British tourist could have lost his leg after insect bite on holiday in Cuba
Roshina Jowaheer
Garry Darton of Fulwood, Lancashire, back home with his wife, Sally, after an insect bite in Cuba ended in a twelve week stay in hospital. See Ross Parry copy RPYBITE : A dad who was bitten by an insect on holiday developed such a serious infection that he was told he could lose his LEG. Garry Darton, 56, went to Cuba with his wife, Sally, and some friends but a week after he came home he was admitted to hospital. Doctors believe that his badly infected leg was caused by an organism from the sea in Cuba entering a bite he had scratched, causing the serious infection. Grandfather of two Garry is accustomed to getting bitten while on holiday and thought no more about it after he suffered from bites all over his body. Garry, from Preston, Lancs., said: "The weather was very hot and humid and as a result I got bitten. "The bites itch so naturally you scratch them. I know people say you shouldn't but you just can't help it and it gets too unbearable not to scratch them."
A dad who was bitten by an insect on holiday in Cuba developed such a serious infection that he was told he could lose his leg.
Garry Darton, 56, was on holiday with his wife, Sally, and some friends but a week after he came home he was admitted to hospital.
Doctors believe that his badly infected leg was caused by an organism from the sea in Cuba entering a bite he had scratched, causing the serious infection.
The grandfather of two is accustomed to getting bitten while on holiday and thought no more about it after he suffered from bites all over his body.
Garry Darton of Fulwood, Lancashire, back home with his wife, Sally, after an insect bite in Cuba ended in a twelve week stay in hospital. See Ross Parry copy RPYBITE : A dad who was bitten by an insect on holiday developed such a serious infection that he was told he could lose his LEG. Garry Darton, 56, went to Cuba with his wife, Sally, and some friends but a week after he came home he was admitted to hospital. Doctors believe that his badly infected leg was caused by an organism from the sea in Cuba entering a bite he had scratched, causing the serious infection. Grandfather of two Garry is accustomed to getting bitten while on holiday and thought no more about it after he suffered from bites all over his body. Garry, from Preston, Lancs., said: "The weather was very hot and humid and as a result I got bitten. "The bites itch so naturally you scratch them. I know people say you shouldn't but you just can't help it and it gets too unbearable not to scratch them."
Garry, from Preston, Lancashire, said: "The weather was very hot and humid and as a result I got bitten.
"The bites itch so naturally you scratch them. I know people say you shouldn't but you just can't help it and it gets too unbearable not to scratch them."
According to the Daily Mail, doctors knew he was suffering from cellulitis but did not know the cause.
Fortunately, the IV antibiotics they gave him started to work and the swelling of his leg went down.
Speaking to the Lancashire Evening Post, he said: "It is quite a serious infection and it was only later on after my leg was out of danger that my wife told me that one of the doctors had told her that things had been so serious that I could have lost my leg.
"My leg looked a right mess and was extremely red, blistered, swollen and enlarged."
