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Man dies from flesh-eating bacteria after swimming with new tattoo
Fox News ^ | 6/1/2017

Posted on 06/02/2017 1:27:03 PM PDT by sodpoodle

A 31-year-old man died after he reportedly ignored warnings about swimming after getting a new tattoo and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria infection in the Gulf of Mexico. The unidentified man, whose case was detailed in the British Medical Journal, had gotten a tattoo on his right calf five days prior to swimming, Metro reported.

The man had chosen a crucifix and pair of praying hands for his latest ink, and began suffering from fever, chills and a rash close to the tattoo after swimming, the news outlet reported. He reportedly developed sepsis in his right calf, which had turned purple by the time he was admitted to the hospital.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: risks; tattoos
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I will never understand the tattoo fad at all. The irony of his choice of a crucifix and praying hands is sobering.
1 posted on 06/02/2017 1:27:03 PM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: sodpoodle

He didn’t have a prayer.


2 posted on 06/02/2017 1:28:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: sodpoodle

Stupid should hurt.

Maybe not kill the dummy. But this time it did.


3 posted on 06/02/2017 1:28:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Interesting how in a general, bland MSM article they chose to mention “years of alcohol abuse.”

Must have been quite some abuse...


4 posted on 06/02/2017 1:29:59 PM PDT by PGR88
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What will the snowflakes do when the fad dies out and they are stuck with a tattoo that is “so yesterday”?


5 posted on 06/02/2017 1:32:11 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: PGR88

Good point, since he was only 31 years old.


6 posted on 06/02/2017 1:33:48 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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7 posted on 06/02/2017 1:34:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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To: sodpoodle

I didn’t know that tattoos could swim.


8 posted on 06/02/2017 1:34:17 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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The irony of his choice of a crucifix and praying hands is sobering.

Especially when you consider the prohibition on tattoos in the Bible.

9 posted on 06/02/2017 1:34:38 PM PDT by montag813
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Large doses of intravenous vitamin C heals patients with sepsis. Remember that if you have a loved one with sepsis and the doctors tell you they have tried everything. Doctors that have done this have had remarkable success and have substantially reduced the mortality rate..


10 posted on 06/02/2017 1:34:46 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: rdl6989

Welcome to my life, tattoo
I’m a man now, thanks to you
I expect I’ll regret you
But the skin graft man won’t get you
You’l be there when I die
Tattoo

-The Who


11 posted on 06/02/2017 1:35:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rdl6989

“A” tattoo? I work with many young couriers who are covered with them. Not a good look as one ages, IMO.


12 posted on 06/02/2017 1:36:23 PM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: rdl6989

Tattoo removal, especially black or dark, is pretty straight forward.


13 posted on 06/02/2017 1:36:33 PM PDT by sagar
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What will the snowflakes do when the fad dies out and they are stuck with a tattoo that is “so yesterday”?

Interestingly enough, more money is spent on getting tattoos removed than is spent on getting them. As for me, I've always considered tattoos as a permanent reminder of a passing fad, gotten by those who want to express their individuality by doing the same thing as everyone else.

14 posted on 06/02/2017 1:36:49 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Mat_Helm

Thanks for tip.


15 posted on 06/02/2017 1:37:23 PM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: sodpoodle
My opinion of tattoos


16 posted on 06/02/2017 1:41:58 PM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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I will never understand the tattoo fad at all.

I don't get it either. Especially on women. Just looks gross.

17 posted on 06/02/2017 1:42:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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I used to have a lot of tats back in the 50s... they came in bubblegum packs and could be washed-off w/ soap & water.


18 posted on 06/02/2017 1:42:56 PM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: Red Badger

Dagnabbit RB - I was just thinking of fixing supper;(

There are some good comments on that site related to the pollution in the Gulf. Most locals will not go in the water.


19 posted on 06/02/2017 1:43:16 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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I will never understand the tattoo fad at all.

They're sheep...Monkey see, monkey do...Ya go into a store and it looks like the circus just arrived in town...All these men and women with these tattoos, they just looks like trashy sh*t, especially on the women...

20 posted on 06/02/2017 1:44:09 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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