http://www.livescience.com/59353-tattoo-flesh-eating-bacteria.html
A 31-year-old man died after he went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico and his tattoo became infected with flesh-eating bacteria that live in ocean water, according to a new report.
The man had recently gotten a tattoo on his right calf. Despite the common advice to avoid swimming for a few weeks after getting a new tattoo, the man went for a swim in the ocean just five days after he received the tattoo, according to the report, published [DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220199] [DX] May 27 in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
A few days later, he developed a fever and chills, and his skin became red over his tattoo and on other parts of his legs. Soon after the man arrived at the hospital, the red, painful lesions on his legs turned purple, and he developed large blisters filled with fluid.
Also at CNN:
To make matters worse, the man had chronic liver disease from drinking six 12-ounce beers a day.
Jesus is my life.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:00PM (2 children)
I agree with the first part.
Yes, it is sickening that our understanding remains so rudimentary and from what I can tell all plans are to keep it that way. I put the blame 99% on poor research practices.
I would agree that when practicing medicine many doctors are doing the best they can under the circumstances. I disagree that having memorized factoids mean you "know what you are talking about". Computers are much better at such tasks than humans and they have no understanding at all.
A properly functioning science works to distill all these factoids into a set of "laws" that are more or less always followed. It is in devising these laws that an understanding occurs. Medical practice will remain in a pre-scientific stone age since medical research quality is so low (enter the excuses about it being "so complex").
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @02:21PM (1 child)
What has happened? Did SN get invaded by all the edgy teens? Is the dog whistling here carrying that far?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @03:10PM
"Edgy teen"? I'll add that to the list: "methodological terrorist", "research parasite", etc. There were few others I'm not remembering at the moment. It is amazing what this type of person comes up with to avoid doing science.