Beachgoers in South Florida are being warned about a flesh-eating pathogen that has arrived ashore many popular beaches.
The bacteria—called Vibrio—mixes with other debris that allows it to eat away at humans and animals who get near its web.
The mixture of pathogens causes “leaky gut syndrome” and has spread across beaches due to the bacteria hitching a ride on swaths of Sargassum seaweed.
As the seaweed decays, a foul odor blankets beach and the bacteria spreads across sandy shores where people that get infected with tainted surfaces can face: “diarrhea, stomach cramps, vomiting, fever, chills, ear infections and wound infections.”
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