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Weil`s Disease
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How prevalent is Weil`s Disease in the UK? My elderly neighbours swim in the Thames during hot weather and I`ve always thought that`s a bit risky. Is the chance of contracting Weil`s any greater than getting a bug from swimming in the sea in this country?
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looks like the risk is low in the uk
looks like the risk is low in the uk
Probably most of them in Norfolk.
Unfortunately Redman we have drainage ditches on two sides of us and farmland all round us, and farm buildings used for storage very near. We get loads of rats - it's impossible not to get them. I can cope until they get into the loft (which they do on occasions). The joys of country living.
People around here are very knowledgeable about Weils and take the necessary precautions. It is usually farm workers and anglers that succumb.
Unfortunately Redman we have drainage ditches on two sides of us and farmland all round us, and farm buildings used for storage very near. We get loads of rats - it's impossible not to get them. I can cope until they get into the loft (which they do on occasions). The joys of country living.
People around here are very knowledgeable about Weils and take the necessary precautions. It is usually farm workers and anglers that succumb.
A story.
My hero Dr Donald Hunter now deceased took us, for the ward round, out of the hospital, down the Whitechapel Rd in the East end of London and stopped over a manhole cover. he banged on the cover and a face appeared from below and said "Oh! it's you Dr Hunter"
We all climbed down the ladder into the sewers and he gave us a talk on Leptospirosis Ictera Haemorrhgica (Weil's Disease)...an unforgettable lecture from an unforgettable Physician, the likes of which we do not see in the present time.
My hero Dr Donald Hunter now deceased took us, for the ward round, out of the hospital, down the Whitechapel Rd in the East end of London and stopped over a manhole cover. he banged on the cover and a face appeared from below and said "Oh! it's you Dr Hunter"
We all climbed down the ladder into the sewers and he gave us a talk on Leptospirosis Ictera Haemorrhgica (Weil's Disease)...an unforgettable lecture from an unforgettable Physician, the likes of which we do not see in the present time.
My neighbour's son who is in his late 20's caught Weil's disease in late October last year. He was hospitalised and was extremely ill, at one point in intensive care and they thought they were going to lose him. He is an avid fisherman and has even been photographed for one of the fisherman type magazines.
They think he may have caught it via his hobbie of fishing. He is on the mend now, but its taken a good few months of worry for my neighbour.
They think he may have caught it via his hobbie of fishing. He is on the mend now, but its taken a good few months of worry for my neighbour.
