Paper cuts can be dangerous

Heather Harbottle from Hawaii is carrying boxes into her new house. Suddenly, she cuts herself on the box. Because she is still busy with the relocation, however, she doesn't pay much attention to the paper cut.

But over the next few days, the finger begins to throb, it swells, and she even develops a fever and becomes weaker and weaker.

Finally, she goes to the hospital, where it turns out that a bacterium has entered the paper cut and caused blood poisoning.

Heather Harbottle undergoes immediate surgery because the infection is already killing skin, muscle and soft tissue and attacking the kidneys. New tissue is transplanted and she receives high doses of antibiotics. Thus, she escapes death or arm amputation at virtually the last minute.