A 70-year-old woman nearly lost her hand after contracting flesh-eating bacteria while fishing with her husband on Alabama’s Gulf Coast last week. HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK KILLS 3 IN WASHINGTON, SICKENS 2 OTHERS“They removed a lot of tissue from her hand and forearm,” the woman’s husband told Gulf Coast News Today. “With all things considered, when you look at the statistics, the doctors keep telling us she’s a miracle,” her husband told Gulf Coast News Today. While the woman did not enter the water for swimming, she did reach in to pull her catch out of the bay, according to Gulf Coast News Today. “If you have a situation that weakens your immune system or you have existing cuts or abrasions be aware that does raise your risk of bacterial infection,” she told Gulf Coast News Today.

Source: Fox News July 07, 2017 14:26 UTC