All news on the topic: Amputation

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Teacher's limbs turn 'black and mummified' after cold becomes deadly infection
Texas high school teacher Sherri Moody's routine field trip took a drastic turn when a severe infection led to quadruple amputations, leaving her battling for her life
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Teen 'who hung from power line for an hour after car crash' on losing her leg
A teenager who survived a horrifying car crash in 2021 has become a public speaker, sharing the story that left her without a leg after her car spun out of control and she ended up hanging from a power line for an hour
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Bride who lost her leg during pandemic walks down aisle with darkly funny tattoo
Molly Harbron, 25, who is now reliant on a prosthetic leg and a wheelchair, was determined to stand in her wedding dress when she tied the knot with husband Daniel
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Mum who had all her limbs amputated after kidney stone agony faces more surgery
Mother Cindy Mullins, 41, who had all her limbs amputated to offset the effects of sepsis will undergo another surgery next week as she navigates her new condition
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Teacher's 3D printed hand replaces limb he lost 30 years ago
After losing a hand in an industrial accident thirty years ago, teacher Suleman Chohan can ride a bike and play video games again after being fitted with new 3D-printed prosthetic
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Condition forces dad to have nose removed leaving body so weak a sneeze is fatal
WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES. Brandon Boothby, 31, from Florida, was diagnosed with a two-in-a-million condition that left his body vulnerable to 'harmless' pathogens and bacteria
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'I thought I'd never play football again after losing leg but now I'm a Lioness'
England's first senior women's national amputee football team was established last November and is bidding not only to win the first-ever Women's World Cup this year but inspire generations to comem
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Mum's 'excruciating agony' as she loses foot after fall on stairs holding baby
Joanna Barry, 35, smashed her bones and eventually had her foot amputated after she slipped on a staircase whilst holding her young son in a freak accident that changed her life forever
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Boy forced to have both hands amputated after developing 'flu-like symptoms'
Mathias Uribe from Nashville, Tennessee, also had to get both legs amputated to stop the sepsis from getting any more worse. He is now on the long road to recovery
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'I lost all 4 limbs to flu - Drs wrapped me up like mummy to stop kids seeing'
Mum Kirsten Fox was given Tamiflu before she was admitted to hospital, her organs then began to shut down and she was told she would have to have all four limbs amputated in life-changing operations
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'I went to hospital for blister on my toe and now I've lost leg and half a foot'
Having a blister on your toe is a common occurrence, but for one woman it led to a series of brutal and life-changing consequences where she ended up losing a leg
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Brave kid who lost all his limbs 'on top of world' after climbing 656ft mountain
Luke Mortimer raised thousands of pounds for LimbPower and Children in Need after reaching the summit of Embsay Crag in North Yorkshire
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Radical surgery for double amputee, 9, who lost legs over abuse by birth parents
The operation – the boy’s 28th – should encourage his left leg to grow to the same size as the right one, stabilising his hip and enabling him to walk unaided on his prosthetics
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Dad and snowmobile rider has both legs amputated after falling into grain bin
A professional snowmobile racer from Windom, Minnesota, has had both legs amputated after he became trapped in an auger while cleaning out a grain bin with doctors saying he was reduced with seconds to spare
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Man shows graphic images of severed leg in jar after surgeries failed to save it
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. A man who just underwent a leg amputation after several botched surgeries to save it shared explicit photos of his severed leg on Reddit. The photos sparked a conversation citing religion, DIY projects and personal anecdotes from fellow amputees
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First symptoms of mum, 40, who lost all four limbs from eating undercooked fish
Laura Barajas, from California, had to have both her arms and her legs amputated after picking up a rare bacterial infection from eating undercooked Tilapia fish she had brought from her local market
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Key things you need to know after mum loses all four limbs from undercooked fish
A mum in California lost all four of her limbs after she contracted sepsis when she ae raw fish from a food market in San Jose. Here is everything you need to know
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Symptoms of streptococcal toxic shock after pianist teen has hands amputated
14-year-old Mathias Uribe, a piano starlet from Tennessee, had to have his hands and feet amputated after flu symptoms turned out to be streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
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Piano starlet's parents in emotional interview after hands and feet are removed
The parents of a Tennessee piano starlet have opened up on the torrid months they went through after he went through sepsis - a bodily overreaction to infection. They are attempting to raise money for Mathias' prosthetics, so he can play piano again
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Doctors remove 14-year-old boy’s hands and feet after he shows flu-like symptoms
Tennessee teenager and piano starlet Mathias Uribe has had all four limbs amputated after his flu-like symptoms turned deadly, but his parents are adamant he is going to have an "amazing life" despite losing his hands and feet
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‘I lost my leg to sepsis after a dip in the sea - you shouldn't ignore symptoms’
With World Sepsis Day falling on September 13, we highlight the tell-tale signs you must be aware of and speak to one woman whose brush with the infection led to life changing surgery
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Boy, 10, who lost hands and feet to meningitis gets amazing gift
Luke Mortimer was just seven when he became ill with meningococcal meningitis and had his hands and feet removed - but now he's looking to a brighter future
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Forklift driver forced to amputate foot after vehicle crushes it in accident
A woman who was a few weeks into her new job as a forklift driver is now regretful as she's forced to have her foot amputated after an unfortunate accident, which left the limb bloody and purple.
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'I chose to have leg amputated to end crippling pain - now I feel normal again'
James Moore meets the veteran set to represent Team UK at the Invictus Games, who lost his left leg following a horror football injury
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Man has hands and feet amputated after catching Victorian disease from a flea
Michael Kohlhof from Houston, Texas caught typhus from a flea bite and doctors had to amputate both his hands and parts of his feet. But his family says he is staying strong
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