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Warning: if you're of aweak stomach, I suggest you don’t read this post.

Cancrum Oris, in my opinion is the scariest disease. It usually affects children in the sub-Saharan Africa.

In most cases when you have bad breath, a mouth wash or a breath mint usually works, but not in sub-Saharan African; if you have noxious breath coupled with a bit of soreness and an ulcer, it could be an indicator of this horrendous disease.

Cancrum Oris begins with inflamed gums and cheeks followed by ulcers with foul-smelling drainage.

This disease attacks the face, destroying tissue and tearing through the lips, face and cheeks of those afflicted. Unlike most infections, it is able to spread through anatomical barriers such as muscle and causes severe and permanent physical damage to its sufferers.

It generally occurs in young, severely malnourished children between the ages of 2 and 5 and is especially prevalent in the areas with poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water. It also seems to target malnourished, dehydrated and often immune-compromised children, for example, kids born with HIV.

In most cases it will kill you, but one in ten sufferers do survive, albeit with permanent damage to their face and life-long scars – but with their lives at least.

I would never wish this on my worst enemy. Too scary too devastating... It makes me shudder.

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