04-09-2018, 03:05 AM
https://www.ksat.com/news/local-newlywed-contracts-life-threatening-bacteria-on-honeymoon
HELP!!! Leptospirosis is a huge problem…….
A group of 18 visited Jamaica from Feb 8 - 12th from Maryland. We LOVE Jamaica. We did an excursion to the Blue Hole on the Saturday. It poured raining on our drive up the mountain so when we arrived the Blue Hole was brown from all the run off. Most in the group still decided to jump and swim but a few of us did not. We returned to the USA on the 12th thrilled from our trip.
Then the bad started on February 20th one person started with severe headache, 104 fever and stiff neck, yellowing of the eyes, horrible muscle pain, dizziness, sweats - this list of symptoms goes on! Drs assumed he had the flu. Within the next 4 days 5 others in our group ended up with the same symptoms. It was horrible pain and after many visits to the Dr. they sent one guy to the hospital to be tested for Meningitis and during that day 2 more were sent to the hospital for the Meningitis test. After many hours of tests and getting no answers I googled blue hole Jamaica bacteria and found many articles about warnings since November 2017.
I came across this article
https://www.ksat.com/…/local-newlywed-contracts-life-threat…
Elizabeth McAninch and her husband Chris traveled to Jamaica for their honeymoon. Chris died of Leptospirosis on Dec 23, 2017. That’s we finally realized they all had Leptospirosis - which is a bacterial infection that attacks your organs if not found and treated. Thankfully the Drs started my husband and his friends on antibiotics to be safe even before having the blood tests back.
Since this has all happened I have met a family from Florida whose Dad Robert Kuntz was there over Thanksgiving break November 2017 and early December became extremely ill. Drs diagnosed him with Leptospirosis ended up in the hospital for 45 days and in a coma for 2 weeks and met another family Michelle Warford from Canada who was there in January and their Uncle died Feb 22nd. Unfortunately it was too late by the time Drs realized he had Leptospirosis. All of these men visited the Blue Hole during their visits from November to February.
We all still love Jamaica but do not want to see any other family experience this horrendously painful sickness. The other battle we have had is convincing Drs in the USA and Canada that this infection is happening and they need to be more aware of the proper treatment. It’s simple treatment of doxycycline antibiotics. So if your planning to backpack be prepared. Educate yourself.
HELP!!! Leptospirosis is a huge problem…….
A group of 18 visited Jamaica from Feb 8 - 12th from Maryland. We LOVE Jamaica. We did an excursion to the Blue Hole on the Saturday. It poured raining on our drive up the mountain so when we arrived the Blue Hole was brown from all the run off. Most in the group still decided to jump and swim but a few of us did not. We returned to the USA on the 12th thrilled from our trip.
Then the bad started on February 20th one person started with severe headache, 104 fever and stiff neck, yellowing of the eyes, horrible muscle pain, dizziness, sweats - this list of symptoms goes on! Drs assumed he had the flu. Within the next 4 days 5 others in our group ended up with the same symptoms. It was horrible pain and after many visits to the Dr. they sent one guy to the hospital to be tested for Meningitis and during that day 2 more were sent to the hospital for the Meningitis test. After many hours of tests and getting no answers I googled blue hole Jamaica bacteria and found many articles about warnings since November 2017.
I came across this article
https://www.ksat.com/…/local-newlywed-contracts-life-threat…
Elizabeth McAninch and her husband Chris traveled to Jamaica for their honeymoon. Chris died of Leptospirosis on Dec 23, 2017. That’s we finally realized they all had Leptospirosis - which is a bacterial infection that attacks your organs if not found and treated. Thankfully the Drs started my husband and his friends on antibiotics to be safe even before having the blood tests back.
Since this has all happened I have met a family from Florida whose Dad Robert Kuntz was there over Thanksgiving break November 2017 and early December became extremely ill. Drs diagnosed him with Leptospirosis ended up in the hospital for 45 days and in a coma for 2 weeks and met another family Michelle Warford from Canada who was there in January and their Uncle died Feb 22nd. Unfortunately it was too late by the time Drs realized he had Leptospirosis. All of these men visited the Blue Hole during their visits from November to February.
We all still love Jamaica but do not want to see any other family experience this horrendously painful sickness. The other battle we have had is convincing Drs in the USA and Canada that this infection is happening and they need to be more aware of the proper treatment. It’s simple treatment of doxycycline antibiotics. So if your planning to backpack be prepared. Educate yourself.