Zip line bacterial infection

Patient Care Devices Surgical and Supplies. ZipLine Medical, a Silicon Valley, California-based medical device company, has published two clinical studies that demonstrate the benefits of its Zip Surgical Skin Closure device. Image: ZipLine Medical publishes two studies on surgical skin closure device. ZipLine Medical stated that the first study revealed that the incisions closed with its Zip surgical skin closure had significantly less bacterial penetration and fewer symptoms associated with surgical site infection SSI compared to sutures.

The zip incisions also showed a lack of inflammation compared to sutured incisions. The study made an attempt at quantifying this gap.

We regret the error. Main Menu U. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Now, year-old Aimee Copeland's parents say a simple cut could end their daughter's life. Much-loved: Aimee's friends and family are praying for her survival and eventual recovery from left - Aimee, mother Donna, father Andy and sister Paige.

He said the family also wanted to make sure a hospital counselor was available to help Miss Copeland once she is informed of her condition. Losing a limb is extremely difficult emotionally, and can be particularly difficult for young people, said Dr.

Nadine Kaslow, chief psychologist at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Doctors at the local emergency room in Carrollton closed the wound she suffered in the zip line accident with nearly two dozen staples, but it became infected within days. On May 4, she was diagnosed with the rare infection and flown miles to Augusta for treatment by specialists at Doctors Hospital. Copeland's father said she faces a long recovery not just from her amputation but also from kidney failure and other organ damage caused by the infection.

She's going to need to learn to use prosthetics. She's going to still be on dialysis for a while. Fun loving: Aimee's father, Andy, says describes her as 'outdoorsy' and a 'lover of people'. Necrotizing fasciitis, more commonly known as 'flesh-eating disease', is a rare but extremely vicious bacterial infection.

The disease develops when the bacteria enters the body, often through a minor cut or scrape. As the bacteria multiply, they release toxins that kill tissue and cut off blood flow to the area. Because it is so virulent, the bacteria spreads rapidly throughout the body. Symptoms include small, red lumps or bumps on the skin, rapidly-spreading bruising, sweating, chills, fever and nausea. Organ failure and shock are also common complications.

Sufferers must be treated immediately to prevent death, and are usually given powerful antibiotics and surgery to remove dead tissue. Amputation can become necessary if the disease spreads through an arm or leg. Patients may undergo skin grafts after the infection has cleared up, to help the healing process or for aesthetic reasons.

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Share this article Share. Much-loved: Aimee's friends and family are praying for her survival and eventual recovery from left - Aimee, mother Donna, father Andy and sister Paige He said the family also wanted to make sure a hospital counselor was available to help Miss Copeland once she is informed of her condition. Share or comment on this article: Flesh eating bacteria: Aimee Copeland now in critical condition after zip line accident e-mail.

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