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Spending the day on Lady Bird Lake? Here’s what you need to know about swimmer’s itch
Sizzling temperatures imply extra persons are heading out to our lakes and rivers. The warmth makes it a breeding floor for micro organism that can provide you a rash.
AUSTIN, Texas — A TikTok video has gone viral after Reagan Caussey went paddle boarding in Woman Hen Lake. Within the video, Caussey mentioned she obtained swimmer’s itch, additionally referred to as cercarial dermatitis.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) explains it seems as a pores and skin rash brought on by an allergic response to sure microscopic parasites that infect some birds and mammals.
“It is (the rash) throughout my physique,” Caussey explains within the TikTok video.
The CDC mentioned swimmer’s itch is extra frequent throughout the summer season months. Doctor Guadalupe Zamora mentioned when this parasite is available in contact with an individual, it digs into the particular person’s pores and skin. He recommends you to do one factor after getting out of a physique of water.
“You need to be capable to wash them off as a result of it takes a bit to get into your pores and skin,” mentioned Zamora. “They are going to attempt to burrow. They are going to attempt to get beneath your pores and skin. However when you’re capable of get out, when you get out of the water simply wash off. You may be tremendous.”
KVUE reached out to Austin’s Watershed Safety Division and requested whether it is protected to be in Woman Hen Lake.
“Woman Hen Lake continues to fulfill State of Texas contact recreation requirements, that are primarily based on micro organism ranges,” a spokesperson for the division mentioned.
Nonetheless, they do say when interacting with pure our bodies of water, publicity to micro organism or parasites is all the time potential.
The CDC mentioned these are frequent signs of swimmers itch:
- tingling, burning, or itching of the pores and skin
- small reddish pimples
- small blisters
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