Protecting Yourself: Prevention and Awareness of Flesh-Eating Bacteria

4. More advanced symptoms

In a couple of days, the advanced symptoms of the disease will manifest themselves. These can include swelling accompanied by purple rashes or large, colored marks which will eventually become blisters that contain dark and foul-smelling liquid. Finally, there's the discoloration, flakiness, and peeling as gangrene or tissue death sets in. Aside from these physical symptoms related to the infected area, there could also be a severe drop in the blood pressure, toxic shock, then unconsciousness.