Mike Rowe says, "Dude! I should've been dead by now!"
Posted on 06/14/2008 5:40:27 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
London, England (AHN) - A British man has died from kidney failure after inhaling poisonous fungal spores. The 47-year-old died of a fungal lung infection after inhaling spore-laden dust stirred up while gardening.
The symptoms started less than 24 hours after he had dispersed rotting tree and plant mulch in the garden. He died in intensive care a week later.
By the time the man's doctors realized his condition was aspergillus fungal infection and began appropriate treatment, it was too late to save him. Later tests revealed he had developed acute aspergillosis, a dangerous reaction to aspergillus fumigatus spores.
The fungus, which is commonly found in decaying vegetation, usually sets off a relatively harmless allergic reaction but can cause serious problems if too many spores get into the lungs. People with weak immune systems are particularly vulnerable. In 1989, a similar fatal case was reported in a healthy British gardener.
Doctors advised gardeners and other people who regularly handle organic waste to wear face masks and to keep a distance when handling rotting material.
Word.
Will blow my dress up! I did not know that!
Bump.
Mike Rowe says, "Dude! I should've been dead by now!"
Lots more info about it here.
I let some cuttings of airplane plants sit in a bucket of water for about a week, couldn’t find time to plant them till last night.
Whew, that water stank, and a cloud of mosquitos went after me when I stirred it up.
The one thing I DON’T like about the South is the mosquitos, they love me.
What the HECK are “airplane plants?”
You been out in the boat in the sun all day, Girl? LOL!
You need to change your tag line to “Fish Fear Me, Mosquitoes Love Me” ;)
There’s going to be Hell Toupee in about 10 days when the ‘skeeters up here have had a chance to settle from all of this running water. Next week is to be still and dry, and you can’t tell me they aren’t plotting their revenge after this wet, sopping Spring we’ve had up here.
I haven’t been bit yet, but since our current “Houseguest Dog” has torn out two screens already, it could get ugly!
Interesting thanks.
LOL.
We call them airplane plants, and I think some call them “spider” plants, since we hillbillies don’t speak Latin or Greek, whatever language them folks that name plant species use.
They are a hanging plant, with long slender green and white leaves. They grow long stems from them with miniature “airplane” plants hanging down. These smaller ones are cut to start new ones. I have one HUGE plant (my aunt, the one who died at 94 years old last Oct.) gave me my cutting and I have shared cuttings with many others. made lots of starts off mine and have several baskets of them.
They are a common houseplant, you probably know them by another name there.
A Turbonegro fan, perchance? Seems unlikely but I thought I'd ask....Norwegian punk band if the reference ends up being totally unknown to you.
We call them spider plants in this neck of the woods. I have a very large pot with some in it. It has some babies hanging off, but it is in too large a pot. They like to get pot bound before they get prolific is sending out little ones.
I will have to watch myself around the woods here. We have mushrooms and decaying stuff all around. I think that is what probably killed our golden retreiver about 10 years ago. She used to dig in the woods while going after small critters, and she got an infection that just took her down.
My husband is a Swede. I got it from him, who most likely got it from the band you referenced. :)
Wow! Never would have thought about that! I’ve seen those big spore balls that puff dust everywhere if you pop them. Wonder if this is the same way or if it’s invisible but deadly?
Nice addition, that! :)
“Wonder if this is the same way or if it’s invisible but deadly?”
Well, I’m still here, and I’ve popped hundreds of them through the years. :)
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