Man's rare throat infection leads to amputations of hands and feet, AsiaOne World News according to : asiaone

But for one man, his strep throat infection was so devastating that it cost him his hands and feet, and nearly his life. The team "worked around the clock minute by minute for the next several days trying to keep him alive and get him home to his family," Dr Steensma said. The missing piece of the puzzle was found when Dr Steensma learned that Breen's son had recently contracted strep throat and passed it on to his dad. After more checks and lab tests, they finally found he had streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, a severe and rare illness associated with a streptococcal infection. The normally healthy and active man had to be admitted to hospital where his stomach ballooned and hardened.




"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.


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