Aussie gets rare disease after Thai full moon party

[bberrythailand]

8 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

It's not a once in a lifetime jab. I've had several. Just got one after a blood test showed I had no protection. Same with hep a/b. Not cheap jabs, but worth the money.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria

 

It can also come from contaminated objects. Like broken glass.

 

Red cross sells a cheap booster !

 

 

[Joebuzz]

9 hours ago, ksamuiguy said:

I remember when we had to have a yellow vaccination book when we traveled.

it listed all the shots we had and when boosters were due.

I just had my booster shot for D & T and a flu shot at a local clinic.(no typhoid)  I was told easily cured??

Yes, if they know what to look for.

The problem no one looks for these old diseases any more.

Many of the old diseases are coming back, no one gets immunized anymore.

The sea is now a big source of many bacteria, old and new.

We can not keep using our oceans as a trash dump and a septic tank.

 

 

"We"?  Where I live WE don't use the ocean as our sewer.  " WE" go on vacation to see that.

[Meljames]

11 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Didn't realise that's how diphtheria's spread.

 

You're not alone. From Mr. Google: 

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How does diphtheria spread?

Diphtheria bacteria live in the mouth, throat, and nose of an infected person and can be passed to others by coughing or sneezing. Occasionally, transmission occurs from skin sores or through articles soiled with oozing from sores of infected people.

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4203.pdf

 

 

Maybe a broken piece of glass, sounds more probable that someone in a crowded place may have been a carrier.

Edited August 21, 2017 by Meljames

[katana]

There's a cutaneous form of diphtheria common in the tropics, caught through a cut in the skin, which results in a non-healing skin ulcer rather than symptoms affecting the neck and throat. This is what appears to have happened to the Australian tourist.
If you look at one of the photos on the Wikipedia page for diphtheria, you can see one of these ulcers on a patient's leg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphtheria

An example of cutaneous diphtheria was reported in the Canadian Journal of Infectious diseases in 1995. A Canadian soldier on duty in Somalia developed a traumatic non-healing skin ulcer on his shin after cutting his leg on a garbage can.
Back in Canada, swabs were taken and a culture grown which led to a diagnosis of diphtheria. Luckily for him, it was cleared up by a short course of antibiotics, although he had to be placed in temporary isolation in accordance with public health protocol.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3327909/

Edited August 21, 2017 by katana

[khundon]

My doctor told me Brighton was good for arthritis, I went there for a week and got it.

 

I'll get my coat.

[Ace of Pop]

Trump caused it, or a Brexit supporter.?


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