51 am to DemonKA3268
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flesh eating virus, bacteria
Is that like super AIDS?
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:53 am to Goldrush25
quote:The antibiotic and heating pad diagnosis screams lazy, possible negligent practice though.
Doctors aren't perfect.
Sad case though.
Not necessarily, but it is like the highlights of a lazy diagnosis
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:53 am to Spock's Eyebrow
quote:Misdiagnosis maybe but that happens way more than reported.
Tragic, but it's not clear the doctors did anything wrong.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:56 am to DemonKA3268
quote:True. Was it a misdiagnosis due to the nature of medicine not being a perfect science, or was it a misdiagnosis because the physician was lazy and prescribed an antibiotic and sent her on her merry way
Misdiagnosis maybe
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Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:58 am to DemonKA3268
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"She had like a pimple come up on her right butt cheek. She said it was kind of painful,"
Oh dear Lord, all the dancers at Kittens are gonna die!!! Somebody get them to a doctor!
Posted on 5/11/18 at 9:59 am to lsupride87
quote:I sure don't know but the one treatment cures all method isn't the way to go.
True. Was it a misdiagnosis due to the mature of medicine not being a perfect science, or was it a misdiagnosis because the physician was lazy and prescribed an antibiotic and sent her on her merry way
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:05 am to DemonKA3268
quote:Some physcicians are terrible
I sure don't know but the one treatment cures all method isn't the way to go.
I hope Scruffy comes in this thread so he can see how bad this physician was
Brought my kid into the clinic in Orange Beach while on vacation because he had a wheeze when he was breathing in. I figured no big deal since he was still playing, but might as well bring him in
Physician diagnosed him with bronchitis and gave him antibitics to treat it
When we returned home, we followed up with his primary pedectrician
The pedetreician called the DR from Orange Beach a dumbass POS basically
Said 1. Wheezing on the inhale is not a sign of bronchitis usually. 2. Young children rarely get full fledge bronchitis. 3. THe main kicker, even if it was bronchitis treating it with antibiotics is beyond dumb
my kid had simple croup
We have become conditioned to trust physicians, but alot of them are simple idiots like every other type of human
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:05 am to DemonKA3268
Story didn't say how the bacteria progressed.
No way she died from it just being on her butt I'm assuming. Did it eat away a large portion of her skin or does it go internal?
Can't put together a timeline with the limited facts. I'm guessing maybe two months from noticing the spot to death?
Anyone familiar with necrotizing fasciitis?
No way she died from it just being on her butt I'm assuming. Did it eat away a large portion of her skin or does it go internal?
Can't put together a timeline with the limited facts. I'm guessing maybe two months from noticing the spot to death?
Anyone familiar with necrotizing fasciitis?
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:07 am to JOJO Hammer
Avoid warm water if you've got any kind of open wound. That tends to be the culprit.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:08 am to i am dan
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Story didn't say how the bacteria progressed. No way she died from it just being on her butt I'm assuming. Did it eat away a large portion of her skin or does it go internal?
I find it incredibly difficult to believe a person is being killed by flesh eating bacteria but wakes up and makes lunch for her husband the same day she passes away.
Posted on 5/11/18 at 10:10 am to lsupride87
My brother came down with Gilliam Barre Syndrome last month and the doctors missed his diagnosis twice. First visit they gave him pain meds only. Didn't improve and he went back. By this time, he was paralyzed from the waist down and still in tremendous pain. He was on the verge of having a heart attack due to blood pressure from the weeks of extreme pain and no sleep. They ran tests on him for 5 days and still couldn't figure it out.
Another doctor in the area was brought in and recognized it right off the bat.
He went 23 days undiagnosed. Went from 180 pounds to 150 in a few weeks. Brother is considering suing.
The longer you go without treatment, the longer the recovery (up to three years to fully recover on extreme cases).
Another doctor in the area was brought in and recognized it right off the bat.
He went 23 days undiagnosed. Went from 180 pounds to 150 in a few weeks. Brother is considering suing.
The longer you go without treatment, the longer the recovery (up to three years to fully recover on extreme cases).
This post was edited on 5/11/18 at 10:13 am
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