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Barry Keoghan nearly lost his arm from rare flesh-eating bacteria
GQ, the Saltburn star recounted the ordeal, which took place just before production started on his BAFTA-winning movie The Banshees Of Inisherin.The 31-year-old shared one in five cases of the disease are fatal and that amputation was a potential option. He reportedly said to the doctors: “But I’m not gonna die, right?” to which they responded, “Well, we don’t know.”Necrotising fasciitis is usually caused by an infected wound, and is often known as the ‘flesh-eating disease’ as it results in the death of parts of the body’s tissue.