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...bacteria leads to a wide variety of bacterial pathologies, from fatal pulmonary infections to painful skin burns. Blood infection, infection of the heart valves, infection of the lungs, meningitis (invasion of the spinal cord), osteomyelitis (infection of bone marrow), septic arthritis and perinephric abscess may also result. Many of these conditions can lead to death...
...year-old woman died of natural causes but in agony nonetheless. She had suffered from arthritis, osteoporosis and malnutrition; her teeth were rotten; and an improperly set broken leg had led to a huge bone abscess. The infant, probably a girl, was malnourished too. Her last weeks had been marked by spinal meningitis and a brain inflammation. The man had been sedentary and overweight; his death at around 50 was sudden, perhaps from a heart attack...
...turned out, I did, because I wrote a letter to a local newspaper, and that does make a statement. Many media people said, "You are so naive." I really had not anticipated the reaction to the editorial I wrote. I have been amazed. It is like an abscess that has been festering for years. It's been getting bigger and bigger. What I did was throw a scalpel at it and opened it. Now there is pus running all over the floor. What I have done, I hope, is help others open up a dialogue about this...
RECOVERING. Gary Coleman, 15, cheeky child star of television's Different Strokes; from an abscess around the site of his 1973 kidney transplant; in Los Angeles. The problem was discovered while he awaited a second donated kidney; the first is failing. Coleman suffers from nephritis, a congenital kidney ailment, and until a year ago took drugs that inhibited the disease (and stunted his growth; he is now 4 ft. 2 in.). When he is well enough, he will try again for a new transplant...
...complete workup on a cat, with blood and other tests, can cost $100. Owner Dr. William H. Sullivan, 37, like many vets, credits the cat's fabled healing power for its customary good health. The skin of the cat heals so fast that one common complaint is abscess: the skin is repaired before the infection beneath has cleared up. "Cats make animal surgeons look good," says Sullivan. One other advantage in treating felines: cat owners, say some vets, pay their bills more readily than dog owners...