Posted on 08/18/2005 4:18:19 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Health officials confirmed Wednesday [8-17] that a Jacksonville woman died Aug. 3 after flesh-eating bacteria invaded her body. The Duval County Health Department suspects that Candace Scott contracted the bacteria in the St. Johns River, where she was jet skiing a few days before her death.
Channel 4's Jim Piggott spoke to an official at the health department who offered some advice for those coming into contact with the water.
"Make sure that they wear good footwear if they're standing in the water or fishing or wading around so they don't get puncture wounds on their feet," Dr. Michael Sands said. "Be careful of branches (and) submerged objects. Basically, the idea is not to drink the water from the river, which I don't think any of us particularly want to do, and to avoid getting puncture injuries."
Sands warned that those who have recently been cut or swallowed water while in the river should watch for symptoms. Those include redness or swelling that spreads quickly; skin that feels warm and tender; and severe pain, fever or chills.
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contracted the bacteria in the St. Johns River, where she was jet skiing a few days before her death.
She died two days after she became infected!
Flesh-Eating PING......
Yi! Jax is due south of here, and I haven't heard a word about this in local news... of course, it would be bad for tourism, a mainstay of the local economy.
Holy moley. What the heck is in the water?
Check out the slideshow Here.
Who knows what's been floating our way from Orlando.
Now we know.
Leni
I wonder if this was a bacteria or a fungus. We have had a number of cases of a "flesh-eating" fungus here in North Florida. I think it's basically what is referred to as jungle rot. The fungus occurs naturally and is found on plants and just about everything; because of all the rain this year, it has really taken off. If it gets into the bloodstream through a cut, it causes the flesh to die and attacks the bones.
A friend's horse was infected through a scratch and had to have large amounts of flesh surgically removed, as well as take massive amounts of antibiotics. Both people and animals can be attacked by it. The sign is any kind of cut, not just a puncture wound, that doesn't heal promptly and begins to expand. In this case, a minor scratch became a deep, fist-sized wound within a matter of days and was rapidly expanding, killing off the tissue. Prompt treatment is essential.
The algae comes from the rotting 2000 and 2004 ballots Karl Rove dumped in the river to make sure Bush won those elections.
That's right, it's Bush's fault.
The algae comes from the rotting 2000 and 2004 ballots Karl Rove dumped in the river to make sure Bush won those elections.
That's right, it's Bush's fault
What kind of nutcase would want to jetski in THAT?!?! (see slide show)
Anyone on a jetski it a nutcase, imo. And grown men are the worst. We live on a lake and have had to call 911 more than once because of the iditos trying to kill themselves or others. Many have died running themselves through boathouses or other boats. We do not own a jetski and NEVER will.
This is a bacterial infection caused by group A strep and called narcrotizing fasciitis. It is not related to jungle rot.
You can see the algae from the bridge tops. Pretty freaky! Have you heard what's causing it? I've been a bit busy but I don't recall reading why it's there.
Dude...warn us next time. It's awefully early in the morning for that.
It's probably just a combination of lots of sunlight and warm water temperature. When one of the local lakes looked like that people were actually calling the DEC or EPA with complaints that someone was pouring green paint into the lake.
That's what it looked like but come on, that'd be an awful lot of paint.
bttt
A LINK TO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE!!!
ew! really.
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