Kavita, 32, was cleaning an infected wound on her right thigh when she made the discovery She told the Hindustan Times she remembered she had an injury in the same place when she was just 12 years old ...

A fishing trip led to years of pain for UK mom Michelle Milton, who says she is “sick of spending my life in the hospital” and wants doctors to amputate her infected leg Michelle Milton/SWNS UK mom of ...

Jacob Butler had inches of skin and muscle removed from his leg after contracting necrotising fasciitis following an accident at a lake in Cheshire ...

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FARIDABAD, India (WKRC) - While treating an infected wound, a 32-year-old woman reportedly discovered a bullet that had been lodged in her leg for 20 years. The woman, 32-year-old Kavita, was cleaning ...

Although humans may think we are alone in creating antibiotics, there is a species of ant that secretes an especially powerful one—no pharma lab required. The Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) of ...

The International Wound Infection Institute has recently updated its guidance and now recommends using the term ‘microbial’, rather than ‘bacterial’, when discussing wound infection. It has also ...

A pensioner died from an infection caused when her granddaughter’s affectionate dog licked a wound on her leg, an inquest has heard. June Baxter, 83, had used a personal alarm to summon help after a ...

A UK mom has undergone 55 surgeries after a small scratch on her leg developed a serious infection — and now, she wants doctors to amputate her leg. When Michelle Milton went out for a fishing trip ...

Kavita, who is from Faridabad, India, was cleaning an infected wound on her leg when she discovered the bullet on Sunday, Jan. 4 Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in ...