The cause of death was reportedly "necrotizing fasciitis of the external genitalia." Necrotizing fasciitis, better known as "flesh eating disease," is an infection that kills a body's soft tissue.

"It is not some Disney story of just triumph and resilience, it was really hard," Smith tells PEOPLE about his recovery ...

Smith developed necrotizing fasciitis that resulted in sepsis. Doctors said at the time that they were working to save his life — and then his leg. Some 17 surgeries later, the athlete fully ...

Fournier gangrene is a type of necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterial infection that destroys soft tissue. Symptoms often start ...

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a life-threatening bacterial infection causing necrosis of the fascia, underlying skin, and vasculature. NF spreads rapidly, making immediate diagnosis important for ...

Nursing interventions involve recognizing those patients at risk, reporting these suspicions to the health care provider, monitoring patient vital signs and laboratory values, providing frequent ...

Medas was battling a severe case of necrotizing pancreatitis and was in ICU for nearly two weeks prior to his death. Floribama Shore alum Kirk Medas passed away from liver failure.(Instagram ...

However, strep A can also have much worse outcomes, including sepsis, toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis, which is a flesh-eating bacterial infection. "Not all group A strep are the ...

Nothing stops me in my tracks faster than a flare up of plantar fasciitis—or the deep (and frustrating) pain caused by inflammation of the thick band of tissue that runs along the bottom of the ...

Nearly half a century after a young California woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a carton of cigarettes has led to an arrest. Willie Eugene Sims was arrested in Jefferson ...