Lerwick woman spreading awareness of necrotising fasciitis
Sylvia Halcrow, from Lerwick, is spreading awareness of necrotising fasciitis after fighting the disease in an eight-day coma.
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Sylvia Halcrow, from Lerwick, is spreading awareness of necrotising fasciitis after fighting the disease in an eight-day coma.
A woman who was scratched by her bra's underwire was left in an eight-day coma after flesh-eating bacteria attacked her boob.
Never in a million years did Sylvia Halcrow think her underwired bra could do so much damage. But a small scratch was enough to leave her fighting for her life in hospital...
What was initially a minor scratch from a bra left a woman from Shetland fighting for her life infected with 'flesh eating disease, and having to be flown to the mainland by helicopter for emergency surgery.
When Sylvia Halcrow's bra scratched her breast, she didn't think about it.