Woman gives birth; doctors cut off all her limbs by mistake

[Japher]

if there was ever a throw up smiley...

[mrmitchell]

Originally posted by rah


That was prince charles.

It must be more of that "British Humour".

(Or maybe just "our royals have become inbred freaks!")

[Last Conformist]

He said on the phone to Camilla Parker-whatever that he wanted to be her tampon, and someone thoughtfully taped it.

[Ecthy]

Charles is so inbred he's his own father.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid


Isn't it Staphylococcus bacteria that cause this?
Anyway, my guess is that the bugs settle down inside the nice cozy tampon where they can live a happy life, feeding on menstrual blood while being relatively protected from the immune system

A small minority of TSS cases are caused by strains of group A Streptococcus.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
Holy ****!

[Dis]

Originally posted by Asher

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-flesh2106jan21,0,7773695.story?coll=orl-news-headlines-seminole

As I suspected, this thread is bull****.

It was not a mistake, it was an infection. She was given the choice to amputate or not, she was not confused and it was not done without her permission.

Local American TV stations.
Gullible Americans.

hmm, maybe I am gullible. I usually consider myself very skeptical. You know, like the most skeptical family in america commercials that the cell phone company runs.

[Sikander]

You can't hug your baby with nuclear arms. In fact, you can't hug him at all.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Winston
I still think it is. You hardly ever hear of this type of infection occurring outside hospitals.

Did she have any visitors ?

Varieties of streptococcus (and staphylococcus) inhabit our bodies; it's possible she was given the bug by a visitor.

Streptococcal skin infections

Streptococci ('strep') are bacteria that are commonly found harmlessly living in the human respiratory, gut and genitourinary systems. Several species are capable of causing disease in humans, including skin diseases. Skin diseases due to direct infection with streptococcus include:

Impetigo
Ecthyma
Cellulitis
Erysipelas
Necrotising fasciitis

http://dermnetnz.org/bacterial/streptococcal-disease.html

It was interesting to speak to my partner's aunt, a retired nurse- she said that in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, nurses routinely carried out some or all of the cleaning duties now done by contractors, basic tasks such as dusting every day, cleaning with alcohol and carbolic soap, and so forth.

How do people get group A strep infections?

Group A strep bacteria are spread by direct person-to-person contact. The bacteria are carried in discharges from the nose or throat of an infected person and in infected wounds or sores on the skin. The bacteria are usually spread when infected secretions come in contact with the mouth, nose, or eyes of an uninfected person. They can also enter the body through a cut or scrape.

The risk of spreading the infection is highest when an infected person is ill or has an infected wound. Infected persons who have no symptoms are much less contagious. Household objects like plates, cups, and toys do not play a major role in the spread of group A strep.

Group A strep can also cause more serious illnesses such as scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, postpartum fever, wound infections, and pneumonia.

Occasionally, a deadly type of group A strep bacteria can invade the blood, muscle and fat tissue, or lungs and cause a serious and often life-threatening type of infection called invasive group A strep. Two rare, but very severe, forms of invasive group A strep infections are necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.

http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/strepa.html

So... post partum fever then perhaps toxic shock and/or necrotizing fasciitis ?

[Sikander]

Necrotising Fascists :d:

[Saras]

Impetigo
Ecthyma
Cellulitis
Erysipelas
Necrotising fasciitis

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