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Discussion on Is rain rot zoonotic?
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Lesleyb
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003 - 10:45 am:
Has anyone out there every noticed if rain rot has transferred to another species, like humans?
We have just the worst case of rain rot which has now spread to all five of our horses. We live in Florida and it has been a very wet summer to say the least. Initially, it was diagnosed incorrectly as ringworm and we treated it as such, but with no improvement. Then we moved to a new place that didn't have a barn and the rains came. Before we knew what had happened three of our horses were so bad we had to get the vet to sedate them so we could get the scabs off, we now knew what we were dealing with. In the meantime we have built a barn and thankfully we can get the horses out of the rain. This is helping, but the last two of our horses have now broken out and we are treating aggressively. The first horse to start with it is finally getting better.
However, despite scrubbing before, after and between scrubbing the horses, I have broken out in some sort of rash. It does not look anything like the rain rot on the horses, but would it?
Does anyone know if dogs and cats can get it? No, none of my small animals are showing any signs of any problems, thank goodness!
Thanks in advance,
Lesley.
PS. Yes I have read everything on this wonderful site about rain rot and everything else I could find on the internet.
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003 - 6:46 pm:
Yes dermatophillus, though one of the most common skin infections of horses and common in herbivores and has been reported in whales (dermatophillus like) and crocodiles, is a rare infection of humans. Genrally scab like lesions form. I think it is likely you are reacting to the medications and soap you are using on your horses but perhaps a visit to the doctor is in order particularly if hand cremes and rubber gloves to not quickly alleviate the problem.
DrO
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Lesleyb
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003 - 10:09 am:
DrO,
Thanks very much, I feel better already. I believe you are right about it being a reaction to the soaps and medications we are using on the horses. This rash disappears if I do not help bath the horses for a couple of days and returns within hours when I do help. Also it is not scabby in any way. I guess I am going to have to find some way to help with the horses, my silly skin will not let me use rubber gloves of any description that I have so far been able to find.
Thanks again,
Lesley.
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Member:
Penner
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003 - 12:51 pm:
Hi Lesley,
Lots of people have latex allergy to gloves. Have you tried vinyl gloves?
Just a suggestion...
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