Virus-Bacterium-Fungus-Parasite

[niZmO_Man]

On a different note, the "communal sponge" in the kitchen at work probably houses a new ecosystem now.

[GTR-N1]

^^ sure does.

Kitchen has a plethora of germs.

* sponge as stated

* chopping board for meat and dairy

* fridge not cold enough

* tea towel

* humans forgetting to wash hands

* tap handles > handles on microwave fridge etc

[GTR-N1]

Ebola reaching USA :-

CDC is in a flap tracking down contacts of an Ebola sufferer who's landed in their midst. Trouble is, the victim had been walking around with symptoms for 4 days before reporting to hospital.

[GTR-N1]

If a horse is brought back into the country from a high risk area, it needs to remain quarantined offshore for 3 months.

But currently, a human...

[GTR-N1]

Bacterium:-

MDR-TB death in N Qld

MultiDrug Resistant Tuberculosis can spread through being in close proximity to an infected person.

Doctors are struggling with this because traditional antibiotics like Rifampicin and Isoniazid haven't been able to keep pace with TB's mutation.

Stay tuned.

[GTR-N1]

Ebola :-

* unconfirmed report filtering through that one of the afflicted health workers in the USA could only have contracted it through a sneeze or a cough - meaning it's become airborne

* after five meetings in the Australian federal health department, politicians have still decided not to quarantine pssengers flying here from West Africa

* a plane with 152 on board has been forced to land in Madrid due to a passenger from an infected area came down with fever and shaking. Passengers are isolated

[L33SH]

No wonder it's spreading...

http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-hazmat-suit-transfers-dallas-ebola-patient-cdc-plane-article-1.1976079

Edited October 16, 2014 by L33SH

[Birds]

f**king retarded health workers...thinking they're doing all the good assisting in undeveloped countries and fking us over here by potentially bringing back diseases. Put yourself in quarantine you arrogant shits, what's another couple weeks away from home.

[GTR-N1]

+1

[Birds]

Roleplaying gift for the wife, Terry?

[GTR-N1]

Superbugs in Melbourne's hospitals :- I dare say Victoria isn't the only state where hospitals host antibiotic resistant bacteria.

The trouble is, even by sanitising wards from ceilings to floors the bugs still infiltrate and "call the hospitals homes"!!!!

[GTR-N1]

MERS is something to be somewhat wary about if friends go off to Mecca as a pilgrimage.

Aka Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome...

[Birds]

Hey Terry, are humans known to catch anything from Birds other than H5N1?

Got bitten by a cockatoo last weekend and have had some gastrointestinal symptoms since...diarrhea, esophagitis, bed sweats.

Mind you I also had some very spicy Indian the same night and whilst I love spicy food my digestive system doesn't. It doesn't seem to be progressing into anything but am thinking a tetanus shot might have been a good idea after the bite.

Your thoughts?

[GTR-N1]

H5N1 symptoms don't appear to be there from your info Birds.

Symptoms I suspect are from food poisoning. Eat chicken? I can't ask if something tasted off I guess because of strong tastes at that restaurant ay!

[GTR-N1]

Any fever? Respiratory symptoms? Trachea as well as oesophagus?

Tetanus Vac is a good safeguard for all of us every decade.

[Birds]

H5N1 symptoms don't appear to be there from your info Birds.

Symptoms I suspect are from food poisoning. Eat chicken? I can't ask if something tasted off I guess because of strong tastes at that restaurant ay!

I had pork...the menu warned me of the spiciness and this is Indians giving something a warning of being hot! Have had it before though and never got more than a long toilet stay the next day. This has continued for the past few days. Pork is always a good candidate for food poisoning I guess.

The throat symptoms are a bit like when I've had a stomach ulcer before and you have that feeling of reflux burn, like the esophagus feels slightly burnt from the stomach.

Trachea feels okay. I suppose food poisoning could have been responsible and the symptoms do appear to be lessening rather than progressing. Just unusual that I've had no want to throw up like I've had before with food poisoning.

No real fever besides the bed sweats which were bad on first night but have gotten better - only a couple patches lastnight.

Thanks for your consideration!

[GTR-N1]

CJD - Well that's not good is it? Prayers for the victim in RPAH and his family.

[Nanogrip]

I recently had a fungal infection on my scrotum *gasp*, clamatazole and tolnaftate seems to help but the creams wear off with time when with clothes on, so the treatment wasn't successful (two tubes of each). Acetone, the paint grade, works so well. The next day after applying once on my balls with cotton balls in the morning and once in the evening, the itch is gone. No more lychee balls. Balls.

For skin fungal infection, what would you recommend Terry? Acetone seems like a sledgehammer solution (even though it worked), and it is not pleseant on the skin, especially cut skin from scratching an itch, in the nether regions.

[GTR-N1]

Fungal Candida infections there usually come from the inside rather than through intercourse when men are affected. Do you get also...

* bloated tummy or wind

* foggy thinking

* blocked sinuses

* constipation or loose motions

* bruise easily with minor bumps

* breath goes off despite good dental hygiene

* crotch itch as well

??? Any 3 of the above???

[Nanogrip]

I think all except for the bloated tummy, stool issues, and being easily bruised. My blocked sinuses could be the cause of the bad breath *gasp*. Thank you for your time in this, could I have a candida problem? Yesterday was my regular checkup, but this was not mentioned. I am not in grave danger am I?