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Consumer Health: What is swimmer's itch?
It's summertime, and for many people that means spending time with family and friends at the lake or river. For some, it also means an unpleasant skin irritation: swimmer's itch.
Aug 16, 2023
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Home remedies: How to treat, and prevent, swimmer's itch
Swimmer's itch is an itchy rash that can occur after swimming or wading outdoors. Also known as cercarial dermatitis, swimmer's itch is most common in freshwater lakes and ponds, but it occasionally occurs in salt water.
Aug 22, 2019
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Climate change will raise Florida's risks of brain-eating amoeba and flesh-eating bacteria
When it's blisteringly hot outside, splashing in the ocean, a lake or even a swimming pool is a popular way to beat the heat. But as global temperatures rise, scientists say, so do your chances of catching a nasty—or even ...
Aug 5, 2019
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Home remedies: Don't scratch swimmer's itch
Swimmer's itch is an itchy rash that can occur after you go swimming or wading outdoors. Also known as cercarial dermatitis, swimmer's itch is most common in freshwater lakes and ponds, but it occasionally occurs in salt ...
Jul 12, 2017
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Freshwater algae can infect wounds, study shows
(HealthDay)—The cases of two men who got injured while enjoying the great outdoors in Missouri and Texas are giving insight into a freshwater algae that can infect wounds.
Mar 5, 2015
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Florida boy fights rare infection caused by amoeba (Update)
Health officials in Florida say a 12-year-old boy is fighting a rare and deadly infection that is attacking his brain.
Aug 13, 2013
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Three dead in US from brain-killing amoeba
Three young Americans have died this year from a rare water-borne amoeba that swims up through the nose and infects the brain, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.
Aug 19, 2011
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