Man's eye fills with pus from flesh-eating disease caused by tooth infection. Here's what happened next

A man in England developed a life-threatening flesh-eating infection after a tooth infection spread. Terry, from Suffolk, shared his story on The Face Doctors show on Discovery Plus. He faced serious concerns about losing his vision when pus formed under his eye. The infection began after he had a tooth removed by a local dentist, leading to an abscess that required urgent treatment at hospitals to stop it from getting worse.

"I left it too long really, I waited until Monday to go back to the dentist and they sent me over here with a letter," he told Metro News.

He was informed that the swelling under his eye was most likely related to his mouth. Hospital treatment was promptly provided due to the urgent nature of the issue.

Maxillofacial surgeon Shadi Basyuni decided to perform a surgery to remove the pus. "Tooth infections can be really dangerous, because if it spreads into the eye socket he could lose his vision and that would be catastrophic. In addition, he could be left with significant disfigurement, consequences of this appearance, his self-esteem, so this is a more urgent case," he told Metro News.

"If it spreads into the eye socket he could lose an eye. If it spreads into his bloodstream, he could get more generally unwell, and we call that sepsis, which can be life-threatening," he said on the test results that showed a "very aggressive infection".