Army vet, 33, is forced to have her swollen leg AMPUTATED after doctors told her it was a 'knee sprain' when it was actually flesh-eating bacteria

 

 Jennifer Barlow, 33, an Army veteran from Atlanta, Georgia, lost her leg after contracting necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating bacteria, after doctors mistook it for a sprained knee. Ms Barlow regularly went to the gym and was 'healthy as an ox,' but she suddenly felt weak, lying in bed for four days. Her right knee had ballooned to 'at least three times the size' of her left knee, and it was red and hot to the touch. Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe, rapidly spreading infection that kills one in five sufferers, according to the CDC. The CDC estimates 700 to 1,150 cases occur in the US every year. There are about 500 cases in the UK per year, according to the NHS.