Posted on 06/23/2019 10:09:15 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
If sharks and sunburns don’t scare you at the beach, perhaps this will: Most species of Vibrio are essentially harmless, but some are responsible for diseases like cholera, or can rarely cause flesh-eating skin infections, especially in people with weakened immune systems...
But presuming it holds up, the study could help explain a well-supported pattern—beachgoers who swim in the ocean are more likely to get sick with stomach aches or ear infections soon after than those who stay on the sand. And though the bulk of the blame can be tossed on the germs (often from poop) that get into our bodies, the team suspects that ocean bacteria as a whole can make illness more likely through their effects on the skin microbiome. So be sure to shower after swimming in the ocean, and try not to get any seawater in your mouth.
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And I thought iodine,even diluted would sting like crazy!
I always check the credentials of those doing studies. I often find they have no credentials and are idiotic youngsters trying to play smart.
That is simply not so!
Everyone knows the studies were commissioned, paid for by and prepared by, companies selling ear drops and stomach wash, assisted by the land lover vacation industry.
They ALWAYS have a Ph.D. or at least a Ph.D.-ABD on staff somewhere.
Always rinse off with freshwater. Kills the ocean germs. Just use clean freshwater.
That is a common practice here in the Boston area. - Tom
Yes I am sure it stings but usually in surgery you are numbed anyway.
Salt water is great for poison ivy.
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Just use clean freshwater.
How clean?
Rainwater? Distilled water? R.O. water? Ultrapure water?
City water that is fluoridated, chlorinated and some phosphates for the lead pipes. Plus the usual nitrates and pesticides...
Oh, how in the heck am I going to wash my neck,
If it ain’t going to rain no more...
Salt water is very sterile
This person is an idiot
Just telling what works. What you do with that advice is entirely up to you.
I always thought the high salt content in the ocean killed all harmful bacteria. I guess not.
Also good for soothing poison ivy.
Ouch, colonize is such a bad trigger word.
Eat shellfish promptly after cooking and refrigerate leftovers.
Avoid exposure of open wounds or broken skin to warm salt or brackish water, or to raw shellfish harvested from such waters.
Wear protective clothing (e.g., gloves) when handling raw shellfish.
And that is why I drink only distilled water, or rainwater, and only pure-grain alcohol...
What they are not telling people is why Vibrio is now much more prevalent. Turns out Vibrio consumes crude oil, and now there is a big food source in the Gulf of Mexico.
Everyone I know even keeps bleach on their little bass boat-just a river and lake here, no ocean, but cuts from fishhooks, fins, etc still get doused with bleach...
If that’s its food source, those in the Gulf Coast area will fight it for quite some time.
I took a bad spill on my bicycle a few days before a Bahamas trip — had a nasty, 4-inch scab over my knee. As our driver unloaded us at the hotel he saw my knee and said, “You go put that in the ocean five minutes, then you can rip that m-f** right off!”
I looked at the map and decided that we weren’t much far from a local town that was surely dumping sewage into the ocean and decided not to follow the local advice... He was probably right that the salt would help heal it, but I’m glad I didn’t test the theory.
Interesting technique, yours, but what do you do if you get a cut on your ass?
If you can heal yourself, I suppose that’s rather impressive, but mortals probably have to ask a friend for help — which reminds me of a joke about a rattlesnake bite on the pecker...
me too...but then I’ve never swam in areas near housing.
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