Deadly Bacteria Risk
By Richard Seale
Editors note: This article does not contain medical advice and was not written by
a medical professional. It is an account of actual events verified by the author, and is
presented here for information purposes only. Always seek the advice of a physician
or other qualified health provider with any questions you have regarding a medical
condition. If you think you have a medical emergency, call your doctor, go to the
emergency department or call 911 immediately.
We were up in Belhaven and our neighbor had been with a bunch of long-term
buddies who went to Oak Island annually for a guys’ fishing trip. On Tuesday
morning they bought some live crabs for a crab boil as they normally did. In
handling the crabs into the pot, one of the guys was bitten by a crab on the top joint
of his finger. It was a “normal” small-puncture crab claw bite wound, and he did not
regard it or treat it as anything unusual or serious.
By that evening, during a card game, the man said his arm hurt a little. On
Wednesday his arm hurt enough he did not fish but he sent the others out to fish.
Wednesday night he did not feel good enough to play cards. Thursday morning he
had gotten up during the night and was sleeping in a recliner. The others prepared
breakfast and when called, the sleeper would not awaken.
A couple of guys went to roust him, but when he finally responded, he was very
lethargic and had unclear speech. They checked his pulse and it was very weak and
slow. Fearing a stroke, they called EMS who came quickly and got him to Hanover
Regional Medical Center. By 10 a.m., the doctors treating the man came to the
waiting friends and told them the man had been infected by Vibrio vulnificus
bacteria, which is flesh-eating bacteria that is common in warm waters and on and
in warm water animals like oysters and crabs, and even fish spines. The bacteria can
enter the human body via an open cut front something like a crab bite or a cut from
stepping on an oyster shell. Once in a human blood stream, the bacteria are in the
perfect medium and at the right temperature to multiply with exponential ferocity.
The men learned that their friend had waited much too long to seek medical
attention when his arm started to hurt. The doctors said that the disease in their
friend was the worst they had seen, and went on say that his chances for survival
were slim, even if they employed the drastic medical measure of amputating his
arm. So a casual fishing trip had morphed into a fight for life due to a crab bite,
ail within 48 hours. The battle went on through the night, but at 4 am on Friday,
June 15, the man died.
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Patterson of Atlantic Wealth Management located at 712 Bridges Street, Morehead
City, NC 28557. Mr. Patterson can he reached at 515-7800 dr greg@myatlanticwealth.
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