When most of us think of bath salts, we picture something we add to a hot bath to help soothe our tired minds and bodiesnot something that could result in a flesh-eating bacteria. But, thats what happened to a 34-year-old woman who injected the stimulant drug called bath saltsnot to be confused with the kind that we pour in our tub.
Reported in the journal Orthopedics, the New Orleans woman showed up at the hosptial with a painful, swollen arm after attending a party. Doctors said she had a skin infection from a small puncture wound and put her on antibiotics, which seemed to help for a couple of days, but then the woman returned to the hospital saying the swelling had returned.
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