Posted on 07/29/2014 11:36:50 AM PDT by Kartographer
Home> Health Warm Water Sparks Flesh-Eating Disease Warning in Florida Jul 29, 2014, 12:12 PM ET By KATIE MOISSE Katie Moisse More from Katie » Katie Moisse Health Editor via Good Morning America PHOTO: Crescent Beach in Sarasota, Fla. is pictured in this file photo. Florida Officials Warn About Deadly Bacteria in Water Next Video Flesh-Eating Bacteria Survivor Gets Service Dog Auto Start: On | Off
Florida health officials are warning beachgoers about a seawater bacterium that can invade cuts and scrapes to cause flesh-eating disease.
Vibrio vulnificus –- a cousin of the bacterium that causes Cholera –- thrives in warm saltwater, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If ingested, it can cause stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea. But it can also infect open wounds and lead to “skin breakdown and ulceration,” according to the CDC.
“Since it is naturally found in warm marine waters, people with open wounds can be exposed to Vibrio vulnificus through direct contact with seawater,” the Florida Department of Health said in a statement.
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South Jersey has actually had a rather cool summer so far. 70’s and 80’s. I’m loving it.
It’s always something.
That’ll be good for tourism
WTF? Am I supposed to wear a Hazmat suit when cooking lobster?
Also been extremely cool in the Midwest. Several record lows set for the month of July. We had a 48 on the morning of July 3rd.
We are just now seeing 100 degree days. That usually comes late June down here.
Folks, you don’t want to give this bacteria a place to set up housekeeping. The lesions are frightening. Check out some images on the internet for yourself.
Ughh. It's like seaborne plague.
No kidding...
I dismiss most of this stuff for that reason.
Isn’t it amazing what a small percentage of one degree can cause to the ecology?
How has the world survived, the massive hits to the natural ecology over the eons?
Went sailing around Stuarts Rosevelt bridge yesterday.
Water was like coffee. Not sure how anything lives in it without deforming.
Polluting big suger, big citrus and big cattle are destroying what only 30 years ago was pristine.
WTF? Am I supposed to wear a Hazmat suit when cooking lobster?
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Too funny. do you typically rub the raw lobster all over your body?
If not, I think those playtex gloves used in the kitchen might suffice.
Are the elementary schools still going crazy with over reaction about Peanuts and Peanut Products? Some times it’s very real, but many times it’s learned behavior to fear the peanut.
Life will kill you.
Coincidence? No, as long as the MSM is trying to create public hysteria with the Ebola news, might as well toss in the "Vibrio vulnificus" to add to the hysteria.......
Funny how the latter has been common knowledge for over 35 years and just now the media issues a public warning..........
I'm surprised the MSM hasn't issued a state wide alert in Michigan warning against "swimmers itch".........
As a side note, now you know how that old saying of only eating oysters in months containing an “R” got its roots.....that began before they started to artifically farm the shellfish.
Better ban it quick!
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