Posted on 07/14/2004 3:51:04 PM PDT by Libloather
THere are a number of nasty bugs that can exist in water if it's not chlorinated right. If the water's chlorinated right, it should not smell like chlorine. If it does the chlorine's all gone and that's chloramines you're smelling. If the water's chlorinated right and on the high side, it will actually clear up the infections.
My husband is a chemist who specializes in water treatment. Honestly, I do not believe it was the pool water. Plus, there were the other kids who also had mosquito bites. I understand she could have picked her nose, etc., scratched and all. I guess my point is their point... this stuff is nasty. It is spreading rapidly. It is weird. And, BTW, this child has rarely been on antibiotics.
I missed post 12, that makes it clearer. TX? Were these the asian tiger skeeters?
I must respectfully disagree. It is the co-ops and agri-sales that advise the farmers on use of antibiotics the majority of the time. These sales people have little or no knowledge about antibiotics and their proper use and when to use them. It is rare that I see a large animal that has not been first inappropriately treated by the owner with the advice of the co-op or a back yard shade tree mechanic.
Not up here in America's Dairyland. The salesmen may give their spiel to both vets and farmers, but it's the vets that do the advising to the farmers. The only time farmers treat their own animals is after they've already learned about it from the vet.
I dunno. The doctor's kept stressing break in the skin (the skin being the culprit) from the bite. Do asian tiger skeeters do this... or are you pulling my chain?
Okay, I goggled AT skeeters... WN carriers. All I know is last night they announced WN had been found in Houston. So, would they cause MRSA???? I repeat, the onset of problems was uncanningly rapid!
Didn't I just read a thread around here about a new drug that boosts antibiotic effectiveness pretty dramatically?
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