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Ever heard of someone getting sick a week or so after a fishing trip? Well, I have and so have others.
We go on a fishing trip and we handle bait, sometimes cut it up in filets or chunks. We take our fish out of the net or lip it and put it in the holding tank or release it. We have a sandwich, hot dog, apple and other treats while we are out fishing. We have a cut or abrasions on our hands or other body parts while we do the foregoing. Also, putting a cig. in your mouth, a dip or a chew we stand the chance of transferring something bad into our system. We all do it.
Each time we do all of the above and touch our lips, food to our mouths or other body parts, we stand the chance of transferring zoonoses or other types of bacteria to our bodies. These bad bugs come from planton and zooplanton to our bait fish and then to our game fish. It might be a week or several weeks before you notice a swelling in the skin areas that might be affected, your urinary tract might become infected, you notice that you have some noodes that are swollen, you have a low grade fever or just feel like crap. If you notice any of the foregoing you should contact your doctor and advise him/her of your activities.
The best way to avoid this problem is to eat your food within it's wraper, wear a latex glove if you have a cut or abrasion while you are fishing. And when you get home or a point closer, wash your hands and put some anti-bacteria meds on your cut or abrasions. I don't know what us tobacco folks can do to avoid this problem, shoot craps I guess.
The foregoing infection does not happen often, but it can and we should do everything we can to avoid it and take note of our own health. Mac
We go on a fishing trip and we handle bait, sometimes cut it up in filets or chunks. We take our fish out of the net or lip it and put it in the holding tank or release it. We have a sandwich, hot dog, apple and other treats while we are out fishing. We have a cut or abrasions on our hands or other body parts while we do the foregoing. Also, putting a cig. in your mouth, a dip or a chew we stand the chance of transferring something bad into our system. We all do it.
Each time we do all of the above and touch our lips, food to our mouths or other body parts, we stand the chance of transferring zoonoses or other types of bacteria to our bodies. These bad bugs come from planton and zooplanton to our bait fish and then to our game fish. It might be a week or several weeks before you notice a swelling in the skin areas that might be affected, your urinary tract might become infected, you notice that you have some noodes that are swollen, you have a low grade fever or just feel like crap. If you notice any of the foregoing you should contact your doctor and advise him/her of your activities.
The best way to avoid this problem is to eat your food within it's wraper, wear a latex glove if you have a cut or abrasion while you are fishing. And when you get home or a point closer, wash your hands and put some anti-bacteria meds on your cut or abrasions. I don't know what us tobacco folks can do to avoid this problem, shoot craps I guess.
The foregoing infection does not happen often, but it can and we should do everything we can to avoid it and take note of our own health. Mac