New mum's horror as 'burn' on stomach reveals flesh-eating infection after childbirth

A mum was left in utter shock when she noticed a mysterious burn on her body, which alarmingly indicated that something was "eating" her from the inside.Less than a week after the joy of welcoming her newborn baby girl into the world, Charleigh Boyne, a 28 year old dance instructor, found herself rushed back to hospital in a critical state.Immediately post-birth, fatigue is expected, but just six days after the delivery of her daughter Alessia, Charleigh found staying awake an insurmountable challenge and also spotted a worrying rash across her stomach. "I had a welted rash on my stomach," she recounted. "It looked like a burn." Charleigh's experience became increasingly bizarre and frightening as she detailed further: "The rash was painful and I kept getting rigour shivers where my bones just felt like they were going to crumble.

I just wanted to sleep my husband was terrified."She elaborated on the terrifying ordeal, saying, "For 48 hours, my conscious state was short bursts of energy that were swiftly followed by sepsis shivers, so deep within my bones."Charleigh painted a disturbing picture of her condition; "I felt my body would burst, a temperature so high no one could control it, deep sleeping episodes not even a earthquake would've woke me, and a rash so aggressive and spreading by the second it worried everyone."In a crucial move, her husband Liam, aged 28, promptly dialed the maternity ward, drove Charleigh to the hospital, and effectively saved her life through his quick actions.

After a CT scan at the medical centre, doctors confirmed that Charleigh was suffering from necrotising fasciitis which was rapidly destroying her abdominal tissue.Necrotising fasciitis, known as the flesh-eating disease, is a severe