Posted on 07/05/2019 3:58:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A young boy was rushed to the hospital after he contracted a flesh-eating bacteria at a Maryland beach.
Brittany Carey shared two graphic images of her son's leg where the bacteria began eating away at his flesh in three spots.
Carey said in a Facebook post on Saturday that her parents had taken her son out for a beach day off the coast of Ocean City on June 23.
She wrote that her son had a great time swimming until June 24 when she 'started noticing little spots developing all over his body'.
'Tuesday morning there were open wounds developing but I had thought he was scratching them, making them worse. Only to find when I picked him up Tuesday they were a lot bigger and a lot more,' she added.
Carey said she took her son to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland, where doctors told her that he had a common ocean bacteria called Vibrio.
The bacteria can also be found in raw, contaminated seafood.
Carey said she shared the Facebook post as a warning for other parents.
'Please be careful out there guys and if you start seeing wounds such as these please get somewhere fast!'
As of Monday, Carey said her son's pediatrician 'is really happy with the healing'.
Within the past few months, there have been dozens of people to contract the flesh-eating bacteria as climate change fuels the spread of the feared bugs in once-safe oceans, a new study suggested in June.
Five people in Delaware and New Jersey contracted flesh-eating infections in the last two years from seafood or water from the Delaware Bay, which used to be too cold for the microorganisms.
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I miss the beaches at O.C. and Bethany. Being down here in ‘Bama now, we used to get over to St. Augustine, but in 20 years we’ve never made it to Panama City. Well, at least we have a nice, immaculate pool and a palm tree in the back yard. My doc won’t let me even dip my toes in native waters anymore for all the permanent damage staph did to my legs on dry ground.
Sure. It’s not a worthwhile news story unless something harmful can be linked to climate change or Trump.
No evidence is given that the water is warmer because of “climate change,” or by how much. No evidence given for the magnitude of influence on the bacteria. Just a sweeping generalization not backed by any real science. Idiot reporters, and I suppose idiot readers as well. Otherwise, this nonsense would be stopped.
hysteria? Common sense.
Well said.
I think O.C. and Bethany miss the beaches they used to have as well.
I used to get these infections a lot. What prevents it is a freshwater rinse after you leave the water.
Thanks! That is a great resource.
This is interesting! Do you have any specific articles you’d recommend?
Hydrogen peroxide would be the first thing that comes to mind if I seen that. Yeap looked it up one strain is resistant but H2O2 will kill the young cells which means it still dies.
Why do you feel raw chicken livers would work and cooked one’s wouldn’t?
Vibrio vulnificus is no laughing matter. I live in Mississippi and fish along the coast quite a bit, it’s something you’ve always got to be concerned about there. It’s most common in brackish waters or where rivers flow into the sea and warmer waters make it a lot more active. You’re most likely to contract it if you have a skin cut. My hands are usually skinned up from working so I keep a spray bottle with a bleach solution on the boat which is a recommend precaution for those coming in contact with the gulf water. There are multiple cases of it all along the gulf coast every year, MS, Al, LA, FL are the primary places but as you see it can happen anywhere. If you get an infection it’s fast moving and they recommend you get to an emergency room as soon as you notice it. Delaying a few hours can let it spread to the point that they may have to amputate the infected limb. It’s got to be treated right then if the patient is going to survive without major damage.
To the poster that said he used to get these infections a lot, you didn’t get this stuff. It doesn’t go away on it’s own and you wouldn’t be alive now if it was untreated.
It’s bad stuff, real bad.
“Do you have any specific articles you’d recommend?”
No articles to recommend. Sorry. I did a bunch of reading when the cats fell sick. Then used trial and error, with recommendations from a vet, to treat the cats. For me, I’ve found that Clavamox seems to be a good antibiotic for cats. I also change the cat’s diet to feature more protein - in this case raw chicken liver. The added protein seems to give the cat’s immune system a boost to help fight off an infection.
Research both Clavamox and raw food for cats. Then if you use this treatment, make observations and increase or decrease the treatment, with consultation from a vet.
On some cats, I’ve used a 10 day on, 10 day off regimen with Clavamox. On other cats, they get Clavamox every day. In all cases, the cats seem to respond well with raw food while on Clavamox. And don’t feed the cats just liver because raw liver is missing essential vitamins and minerals for health. An ounce or two daily seems about right. Make certain the cat eats cat food, unless you want to feed the cat live mice - the perfect cat food.
Remember, I’m not a trained vet.
“Why do you feel raw chicken livers would work and cooked one’s wouldn’t?”
Raw meat is natural food for cats. That’s all I know.
I’m SURPRISED, since this is the Mail, that there aren’t random all-caps WORDS in the HEADLINE.
Climate change. Is there anything it doesn’t cause?
Finally there is the mutation process which happens to do well in cold areas. The viruses that created the nasty varieties of vibrio do well in the Arctic.
Hey...... it’s Ocean City, not a real beach
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