Doctors warn of rise in terrifying flesh-eating genital disease - and grooming mistake could be to blame

Doctors warn of rise in terrifying flesh-eating genital disease - and grooming mistake could be to blame

Medically known as necrotising fasciitis, doctors from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust gynaecology unit warned they had seen a recent spike in cases.

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