13 health checks every man needs
13 health checks every man needs
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This Woman Died From Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Sex-Related Injury
A strange death from necrotising fasciitis—more commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria—is the subject of a UK judicial inquiry, as officials seek to understand whether doctors could’ve done more to save the life of 23-year-old Katie Widdowson.
Widdowson, who passed away on January 2, may have contracted the bacteria after being tied up by her boyfriend during a late-night “sex game” following a New Year’s Eve party, per the Daily Mail. The next day, Widdowson went to the hospital to receive help for pain she was suffering in her left wrist. The doctor dismissed it as a mere sprain until she came back the next day, her arm rendered completely useless by the bacteria. She suffered a heart attack while being taken to the hospital by emergency workers.
It isn’t certain that the sex was what led to Widdowson contracting the bacteria, but it was presented as one of the possibilities.
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“The first thing was it could have been caused by trauma to the wrist by falling on the stairs leading up to her flat,” her mother said. “The next could have been a tiny cut from when she entertained the baby by diving into hedges and things like that. And the third thing was the sex game.”
However, while the details of this story are still being parsed, here are three, bizarre deaths that were absolutely, tragically linked to sex.
