2nd man in 2 weeks contracts flesh-eating bacteria in Gulf of Mexico, TV station reports

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Times-Picayune

2nd man in 2 weeks contracts flesh-eating bacteria in Gulf of Mexico, TV station reports
By Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on June 24, 2016 at 5:20 PM

A Texas man has contracted a flesh-eating bacteria after swimming in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Austin, Texas, TV station KXAN. The station reports Adrian Ruiz is the second man in two weeks to become infected with the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus after swimming in the Gulf near Galveston.

Ruiz's family was swimming in Port Aransas when he became infected, which he first noticed after suffering from a headache and a rash on his leg.

The bacteria is spread through contact with uncooked shellfish or by swimming in contaminated bodies of water with an open cut, according to KXAN.


Read more: http://www.nola.com/health/index.ssf/2016/06/flesh_eating_bacteria_gulf_of.html

[jtuck004]

1. I wonder how far the stuff BP dredged up went...? n/t

[jalan48]

2. New World Order will fix it.

[Warpy]

3. The bug likes to live in shellfish, especially oysters

and the gut infection is worse than the skin infection.

It's nasty and hard to treat but fortunately for swimmers and shellfish eaters, it's rare.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Yea, Galveston...

I lived in Galveston County for 20 years.

It was always on the ragged edge.

Now with global warming...