Necrotizing cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis are bacterial soft tissue infections that enter through wounds in the skin. Cellulitis is a common infection that occurs when bacteria enter the deeper ...

Share on Pinterest The “Saltburn” actor recently revealed details of his battle with Necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but potentially fatal flesh-eating bacteria.Emma McIntyre/WireImage/Getty Images In ...

From California to Texas and across the country to Florida, a dangerous and potentially deadly infection has seemingly dominated the news this summer: necrotizing fasciitis, colloquially referred to ...

In December, the Crenshaw family came down with the flu. When then 3-year-old Bryson started feeling ill, mom Megan Crenshaw thought he had a bug and gave him some Tylenol. Then Bryson complained of ...

A rare but horrific kind of infection might be on the rise. Gynecologists in the UK have begun to see an alarming increase in people with necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva, a.k.a. the “flesh-eating” ...

Every summer, it seems, your mom texts you a link to a news story about some brain-eating amoeba or infectious bacteria found in a swimming hole or water park. This summer, the concern seems to be ...

Doctors in the U.K. have warned gynecologists of the risks of necrotizing fasciitis in the external genitalia after seeing several cases. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

When new mother Lindsey Hubley returned to the hospital with severe stomach pains a few days after giving birth, she was told it was just constipation and sent home, her lawyer told the Toronto Star ...

Carol Martin died after developing necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh-eating bacteria, after a vacation in Florida. Her infection initially looked like a large pimple—until a biopsy revealed the actual ...

Necrotizing fasciitis is a serious but rare bacterial infection. It is also known as a flesh-eating disease. Early signs and symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis include flu-like symptoms, severe pain in ...