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Well, that sounds.....unpleasant
PSA: do not, repeat do NOT Google necrotizing fasciitis or Fournier's gangrene!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When Joy Braziel, 52, noticed an ingrown hair on the right side of her groin, she wasn't concerned.
"We all get ingrown hairs," the New Mexico woman told Insider. She took a few baths in an attempt to draw the hair out, and otherwise avoided "messing with" the pesky bump.
Days later, Braziel was hospitalized with a flesh-eating infection known as Fournier's gangrene - or as she calls it, "the giant exploding crotch."
Fournier's gangrene is a type of necrotizing fasciitis that affects the genital area. The infection is rare, affecting an estimated 97 people a year. Elderly men are most commonly infected, but Braziel said she knows several other women who have had it.
What started as an ingrown hair resulted in multiple hospital stays; an extensive surgery to remove dead flesh; and an eight-inch wide, six-inch deep wound that hasn't entirely healed yet...............
PSA: do not, repeat do NOT Google necrotizing fasciitis or Fournier's gangrene!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When Joy Braziel, 52, noticed an ingrown hair on the right side of her groin, she wasn't concerned.
"We all get ingrown hairs," the New Mexico woman told Insider. She took a few baths in an attempt to draw the hair out, and otherwise avoided "messing with" the pesky bump.
Days later, Braziel was hospitalized with a flesh-eating infection known as Fournier's gangrene - or as she calls it, "the giant exploding crotch."
Fournier's gangrene is a type of necrotizing fasciitis that affects the genital area. The infection is rare, affecting an estimated 97 people a year. Elderly men are most commonly infected, but Braziel said she knows several other women who have had it.
What started as an ingrown hair resulted in multiple hospital stays; an extensive surgery to remove dead flesh; and an eight-inch wide, six-inch deep wound that hasn't entirely healed yet...............
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