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Man Dies After Contracting Rare Bacteria While Swimming in Gulf Coast Beach in Florida

  

Category:  Environment/Climate

Via:  petey-coober  •  9 years ago  •  12 comments

Man Dies After Contracting Rare Bacteria While Swimming in Gulf Coast Beach in Florida
By AVIANNE TAN 20 hours ago Good Morning America

A 26-year-old man recently died after contracting a rare, deadly bacterial infection while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, officials confirmed today.

The victim, Cason Yeager, who is from Lake County, died on June 16, only two days after he went swimming, his mother Karen Yeager told local station WTSP .

"This has been a nightmare for me, to say the least, and nobody should have to go through this," Karen Yeager said, adding she wants to spread awareness that even healthy people can fall victim to the bacteria that killed her son -- Vibrio vulnificus.

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Yeager's death is Florida's fourth Vibrio vulnificus fatality this year, Florida Department of Health spokeswoman Mara Burger told ABC News today, adding that his death comes after a previous warning the department made about the bacteria.

Vibrio vulnificus is a naturally occurring bacteria that is a bit more active in the summer, according to Anne Gayle Ellis, a spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County.

The bacteria is often incorrectly referred to as "flesh-eating" bacteria, Ellis told ABC News. However, the bacterium can cause infections that may lead to skin breakdown, ulceration and possible fatal complications in immunocompromised people, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) .

Karen Yeager told WTSP her son seemed healthy. Now, she said she wants people to be aware of the dangers in the water.

"I'm not telling anyone don't go into the water," Karen Yeager said. "Just do your due diligence and make sure that you're not going to harm yourself."

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https://gma.yahoo.com/man-dies-contracting-rare-bacteria-while-swimming-gulf-235653851--abc-news-travel.html


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Petey Coober
Freshman Silent
link   seeder  Petey Coober    9 years ago

I don't know why my tags are not showing in the article . This is a little known danger of warm water swimming .

 
 
 
Larry Hampton
Professor Quiet
link   Larry Hampton    9 years ago

Dang nasty little critter, and prefers men...

V. vulnificus infections also disproportionately affect males; 85% of those developing endotoxic shock from the bacteria are male. Females having had an oophorectomy experienced increased mortality rates, as estrogen has been shown experimentally to have a protective effect against V. vulnificus . [ 16 ]

~LINK~

 
 
 
FLYNAVY1
Professor Participates
link   FLYNAVY1    9 years ago

Nice seed Petey. Good information.

 
 
 
Petey Coober
Freshman Silent
link   seeder  Petey Coober    9 years ago

Theoretically they could give estrogen shots to males [if they get the patients before its too late] . Is that likely to work ?

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
link   Kavika     9 years ago

Yes, good information.

 
 
 
Larry Hampton
Professor Quiet
link   Larry Hampton    9 years ago

According to the link in the wiki footnotes , they have demonstrated inanimals that that would indeed help. Though they have an understanding of the pathway and such, they actualy don't know how estrogen does what it does.

 
 
 
Petey Coober
Freshman Silent
link   seeder  Petey Coober    9 years ago

Estrogen has been mystifying men throughout history ...

 
 
 
Larry Hampton
Professor Quiet
link   Larry Hampton    9 years ago

LOL, yeah, no kidding...

 
 
 
Petey Coober
Freshman Silent
link   seeder  Petey Coober    9 years ago

...

The Freaky Fish-Borne Illness You've Never Heard Of

A new study published in the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene found that poisoning from ciguatera , a toxin that can make you sick when you eat certain types of fish, is 28 times more common than previous data suggests. The most recent estimate from the state of Florida found that one out of every 500,000 residents becomes sick from ciguatera poisoning each year, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that only 2 to 10 percent of ciguatera cases are actually reported in the U.S.

Ciguatera is found in algae that grows in warm water and its eaten by some plant-eating fish, as well as the carnivorous fish that eat them. Barracuda is the most likely to carry ciguatera, says Felicia Wu, PhD, a professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University,but it also can show up in more common fish we eat like grouper, snapper, mackerel, and mahimahi.

For the study, scientists analyzed nearly 300 reports in Florida from 2000 to 2011 and conducted an email survey of 5,352 fishermen to estimate how often ciguatera poisoning occurs and where its located. While they discovered that ciguatera poisoning happens the most in people who fish near Miami, the Florida Keys, and the Bahamas, if you eat food from those regions, you run the risk of contracting it.

 
 
 
Petey Coober
Freshman Silent
link   seeder  Petey Coober    9 years ago

I added the above comment to demonstrate that Vibrio vulnificus is not the only danger in warm water activities . I'm surprised to see that so few people are interested in their health ...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
link   Buzz of the Orient    9 years ago

I wonder if this news could have the same effect on tourism as "Jaws" could have had fictionally.

 
 
 
Petey Coober
Freshman Silent
link   seeder  Petey Coober    9 years ago

It could if NT readership was extensive enough . But this applies almost exclusively to the summer season ...

 
 

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