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A 31-year-old man from Texas died after contracting flesh-eating bacteria through a new leg tattoo while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. According to a paper published in the medical journal BMJ Case Reports, the patient – who was only identified as a Hispanic man – was admitted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas with severe pain in both legs and feet. He also had fever, chills, and a reddening over his tattoo and other areas of his skin. The man had gotten the tattoo on his calf of an illustration of a cross and hands in prayer with the words “Jesus is my life” written in cursive. Five days later, he decided to go for a swim. A cardinal rule of getting inked with a new tattoo is to keep it covered and clean and avoid soaking it in any type of water – including swimming. It’s unclear from the report whether the patient was aware of these instructions. Three days after the swim, he went to the hospital complaining of severe pain and redness and irritation over and around his tattoo. “Within the first 12 to 24 hours his pain and discoloration in the leg advanced and developed what’s called bullae or fluid-filled blisters,” lead author Nicholas Hendren, M.D., 금산출장업소 an internal medicine resident at Parkland Health & Hospital System and UT Southwestern Medical Center, told CBS...
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