DOCTORS have shared a man's incredible transformation after his face was ravaged by a flesh-eating bug. Terry had recently suffered from a tooth infection , which, within days, morphed into a disease which ate away at his face, making his eye bulge. 6 Terry's tooth infection morphed into a flesh-eating disease which spread across his face (Terry before surgery) Credit: Really UK 6 After doctors removed the infection he made a full recovery (Terry post-surgery) Credit: Really UK He was rushed to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where doctors were in a race against time to remove the potentially fatal infection from the dad's face.
“Tooth infections can be really dangerous because if it spreads into the eye socket, he could lose his vision", said maxillofacial surgeon Shadi Basyuni. "In addition, he could be left with significant disfigurement". Moments before the operation, eye surgeon Cornelius Rene stressed the situation's urgency.
"If we left this any longer, he could rapidly go into multi-organ failure so his lungs could pack up, his kidneys could pack up, and this actually has quite a high mortality rate," he explained. During the op, Shadi can be seen removing pus from Tony's face to relieve the strain on Terry’s bulging eye. “The priority here is not aesthetics I’m afraid, it’s trying to get as much of this infection out," he said.
"If it spreads into his bloodstream, he could get more generally unwell, and we call that sepsis, which can be life-threaten.
