A 52 - year - honest-to-goodness humans in the US has developed a flesh - run through bacterial infection after being burn by a relative during a family get together .

Donnie Adams , from Riverview , Florida , noticed a pain in his left second joint as well as a small elicit bump . According toTampa Bay Times , he assumed that the mark was probably from a few days before when he attempted to break up a fight between family members . He attempt out medical treatment , induce a tetanus shaft and antibiotics .

However , a few days later he returned to hospital in a far more serious place . just able to walk , much of the flesh in Adams ' leg between his genu and groin was rotting .

ecstasy was diagnosed withnecrotizing fasciitis , an infection that can demolish skin as well as fat and muscle in a very light space of fourth dimension . The severe condition , unremarkably called " flesh - eat on disease " , can come in the body through a faulting in the skin . Rapid handling reduce away idle tissue paper and administering antibiotics is primal to treating the disease , which can be fatal .

During surgery , Adams ' medical team had to cut away about 70 percentage of the bod in his thigh , and then somewhat more during a follow - up procedure . Though drastic , it could have been worse .

“ If I would ’ve waited and waited until the next twenty-four hours after our second sojourn there was a chance I would ’ve drop off my ramification , " Adams assure the Tampa Bay Times .

Necrotizing fasciitis is stimulate by several types of bacteria , most - usually group A Streptococcus , according to the USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC ) . It ’s unclear whether Adams ' infection was spread via bacteria pick up direct from the morsel , or whether it got infected afterward . broadly speaking , the status is picked up in cut , scratching , and otherwounds , and it is uncommon to go around from person to person .

Though scarred , Adams has recovered well and can take the air again as normal . The household penis involved in the incident are " sorrowful " , he told the Tampa Bay Times .