Woman Dies After Sex Game-Related Injury. Beware, This Could Happen To Anyone.

A flesh-eating bug likely contracted from a sex game injury has claimed the life of a mother in England.

Katie Widdowson, 23, suffered from wrist pain after her fiance, Dean Smith, 25, tied her up in bed, the Daily Mail reports.

But when Widdowson sought medical attention, doctors at the hospital sent her home with painkillers.

Despite the fact her early warning score was a 6 — a warning sign for sepsis — a junior and senior doctor said her wrist was merely sprained.

“We went to the hospital and the first doctor we saw referred her to a more senior doctor, but they just dismissed her,” Smith recalls. “I think they were busy and understaffed.”

One day later, Widdowson suffered a heart attack; she died while in the ambulance with her fiance.

“She was a fantastic [mother] to our son, she would’ve done anything for anyone — she was a great person,” the grief-stricken Smith said. “We met on May 19, 2012, through a friend at a party and it was definitely love at first sight. I have lost the love of my life, I’ve lost everything. I’ve lost my fiance, we were due to get married. I’ve lost the best [mother] my child could ever have.”

Reports later revealed a flesh-eating virus, known as Necrotizing fasciitis, had infected Widdowson’s sex game-induced injury.

The woman’s family is now considering taking legal action against the hospital for failing to accurately diagnose her.

“Her early warning score was six and should have resulted in regular and ongoing observations and further investigations,” assistant coroner Emma Brown said in court, reports The Telegraph. “These were not carried out. If Katie had remained in hospital, it is clear that her death would have been avoidable. These mistakes amounted to a gross failure to provide basic medical attention. Katie’s death was due to Necrotizing Fasciitis contributed to by neglect.”

Widdowson’s mother, Trish, also blames the hospital for her daughter’s death.

“I don’t know what caused the injury but it doesn’t matter because that was not what killed her,” she said. “

“When she went into Good Hope Hospital on the 1st she had a MEWS (Modified Early Warning Score) of six which is a red flag for sepsis but this was ignored,” she added. “The junior doctor had only been in the country for four months. She had come over from India. If they had treated Katie properly she would still be alive.”

Sources: Daily Mail, The Telegraph / Photo credit: Pixabay, Facebook via Daily Mail