necrotize

That is sometimes a sign of an inflammatory condition of the intestines, called necrotizing enterocolitis or NEC, that’s a leading cause of hospital deaths among extremely preterm babies.

After suffering a severe bout of necrotizing pancreatitis in 2014 that left him in a three-month coma, he struggled to get back on his feet, plagued by a rare condition that causes his bones to grow where they shouldn’t.

Alex Smith suffered a compound leg fracture in 2018 and had 17 surgeries to repair the bones and clean out an infection that necrotized surrounding muscle.