X-Files Disease is REAL?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Thank you, Gregory.

Now, on to necrotizing fasciitis, my favorite real X-Files disease!

A form of that is what nearly killed my father.

---after a little more research---

...hmm, perhaps not. He had a cellulitis, which is one of the early symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis, but n.f. progresses much faster. It was simply my dad's decission to wait 3 days before seeing a doctor about a painful rash that threatened his life.