For those of you who may have missed this in the Arowana forum, I wanted to share a lesson learned the hard way this week. I Suddenly became deathly ill, was taken to the hospital and was kept in the hospital for a few days in icu-all thanks to a rare tropical fish disease called Edwardsiella Tarda
http://216.168.47.67/cis-fishnet/jaas/d0993.htm
http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/8/2245
This subject is really hard to find info on, it's not well known. I had fresh, minor cuts on one finger from working on fencing then cleaned my tank with the fresh cut (it was tiny) It dropped me very fast, I was out of it, high fever, a friend found me and took me to the ER. I was in septic shock, fully in my lymph and bloodstream.
It is rare outside the tropics, very few known human cases, one an infant in Belgium. They tested one known source, Pan Oceanic Aquarium in Hayward, CA, a fish supplier.
Some of the fish it comes from are Angelfish, Black Skirted Tetra, Blue Gourami (OK, at this point I'm 3 for 3!)also Chinook Salmon. There are others, but it gets into the water, then into the GI tract of all fish in the water and is passed from supplier to lfs to our home Aquariums.
Honestly, my Dr. said I was really lucky to make it. My blood vessels were all inflamed and swollen, it was really incredibly painful and they couldn't give me pain meds because my BP was so low. IT SUCKED and STILL DOES!!!!
I'm on strong antibiotics, after IV antibiotics, and still feel like caca. I called around and finally found armpit length cattle/horse vet plastic gloves and ordered them thru my vet. I highly suggest that everyone heed this warning, especially if you have children.
Lesson learned the hard way, as usual, never saw it coming!!!!!
Peace out-Mei
http://216.168.47.67/cis-fishnet/jaas/d0993.htm
http://aac.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/8/2245
This subject is really hard to find info on, it's not well known. I had fresh, minor cuts on one finger from working on fencing then cleaned my tank with the fresh cut (it was tiny) It dropped me very fast, I was out of it, high fever, a friend found me and took me to the ER. I was in septic shock, fully in my lymph and bloodstream.
It is rare outside the tropics, very few known human cases, one an infant in Belgium. They tested one known source, Pan Oceanic Aquarium in Hayward, CA, a fish supplier.
Some of the fish it comes from are Angelfish, Black Skirted Tetra, Blue Gourami (OK, at this point I'm 3 for 3!)also Chinook Salmon. There are others, but it gets into the water, then into the GI tract of all fish in the water and is passed from supplier to lfs to our home Aquariums.
Honestly, my Dr. said I was really lucky to make it. My blood vessels were all inflamed and swollen, it was really incredibly painful and they couldn't give me pain meds because my BP was so low. IT SUCKED and STILL DOES!!!!
I'm on strong antibiotics, after IV antibiotics, and still feel like caca. I called around and finally found armpit length cattle/horse vet plastic gloves and ordered them thru my vet. I highly suggest that everyone heed this warning, especially if you have children.
Lesson learned the hard way, as usual, never saw it coming!!!!!
Peace out-Mei
