[SavageGlow]

Student Nearly Died From Flesh-Eating Infection By Not Cleaning Insulin Pump

Case Report:

A woman who did not clean her insulin pump as advised contracted a fungus that put her in a coma for a month and even killed her temporarily.

Carolina Bowen, 20, from South Carolina, has type one diabetes and did not wipe her insulin pump with an alcohol swab. She was taken to hospital with Rhizopus oryzae infection – a deadly fungus typically found in dirt and decaying matter.

She has lost most function in her arm and her muscles to atrophy after her nerves in her armpit and shoulder down to her elbow were cut out.

After over a year, Carolina said that her kidneys have mainly healed and her respiratory system is good again, the only issue being her left arm.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Damn. Dirt doesn’t mess around.

[Elizabeth76]

My kids getting an insulin pump next month, this freaks me out!
Time to buy alcohol swabs by the case.

[jenna_live]

Yikes. Hard lessons learned