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Potting plants could cause Legionnaires' disease
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Normandy writes On 03/09/2010 15:49, Ian B wrote: Of course it's always advisable to avoid getting a cut dirty. There are lots of diseases that like to make their way into the body via a dirty wound. Legionella isn't one of them. Interesting. I did wonder if it was an over-reaction by what is becoming an overly elfin safety conscious society. I am surprised so many gardeners wear gloves though to handle compost. It sounds like it may be a wise thing to do? Last year I ended up with a fungal infection on both knees - I think it was due to kneeling on the bare soil while planting seedlings and wearing shorts. It took three months to get rid of the infection with anti-fungal creams - it was damn persistent. I guess the abrasion of the soil on the bare skin was enough to introduce the spores under the skin, especially while putting weight on my knees. I've just been kneeling and planting more seedlings today, but kept stout jeans on despite the heat. My back just won't take stooping for long nowadays. I wonder if you suffer from dry skin? When I had an itchy spot on my shin which would scab over when I scratched it, my GP called it Ringworm and gave me some Trimovate cream. I used this for many months, stopping when it cleared up, only for it to reappear. After insisting on a second opinion, the GP referred me to a skin specialist who snorted at "Ringworm", said that it was eczema, took a scraping to be tested and prescribed Trimovate, but more importantly Acqueous Cream, a bland moisturiser, and told me to use it on my shins. This cured the problem permanently. The skin is a good defence, but not when it is dry and cracked. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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Potting plants could cause Legionnaires' disease
On 03/09/2010 17:55, Gordon H wrote:
I wonder if you suffer from dry skin? When I had an itchy spot on my shin which would scab over when I scratched it, my GP called it Ringworm and gave me some Trimovate cream. I used this for many months, stopping when it cleared up, only for it to reappear. After insisting on a second opinion, the GP referred me to a skin specialist who snorted at "Ringworm", said that it was eczema, took a scraping to be tested and prescribed Trimovate, but more importantly Acqueous Cream, a bland moisturiser, and told me to use it on my shins. This cured the problem permanently. The skin is a good defence, but not when it is dry and cracked. I'm fairly sure it was fungal. It grew outwards in the classic circular shape. It also itched like crazy. I had something similar once on my shin though, where it grew similarly but outwards from a cut. I don't have dry skin. The soil here must be laden with fungal spores - or I've just become more susceptible to infection in my decrepitude! ;-) -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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