Worth a look....two people have died in less than a month because of this infection.

[VenomJockey]

"Vibrio" is a killer...and just in the last month two people along the Gulf Coast have died from it. Contaminated seawater contains a bug called "vibrio," and it is deadly.

https://www.survivalmd.org/vsl/index.php?r=7046&r=1364&hop=globalbro&rx=1

 

[jontte]

old foes come back...

 

[lonewolf]

better stay away from the sea then.

 

[user 6493]

sharks,,,,now this,,,,,if man was supposed to swim he would have been born with fins

 

[lonewolf]

there are a lot of bugs in the sea, especially if your swimming near a sewage outfall!! they come in lumps not microscopic.

 

[DrHenley]

Vibrio infections are usually self-limiting in people with healthy immune systems, with no treatment necessary. But if you have a compromised immune system, it can be devastating. Diabetics are especially prone to life threatening vibrio skin infections resulting in necrotizing fasciitis (sometime erroneously called a flesh eating bacteria infection). We had a girl in the office (diabetic) who got that and it took months to recover.

The oysters in Apalachicola Bay are a permanent reservoir for Vibrio vulnificus. You don't need "contamination" to have Vibrio vulnificus in the water. It's there all the time in the Gulf, and always has been. Certain conditions make it more abundant.

 

[jontte]

do sometimes have a feeling mother nature is considering us humans as a virus and is hell bent in getting rid of us..

 

[Dani]

This is exactly what killed my husband's step dad years ago. He liked to go fishing on the bay side down towards Galveston where the water is stagnant. The water is warmer and is a breeding ground. He had a Cut on his leg which is where it went in but he also had health issues, enlarged heart and diabetes due to some med he was on that lowered his immune system. He passed within a couple days at the hospital.

 

[Kevin L]

Vibrio infections are usually self-limiting in people with healthy immune systems, with no treatment necessary. But if you have a compromised immune system, it can be devastating. Diabetics are especially prone to life threatening vibrio skin infections resulting in necrotizing fasciitis (sometime erroneously called a flesh eating bacteria infection). We had a girl in the office (diabetic) who got that and it took months to recover.

The oysters in Apalachicola Bay are a permanent reservoir for Vibrio vulnificus. You don't need "contamination" to have Vibrio vulnificus in the water. It's there all the time in the Gulf, and always has been. Certain conditions make it more abundant.

Cholera is (if I remember correctly) another kind of Vibrio infection.

I am on a mini vacation with my girlfriend (as I write this) on Sanibel Island on the Gulf coast here in Florida, and red tide (exacerbated by discharge from Lake Okeechobee) has left a huge portion of a beautiful beach covered with rotting dead fish (and other dead animals) as far as the eye can see at the tide line.

There are warnings that the red tide can cause respiratory problems and other severe health issues as much as three days after exposure.

They project that this may be a problem in this area into 2019.

 

[DrHenley]

Cholera is (if I remember correctly) another kind of Vibrio infection.

Vibrio cholerae
That one is due to contamination. But the majority of Vibrio infections in the Gulf are from the endemic Vibrio vulnificus.

 

[Maverick]

People have been dying from vibrio for centuries, not really surprising.

 

[Kevin L]

Vibrio cholerae
That one is due to contamination. But the majority of Vibrio infections in the Gulf are from the endemic Vibrio vulnificus.

I wasn't sure, so thank you for clarifying. Either way, it seems like nasty sh-t (no pun intended, of course).

 

[Maverick]

CDC estimates 80,000 people become sick with vibriosis, and 100 people die from their infection, in the United States every year

https://www.cdc.gov/vibrio/people-at-risk.html

 

[DrHenley]

I guess I should be thankful I never got it with all the times I went wading in Perdido Bay barefoot. I even stepped on a live oyster and cut my foot to the bone.
Been wearing sandals ever since.

 

[Kevin L]

I guess I should be thankful I never got it with all the times I went wading in Perdido Bay barefoot. I even stepped on a live oyster and cut my foot to the bone.
Been wearing sandals ever since.

I included a Katadyn pocket ceramic water filter (along with spare parts, an extra filter, and so on) in my prep stuff, as I want to use as little fuel as possible (including a regular campfire), as I don't want to advertise my presence too often.

If used properly (and, of course, stored properly and maintained properly), this should still help protect against this family of illnesses, right?

This filter is advertised as preventing this kind of water-bourne illness, but certian kinds of vibrio seems so virulent, that I wonder.