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Shereen-Fay Griffin from Crayford in Kent went swimming as usual at a local leisure center in August last year. But just two days later, the 38-year-old's left eye began to itch and hurt. Repeated appointments with the family doctor and ophthalmologist prescribed antibiotic eye drops and steroids. However, the pain worsened and just a few weeks later, in November 2022, she woke up one morning blind in her left eye.

Flesh-eating parasite almost sent me BLIND in one eye… but what’s scarier is where I caught it

By Merry
Vibrio vulnificus is beginning to spread across the United States due to warming ocean temperatures

‘The skin was gone, it was just bone’ Woman, 72, has her leg amputated after catching flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus while swimming off coast of Florida

By Merry
Buruli ulcer cases are on the rise across Victoria

The Situation in Victoria: Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection Spreading

By Jacky
A Texas man in his 30s died after eating raw oysters laced with deadly flesh-eating bacteria.

Texas man in his 30s dies from flesh-eating bacterial infection he caught from eating raw oysters

By Merry
The Florida Department of Health is warning residents to watch out for the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus that could be lurking in floodwaters.

Floridians warned flesh-eating bacteria is lurking in post-hurricane floodwaters – and the pathogen is on the rise across the country

By Merry
Jennifer Barlow, 33, of Atlanta, Georgia, had just returned from a vacation in the Bahamas last January when she felt something was off. Her right knee had swollen to

I was told my swollen leg was a ‘knee sprain’ – it turned out to be a flesh-eating bacteria and I had my limb amputated

By Merry
Washington resident Karen Stevens, 54, began experiencing neck pain four weeks ago and attributed it to muscle strain from her cleaning job.

How a woman’s slight neck strain turned out to be a flesh-eating bacterial infection that spread to her spine and left her paralysed

By Jacky
Flesh-eating bacteria have killed five people in Tampa Bay and authorities have warned residents not to enter the sea with cuts or abrasions on their skin

Five people in Tampa Bay are killed by flesh-eating bacteria as officials warn locals NOT to enter sea with any cuts or grazes on their skin

By Jacky
Shawn Dell (pictured, with his wife Kat) woke up on Sunday feeling ill and his wife called an ambulance when she realized his condition was getting worse

Father nearly dies from flesh-eating bug diseas necrotising fasciitis in North Lakes, Brisbane

By Jacky
A 54-year-old man died of flesh-eating bacteria after consuming raw oysters from The Fruit Stand & Seafood (pictured) in Manchester

Man, 54, dies from flesh-eating bacteria after consuming raw oysters

By Jacky
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