Re: NANFA-L-- Freshwater stings

Moontanman-in-aol.com
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:20:08 EST

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In a message dated 3/21/05 1:47:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:

>
> Were you "stung" or did you have a rash? People often get a skin rash
> from the larvae of bird schistosomes (blood flukes). The flukes are
> parasites of birds, related to those that cause the disease
> schistosomiasis in people in the tropics. The bird fluke larvae only
> penetrate into the skin of people, where they die, but the immune
> response creates a rash -- mild in most, more bothersome in some. This
> condidion is commonly called "swimmer's itch." You can read about this
> in any good invertebrate biology text like Hickman.
>
>

Actually the stings were enough to make us get out of the water but after we
got out it was more of a rash.

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In a message dated 3/21/05 1:47:53=20= PM Eastern Standard Time, dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:



Were you "stung" or did you have a rash?  People often get a skin rash=20=
from the larvae of bird schistosomes (blood flukes).  The flukes are parasites of birds, related to those that cause the disease
schistosomiasis in people in the tropics.  The bird fluke larvae only <= BR> penetrate into the skin of people, where they die, but the immune
response creates a rash -- mild in most, more bothersome in some.  This=
condidion is commonly called "swimmer's itch."  You can read about this=
in any good invertebrate biology text like Hickman.



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