Florida man almost loses hand to rare 'flesh-eating' bacteria after being pricked by fishing hook

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Florida man almost loses hand to rare 'flesh-eating' bacteria after being pricked by fishing hook
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'When you look down and you can see your own tendons, the back of your hand and your bone going up your arm, that makes it real,' Mike Walton said.

A Florida man has been hospitalized by a rare"flesh-eating" bacterial infection he contracted on a fishing trip over the weekend.

Walton told ABC News:"I had like little blisters starting to form on my hand and you could watch like sweat beads coming up on side of the hand, and then they just turned black.” The person can also experience vomiting and diarrhea. If left untreated, the infection can cause sepsis and organ failure. Treatments include a combination of surgery to cut away the infected tissue—which can result in amputations—and a course of antibiotics.

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