Colarado teen dies from plague

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   https://www.yahoo.com/health/after-colorado-teen-dies-from-plague-should-we-be-122169453177.html

A Colorado teenager died earlier this month just days after coming down with flulike symptoms caused by the plague. Yes, the plague.Taylor
 Thomas Gaes was a promising athlete who was killed by septicemic 
plague, a rare form of the bacterial infection that he was thought to 
have contracted from a flea bite.

Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona have occasionally seen cases of the 
plague due to bites by infected fleas. However, last year’s Colorado 
outbreak had some cases that were thought to have spread to other people
 from a person who had been infected by his dog.

comment: As we have seen in the past this can be carried by fleas and with our very large pet population - animals that are not well cared for could become carriers of the fleas that spread this. 

Medclinician

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
Medclinician Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Valued Member Since 2006 Joined: July 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 23322	Post Options Post Reply Quote Medclinician Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Colarado teen dies from plague Posted: June 23 2015 at 8:42am
	https://www.yahoo.com/health/after-colorado-teen-dies-from-plague-should-we-be-122169453177.html A Colorado teenager died earlier this month just days after coming down with flulike symptoms caused by the plague. Yes, the plague. Taylor Thomas Gaes was a promising athlete who was killed by septicemic plague, a rare form of the bacterial infection that he was thought to have contracted from a flea bite. Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona have occasionally seen cases of the plague due to bites by infected fleas. However, last year’s Colorado outbreak had some cases that were thought to have spread to other people from a person who had been infected by his dog. comment: As we have seen in the past this can be carried by fleas and with our very large pet population - animals that are not well cared for could become carriers of the fleas that spread this. Medclinician
	"not if but when" the original Medclinician

jacksdad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Executive Admin Joined: September 08 2007 Location: San Diego Status: Offline Points: 47251	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacksdad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 23 2015 at 9:42am
	It's pretty widespread in the Southwest, and we've been seeing signs posted at most of the SoCal campgrounds about plague in the wildlife for many years now. Tragic death considering it's treatable when caught early enough.
	"Buy it cheap. Stack it deep" "Any community that fails to prepare, with the expectation that the federal government will come to the rescue, will be tragically wrong." Michael Leavitt, HHS Secretary.