Man discovers his tooth ache is actually a life-threatening flesh-eating disease that is spreading up a his face and into his eye leading to blindness WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Terry, 65, features in Really's brand-new programme The Face Doctors READ MORE: Man left with 'elephant's trunk' nose after having two tumours removed says he looks 'better than ever' after doctors reconstructed his face By Eleanor Dye Published: 21:16, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 21:19, 22 May 2024 e-mail View comments This is the gruesome moment a man's tooth infection turned into a life-threatening flesh-eating disease. Terry, from Suffolk, features in Really's brand-new programme The Face Doctors, which follows patients undergoing life-changing surgery and cutting-edge treatment to rebuild and repair their faces. In episode two of the show Terry, 65, visits experts at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with an infected eyeball as doctors race against the clock to save not only his eye, but also his life.
What started as a tooth ache is diagnosed by frightened doctors as aggressive flesh-eating disease necrotising fasciitis - which can cause organ failure and has a high mortality rate. After the pus is removed from his eyelid, Terry is rushed into surgery with Addenbrooke's specialists, eye surgeon Cornelius Rene and facial surgeon Malcolm Cameron. Terry, 65, is diagnosed with flesh-eating disease necrotising fasciitis in the latest episode of Really's The Face Doctors Terry visits experts at Addenbrooke'.
