"There was a pretty big chance I could have died," Shelby Smith told Fox 6. "Either buckle under the pressure or I can pick myself up and make a new normal," Smith told Fox 6 of her missing fingers. A Tennessee woman who nearly died after a rare strep throat infection said she feels lucky to have escaped missing only a few fingers and toes after reading a similar story about a Michigan patient last week. "I'd say this is one of the most life-threatening illnesses that we see as far as bacterial infection," King told Fox 6. Dr. Jeffry King, Smith's doctor, told Fox 6 that her case was extremely rare, with only a few hundred reported in the U.S. each year.
Woman loses several fingers, toes to rare strep throat infection
(Source: WATE via CNN)Shelby Smith lost six fingers and two toes after surviving a rare, life-threatening case of strep throat. Shelby Smith lost six fingers and two toes after surviving a rare, life-threatening case of strep throat. Smith's case followed that of a father of three in Michigan, who had a quadruple amputation after a similar strep throat infection. (Source: WATE via CNN)KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE/CNN) -- A Tennessee woman feels lucky to be alive after surviving a rare strain of strep throat. Dr. Jeffry King, one of Smith's doctors, said she had a very aggressive form of the strep throat bacteria.collected by :Lucy William
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