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Woman Gets Flesh-Eating Disease From Manicure

  • October 01, 2019

Jayne Sharp, of Knoxville, contracted flesh-eating disease after visiting a nail bar for a manicure. While there, she got stuck on her thumb, and within a few hours, her thumb began to swell and throb and she experienced flu-like symptoms, according to WBIR-TV. Thinking she had the flu, Sharp visited the doctor, but the test was negative. A nurse practitioner called to check on her and when Sharp told her that swelling in her thumb had spread to her arm, the nurse told her to get to the...