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Can people with Necrotizing fasciitis work? What kind of work can they perform?
See how people with experience in Necrotizing fasciitis give their opinion about whether people with Necrotizing fasciitis can work and what kind of jobs are more appropriated for people with Necrotizing fasciitis
Not while you actively have the infection.
Posted Jul 28, 2020 by Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation
After Recovery but not during out break. Whatever your body can handle
Posted Mar 9, 2017 by Tim Timmy 2575
It varies, what part of the body is affected. Many can work I think, again, depends on severity of the part of body affected.
Posted Mar 9, 2017 by Lauriann 1000
You cannot work. You need to be hospitalized until they get it under control.
Posted Mar 29, 2017 by Elizabeth 1000
No, you are hospitalized to be treated.
Posted Jul 28, 2020 by Hayden72 4070
It depends on how severe NF was, and age when contracted NF
Posted Jul 28, 2020 by Georgia 1600
Dependent on the extent of injury and location and type of work individual did prior to disease.
Posted Oct 1, 2020 by Tammy 1950
All depends on how severe & where injury occurred.
1 in 10 I'd say go back to some sort of work
1 in 10 I'd say go back to some sort of work
Posted Oct 10, 2020 by Philip 1150
I would avoid working very dirty jobs and very strenuous jobs until recovered. After that reach for the stars!! Be aware you can’t drive or sign any legal documents while on narcotics or after sedation.
Posted Jan 9, 2021 by Colleen 1300
Certainly but it may depend on the serveity of their damage as well as a number of factors but usually limbs with grafts on them typically don't bend or rotate as they should and most motor functions and strength is permanently gone.
Posted Jul 8, 2021 by pnonne00 500
Yes they can work. I work everyday. And depending on how severe your case was would determine if you could work and what you could.
Posted Sep 22, 2021 by Karen 2450
I was a welder before the necrotizing facitis and after being off work for my hospital stay and then for my skin grafts to heal..about 6 weeks..I returned to welding. I am careful with the area I have the grafts.. my right lower leg. It is numb, except for nerve pain..which can be annoying...but I function at work the same as I did before.
Posted Dec 18, 2021 by Celia 2200
Wow. Ummm. Yes. Absolutely yes. Well let’s get this right. People WITH Necrotizing Fasciitis should not be at work. They should seeking treatment!! But people who have had NF can work in any field I would suppose. Now of course this all depends on the job and it’s requirements, the individual and the extent of their NF aftermath. You know, how and in what condition they are in after the NF. NF is ruthless. It takes our limbs. It crushes our souls. It leaves us laying broken on the ground. It leaves us venerable. But you can’t let it break you. You may not be able to do what you did before NF but that doesn’t mean you can’t do something else.
Posted Jan 1, 2022 by Creshia Bailey 400
Most people who contract NF can still continue to live a very full life
Posted Jul 10, 2023 by Charleigh 400
