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[–] carnold03 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

"While packing up their boat out of Assawoman Bay, Mike entered the water with an open sore on his leg. By Tuesday, the 67-year-old knew something was wrong. “I said, ‘What’s the matter?’ He said, ‘I don’t feel good. I’m throwing up,'” his wife said. Vomiting turned into agonizing pain in his leg. It landed him in the hospital, where his legs swelled up and his kidneys started to fail. Marcia Funk says doctors told her that her husband contracted vibrio vulnificus."

The lesson I'm taking away from this is to never enter water without making sure any and all injuries to your skin have long since healed. Especially if your immune system is weakened in any way.