Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized again with skin infection

Sun, 5 May 2024

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast for when he could be discharged. Bolsonaro said on social media he was hospitalized again with erysipelas, a skin disease which he had in 2022 and again on Saturday, when he was also briefly hospitalized, according to a spokesperson.

Bolsonaro is ineligible for political office until 2030 for spreading electoral misinformation during the 2022 election, when he lost a bid for reelection to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He also has been formally accused by police of fraud related to his COVID-19 vaccination records.

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[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

Necrotizing fascist-itis

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t read the post didn’t check the picture and still knew it was him. This is possibly the most unwell man on earth

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So why won't he croak???

[–] MattsAlt@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

It's some kind of curse he's acquired. Immortality at the cost of never-ending hospitalization

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He’s already part man part machine from all of his prior stints in the hospital. You’d need a biological virus and computer virus to hit him simultaneously to take him down.

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

inshallah

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fuckin House M.D. patient of the week ass person

How is someone this unhealthy not dead? His whole immune system is just masochistic trying to suffer as much as possible. White blood cells with a torture kink.

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

It's lupus

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

man who discovered he likes not wearing pants mysteriously reinfected with bacteria that allows him to not wear pants

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

charlie-kirk

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago

bolso-pain

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

I seriously hope he dies

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

Dude looks the the kinda guy to not wash his ass.

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

ugh die already

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

Most diseased man in history

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

Can't a bird just finish the job? I feel like it doesn't have to be an emu anymore. Just like a very determined seagull could do it. Or a very angry parakeet.

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At this point, there needs to be medical research done on this man.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago

I didn't even know skin could get infected. How the hell do you catch something like that?

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

CW link disturbing picture of rashes on face

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1052445-overview?form=fpf#a4

Erysipelas is a bacterial skin infection involving the upper dermis that characteristically extends into the superficial cutaneous lymphatics. It is a tender, intensely erythematous, indurated plaque with a sharply demarcated border. Its well-defined margin can help differentiate it from other skin infections (eg, cellulitis). [1] See the image below. (See Clinical Presentation.)

Erysipelas has been traced back to the Middle Ages, where it was referred to as St. Anthony's fire, named after the Christian saint to whom those afflicted would appeal for healing. Around 1095, the Order of St. Anthony, a Roman Catholic congregation, was formed in France to care for those with the ailment. At the time, several diseases were likely grouped under this eponym, including ergotism and herpes zoster (shingles).

Historically, erysipelas occurred on the face, but cases today most often involve the legs. The group A streptococcal bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes causes most of the facial infections; although it can also cause erysipelas on the legs, an increasing percentage of lower extremity infections are now being caused by non–group A streptococci.