[NatureNS] blackfly bites, or what are they

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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:21:04 -0300
From: Martin Alpert <alpertelectric@gmail.com>
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I did wade in the water right at the bottom of the falls - but I also
threw it all over my body and face; the spots are only on my lower
legs. Its rocky and fast moving water, not really warm, but definitely
not reedy. I don't know whats above the falls.
Thanks,
Marty

On 8/25/10, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>   To Martin A.:
>   Some forty randomly spaced, somewhat itchy  lesions resembling insect
> bites, on the lower legs? Did you do any wading in freshwater that day? If
> so, you may have experienced classical Swimmer's Itch (cercariasis).
>   The lesions are caused by the larvae of a bird parasite that burrow into
> your skin and die, causing in many people mild inflammation. It is quite
> common in shallow, warm, reedy freshwater lakes and ponds. Right now is the
> height of the Swimmer's Itch season.
>   Dusan Soudek MD
>
>


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