California well being officers have issued an advisory after a number of individuals who participated in a Tough Mudder race final weekend acquired sick.
Nearly two dozen individuals who ran in the Tough Mudder problem at Sonoma Raceway on August 19 and 20 developed rashes with fever and reported muscle ache or nausea and vomiting, in accordance with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.
“The Tough Mudder race involved extensive skin exposure to mud. Most affected persons have pustular rash, fever, myalgias, and headache,” well being officers stated. “These symptoms could be indicative of a minor illness called Swimmers’ Itch, but they can also indicate a Staph infection or other more serious bacterial infection such as Aeromonas.”
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Sonoma County well being officers issued an advisory about a number of circumstances of doable infections following a Tough Mudder competitors at Sonoma Raceway final weekend. (Courtesy of KTVU)
Athletes who competed in the race crawled by means of mud and water and climbed over and below obstacles like a barbed wire fence. Several contestants posted about their situation after the race on social media, complaining of a crimson rash with pus, fever and physique aches.
“Anywhere on my body that touched the ground had red spots,” participant Chris Palakos informed native FOX affiliate KTVU.
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Athletes shared pictures on social media of offended crimson rashes they developed after the Tough Mudders problem on August 19 and 20. (Courtesy of KTVU)
Tough Mudder contributors shared footage of their rashes with KTVU. The photos present their legs and arms lined in infectious sores.
At least 22 folks contacted the Sonoma County well being division to report rashes, interim well being officer Dr. Karen Smith stated. Officials consider folks probably contracted a bacterial an infection referred to as aeromonas, which is a bacterium that lives in water and is contracted by means of open wounds. It is just not contagious.
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“The Tough Mudder race involved extensive skin exposure to mud. Most affected persons have pustular rash, fever, myalgias, and headache. These symptoms could be indicative of a minor illness called Swimmers’ Itch, but they can also indicate a Staph infection or other more serious bacterial infection such as Aeromonas,” well being officers warned. (Courtesy of KTVU)
“We want to be sure to let people know . . . if you attended this event, and you have a rash, fever, aches, we want you to go see your doctor,” she informed KTVU.
Smith stated that one one who noticed an infectious illness specialist examined constructive for aeromonas micro organism. The an infection is often misdiagnosed as a staph an infection or swimmer’s itch — a pores and skin rash brought on by an allergic response to sure microscopic parasites that infect some birds and animals, in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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“We want doctors to have the right information, so they know which things to consider, staph being one of them,” Smith informed KTVU. “But what we don’t want to happen, because it looks like staph, we don’t want them to just treat for staph and find out it’s something else.”
Sonoma County well being officers inspired anybody who participated in the race and later developed a rash to see a health care provider or, if they don’t have a medical supplier, to contact their native emergency division.
