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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Molly Powell

Mum lost leg to flesh-eating disease after thinking she had a cold

A woman lost her leg to a rare flesh-eating disease after what she believed was a cold, ended up being Strep A.

Friedel de Beer, 51, who lives in the French Alps, had been battling a cold when she collapsed and noticed blistered red skin on her ankle in February 2023.

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