A deadly bacteria is sweeping along the East Coast

[Mike Wehner]

• A species of flesh-eating bacteria is popping up with increasing regularity in the Carolinas.
• The bacteria can infect through contact with water sources, easily taking root via small cuts or sores.
• The bacteria can kill within days, or cause severe pain even if it's not fatal.

Taking a quick dip in a river or creek is a nice way to spend a warm afternoon, and rarely would you imagine that hopping into some seemingly freshwater could result in severe sickness or death days later. For an increasing number of very unfortunate people in North and South Carolina, that's become a troubling reality.

Reports out of the Carolinas reveal that the prevalence of a bacteria called Vibrio is increasing steadily and has been over the past decade or more. A person can become infected after swimming in or touching water that is contaminated with the bacteria, but it's what the bacteria does once it's in your body that is truly frightening.

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