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BBC wildlife presenter Charlie Hamilton James contracts a tropical flesh eating disease
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Terry Payne11:40 AM, 26 November 2013
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Hamilton James, who?s married to fellow TV presenter Philippa Forrester, contracted leishmaniasis in Peru last month while filming a new series for BBC2 called I Bought a Rainforest.
The nasty, sometimes deadly, infection has already destroyed a large area of flesh on one leg and is also attacking his arm. He started treatment yesterday (Monday) at a Bristol hospital and will continue to receive powerful intravenous drugs every day for the next month.
?It started off as a skin sore but has grown very quickly,? said Hamilton James. ?The pain is intense. It feels like I?m being burned with a cigar.
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Terry Payne11:40 AM, 26 November 2013
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Hamilton James, who?s married to fellow TV presenter Philippa Forrester, contracted leishmaniasis in Peru last month while filming a new series for BBC2 called I Bought a Rainforest.
The nasty, sometimes deadly, infection has already destroyed a large area of flesh on one leg and is also attacking his arm. He started treatment yesterday (Monday) at a Bristol hospital and will continue to receive powerful intravenous drugs every day for the next month.
?It started off as a skin sore but has grown very quickly,? said Hamilton James. ?The pain is intense. It feels like I?m being burned with a cigar.
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