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19.07.2023 - 08:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots woman was left in an eight-day coma after a deadly flesh-eating bug attacked her boob - caused by a scratch from her bra. Sylvia Halcrow believes the metal in her underwire bra caused an injury which developed into a dangerous bacterial infection called necrotising fasciitis.
After attending her local GP and being given painkillers, the 53-year-old civil servant rushed herself A&E when her condition deteriorated. Doctors did days of tests on an abscess on her right breast before she was diagnosed with the disease and told her organs had started shutting down, she said.
She had surgery and woke from an induced coma eight days later with some of her breast removed, and a 15-inch scar running from her ribs to under her arm. Sylvia, from Lerwick, Shetland, is now back at work.
She said: "I came very close to not surviving it at all so I'm very grateful indeed. It's scary to think this was caused by my bra.
"I've swapped to a different style now without under-wiring just in case. It's hard having so much of my breast removed, it doesn't always look very nice, especially in summery dresses. But the main thing is that I'm alive and here to tell the tale."
Sylvia's ordeal began in May 2022 when she noticed a lump on her breast which quickly turned into a "painful abscess". Over a few days it became more painful despite her taking an antibiotic prescription from her doctor.
"I just knew something wasn't right and so I took myself to A&E, I was in so much pain," she said. "When I walked in the nurse looked at me and rushed me straight though.
"I was totally grey in the face. It was really scary. They did lots of tests and pumped me with medicine and pain relief, but nothing was helping. The doctors were stumped for a few days, I
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