I live on the Gulf Coast and part of our economy is that of seafood….the industry down here has taken many hits in the past twenty years….Katrina crapped on our seafood, then came Deepwater Horizon oil spill another dump on our seafood….then there is the Spillway that when opened screws our oyster industry then there is the influx of foreign seafood flooded the markets….like I said many hits and then came one last shot at killing our seafood industry……
A new report from researchers at the Cooper University Hospital in New Jersey suggests that necrotizing fasciitis may no longer be as rare as previously assumed, no thanks to climate change and global warming
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapid-spreading, life-threatening bacterial disease that destroys the fascia, the tissue under the skin surrounding muscles, fats, and blood vessels. It is caused by a species of bacteria known as Group A streptococcus, also called “flesh-eating bacteria”, and Vibrio vulnificus. These bacteria thrive in warm salt and brackish waters, alternatively entering the body through open wounds or oral ingestion.
Recent statistics show that necrotizing fasciitis affects about 1 in every 250,000 people in the United States per year [2]. In some other parts of the world where the climate is warmer, it may affect as much as 1 in every 100,000 per year. NF has been termed a “very rare” disease due to these low frequencies of occurrence, but global warming may be causing the increase.
This recent report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that those statistics may be on the verge of going higher as world waters are getting warmer [3]. Flesh-eating bacteria species (especially Vibrio) thrive in unusually warm waters, and according to the report from the CUH, the few cases of necrotizing fasciitis studied have mostly arisen from the Southeastern U.S coast, the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts Warn That ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria May Be Spreading To Seafood, Beaches Due To Climate Change
It just does not pay to be a fisherman on the Gulf Coast anymore….
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That flesh-eating bug is a terrible thing to contract indeed. If I was a fisherman there, I might be thinking about changing careers or wearing a lot of protective equipment.
Best wishes, Pete.
There are a lot of sushi joints made with fresh local seafood….not for me. I read that TB was making a comeback in the UK any thing true about the report? chuq
Cases of TB, Measles, and Whooping Cough are all on the rise. It has been caused by a combination of ‘anti-vaxx’ parents refusing to get children innoculated for some years now, and immigrants from other countries arriving already infected, according to the BBC.
We are having that problem here and the anti-vaxxers are making it worse by the day…..plus STDs are on the rise in Mississippi….we may not be the smartest US people but we do like our sex. LOL chuq