The toddler who fell of his bike and scraped his knee. The woman with a common bowel disease injury. And the man with Strep throat.
All are victims of a minor, treatable problems that turned deadly in a matter of seconds. Thankfully, all four survived – but left with life-changing injuries, including legs so destroyed they had to be amputated.
The culprit is a terrifying condition that occurs in response to a minor infection, and affects one American every 20-seconds: