A new mum is lucky to be alive after contracting a rare and deadly flesh-eating disease just a week after giving birth. Charleigh Chatterton, 27, gave birth to her daughter Alessia on April 22 with no initial complications.
Six days later, however, she was overcome with a huge rash across her abdomen which eventually developed into necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease with a mortality rate between 11 and 22 per cent. Charleigh said: “We left the rash for a day as it looked normal at first but it got a lot worse.
“My fiancé Liam called the midwives and they recommended I went in to be checked." Seh added: "I was getting clear results but my health was rapidly declining and I was struggling to remain conscious.
