June 14, 2015

Endocrine: A deadly flesh-eating bacteria is causing panic on Florida beaches | State Column

http://www.statecolumn.com/2015/06/flesh-eating-bacteria-is-invading-florida-beaches/

That's because last year, Vibrio vulnificus caused 32 cases of infection in 2014, and about 85 percent of those cases happen in the summer and into the fall as beaches get ever more crowded based on statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as reported by Fox News.

This nasty little infection wreaks havoc on the body and can cause death. It is mostly caused by the consumption of raw shellfish and sometimes enters through open wounds in the water. Once inside, it causes things like vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, sepsis, and death.