It ’s puddle season , the grandest of all time of year , or so you might think . Sure , days are longer , clothing is lean , and the beer is cold , but with pool season comes high risk , especially if there ’s the skinny in the water . Which , it turn out , there is . A lot of it .
accord to the CDC , every year thousands of pee - consort eruption get reported , all stem from poop - related bacterium . Andpoop in the poolcan cause several diseases , all of which you’re able to very realistically capture . The good news : despite what that ignorant cat at your office says , herpes virus and HIV are two disease you CANNOT catch in a pool .
Cryptosporidium
The No . 1 kitty - stick out disease in the US is … numeral two . Diarrhea is themost common recreational water sickness ( RWI ) , and is most commonly induce by cryptosporidium parasites . " We know that cryptosporidium is the bug responsible for most of the late unpaid water - associated outbreaks , " says Brittany Behm , spokeswoman of the Division of Foodborne , Waterborne , and Environmental Diseases for the CDC . " Half of the outbreak report for 2011 - 2012 were due to crypto . " Crypto can stay put alive for daytime even in well - maintained pools . When these parasites enter your consistence , they locomote to your lowly intestine and then burrow into the rampart . The result ? An unpleasant bathroom site for as long as two to three weeks . Summer is only 13 weeks long . You do n’t require this .
Giardiasis
Another unsavory cobalt blue skulker is thegiardia sponger , which causes the diarrheal disease giardiasis . More diarrhea , play . Giardia is a parasite that experience in the intestines and is passed on through poop , and it can hold up up to 45 minutes even in the most extremely chlorinated consortium . Once infect with giardiasis , get ready for lots of lower intestinal backlash in the form of looseness of the bowels , gas , greasy , floating can ( which is infinitely more megascopic than unconstipated , non - floating dejection ) , cramps , and drying up .
Shigellosis
This aquatic antihero is a disease triggered by a group of bacterium calledshigella , and most who are infected with shigella develop – you guessed it – looseness of the bowels . Add to that inclination a fever and stomach muscle spasm that unremarkably start a Clarence Day or two after exposure . Shigella will clear itself up in five to seven day , and some the great unwashed who are infect may not have any symptoms at all .
Norovirus
Be careful if you ’re pass on a cruise , because this is thevirus that ’s responsiblefor most of thehorrifying cruise ship storiesthat make the rounds each summer . It ’s extremely contagious and is spread by contaminated food or water system . And yes , consortium water counts . Norovirus causes your stomach or intestines to get heat , which ensue in tummy pain , nausea , diarrhoea , and vomiting … there ’s that pesky diarrhea again .
E. coli O157:H7
you may get this spoiler of the lower intestine many ways , andcontaminated swimming H2O is in spades one of them . Especially if that swimming water is contaminated with infected dirt , which it very well could be considering how many people seem to get diarrhoea from infected swim pools . When you have it you will get severe diarrhea and abdominal cramps for five to 10 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
Legionella
This is less of a pool disease and more of ahot tub disease , but it ’s equally real . Legionella is a type of bacterium chance in fresh water and it do unwellness like Legionnaires ' disease and Pontiac fever , both of which sound moderately badass but are decidedly not . The good news is that most people disclose to the bacteria do n’t become sick – if you do get Legionnaires ' disease , however , you ’ll be take care at a severe phase of pneumonia that would probably put a damper on the rest of your summertime .
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