Thread: Flesh Eating Bacteria

Typical, nobody knows what waters or areas have the bacteria, so they put out an advisory for everything.

I'll keep fishing and eating, also pray for forgiveness each night in case it's my time.

I figure it has been around a long time. Just these days of antibacterial everything has caused people to have a lowered immunity to it. They haven't stopped drinking the water from the lakes in South Alabama.

Wife works for a doctor who had a patient who got it while fishing in the gulf. Had a cut on his hand. Was in hospital for two months. About lost his life and nearly his arm. Ended up losing his middle two fingers. Her doc says you just have to be careful with open cuts and sores in very warm water.

Vibrio Vulnificus has always been here but seems to be worse this year. Maybe too much rain and late flood pushing nutrients into the bay, . I don't ever remember hearing this much about it in the past. A commercial fisherman friend of mine had some dirty water from his fish box splash in his eye a few weeks ago and it became infected and he almost lost it. Did lose most of his sight from it. An old saying was only catch and eat oysters during the months with r in them. Cooking well kills the bacteria

Those R months are a lot cooler and most of the time less rain. The old timers had it figured out

Thanks for bringing this up, people need to take precautions to prevent infectious diseases as best they can. That doesn't mean giving up water sports altogether but using some judgment on where and when. The same applies to ticks and mosquito transmitted diseases, use your bug spray. Then there is skin cancer, use your sun screen. It is unfortunately more complicated than just using common sense because it requires that you be well informed.

There is always something and as serious ar this is , we live in an unclean world . More fast food restaurants fail inspection due to what is on the door going in than the bathroom floor . Enjoy your Lunch .