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Right Leg Amputated Due To Infection, Fluid Filled Absess, Scraped The End, Results Showed Infection
Hi my name is kathy , i am 55 years old and I do not smoke, on october 4th of last year I had to have my right leg amputated due to a bacterial infection. Aug 22nd after an mri they found a fluid filled absess (infected). during the surgery he didnt have to cut any moire leg off but he did scrape the end off. the test results for the shavings of bone from the end of my stump showed bacterial iunfection. why after almost a year?
Fri, 4 Oct 2013
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The history of yours is clearly suggestive of bacterial infection even before the amputation, it means there is vulnerability of infection, and this might be the cause the complete eradication of infection is really needed, have nice day.
Thank for choosing HCM
The history of yours is clearly suggestive of bacterial infection even before the amputation, it means there is vulnerability of infection, and this might be the cause the complete eradication of infection is really needed, have nice day.
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