The role of a family physician in the management of Vibrio vulnificus <\/em>infection is multifaceted, encompassing prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and education. Vibrio vulnificus <\/em>is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium and an opportunistic human pathogen. Infection is common in V. vulnificus <\/em>species and it can potentially cause a necrotizing fasciitis which is life threatening. Presented here is a case of a 39-year-old pregnant female who came in at the Emergency Department due to a noticeable swelling and severe pain on the third digit of her left hand after it was punctured while cleaning fresh Tilapia. The patient was then urgently referred to an orthopedic specialist for further management. Given the risk of compartment syndrome or necrotizing fasciitis the patient underwent amputation of the third digit of left hand. Patient underwent psychosocial and supportive intervention given by the family physician anticipating challenges in her illness trajectory. The paper emphasizes the role of family physicians in the comprehensive management of Vibrio vulnificus <\/em>infection, traversing all levels of prevention. Through educating patients and the community, along with providing timely and appropriate medical care, we can significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with this serious infection.<\/p>\nKe ywords<\/strong>: Vibrio vulnificus <\/em>infection, necrotizing fasciitis, illness trajectory<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,258],"tags":[16,289,288,287],"class_list":["post-4691","abstract","type-abstract","status-publish","hentry","category-abstract","category-abstract-2025-volume-63-issue-1","tag-abstract","tag-illness-trajectory","tag-necrotizing-fasciitis","tag-vibrio-vulnificus-infection"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/4691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/abstract"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/4691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4692,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/abstract\/4691\/revisions\/4692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepafp.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}