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Forum: Stickies
Thread: Weils Disease
26 Oct 2010
@ 7:10am
@ 7:10am
this was on the news this morning for those that still take it that it could not happen to me....
Former Olympic rowing champion Andy Holmes, who won gold medals with Steve Redgrave at the 1984 and 1988 Games, died aged 51.
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..Holmes was taken ill last week with what media reports said was suspected to be a case of the rare bacterial disease leptospirosis, also called Weil's disease.
In a statement on its website, British Rowing said it was announcing his "tragic and untimely death with great sorrow".
Holmes won gold at Los Angeles in 1984 in the coxed four with Redgrave, Martin Cross, Richard Budgett and Adrian Ellison.
Four years later in Seoul he won gold in the pair, again with Redgrave, and bronze in the coxed pair, steered by Pat Sweeney.
Leptospirosis can be caught through contact with river or lake water when the water is contaminated by the urine of infected animals, and is a notorious disease amongst watersports athletes.
Former Olympic rowing champion Andy Holmes, who won gold medals with Steve Redgrave at the 1984 and 1988 Games, died aged 51.
Related LinksLondon 2012 build up
..Holmes was taken ill last week with what media reports said was suspected to be a case of the rare bacterial disease leptospirosis, also called Weil's disease.
In a statement on its website, British Rowing said it was announcing his "tragic and untimely death with great sorrow".
Holmes won gold at Los Angeles in 1984 in the coxed four with Redgrave, Martin Cross, Richard Budgett and Adrian Ellison.
Four years later in Seoul he won gold in the pair, again with Redgrave, and bronze in the coxed pair, steered by Pat Sweeney.
Leptospirosis can be caught through contact with river or lake water when the water is contaminated by the urine of infected animals, and is a notorious disease amongst watersports athletes.
Forum: Stickies
Thread: Weils Disease
13 Sep 2010
@ 5:30pm
@ 5:30pm
In reply to Post #227
Lee Merritt was rushed to hospital with Weil's disease last week also Ken I also know of two other angler that have caught it.. The reasons for the low notification rate is due to failure to recognise the disease, A lot of the time its put down to flu. Got to say its not that common but well worth knowing about one of my friends would be dead if it was not for the Dr. that treated him in hospital was an angler they got talking and he put 2 & 2 together.
Lee Merritt was rushed to hospital with Weil's disease last week also Ken I also know of two other angler that have caught it.. The reasons for the low notification rate is due to failure to recognise the disease, A lot of the time its put down to flu. Got to say its not that common but well worth knowing about one of my friends would be dead if it was not for the Dr. that treated him in hospital was an angler they got talking and he put 2 & 2 together.
Forum: Stickies
Thread: Weils Disease
13 Sep 2010
@ 4:52pm
@ 4:52pm
In reply to Post #225
There you go print it off laminate it keep it with you
There you go print it off laminate it keep it with you
Forum: Stickies
Thread: Weils Disease
13 Sep 2010
@ 4:28pm
@ 4:28pm
In reply to Post #223
I will dig my one out and copy it and post it up some time tonight
I will dig my one out and copy it and post it up some time tonight
Forum: Stickies
Thread: Weils Disease
12 Sep 2010
@ 7:16am
@ 7:16am
Good to see you on the mend Ken. When i was an external engineer it was some thing that was brought to our attention we all carried card that can be presented to their doctor if symptoms appear. This means they can be diagnosed and treated quickly, reducing the likelihood of severity of infection.
Weils gets all the press but the other one that people like my self that rough shoot as well as clime through fields to get to bits of rivers is Lyme disease. Lyme disease, (borreliosis), is an infection spread to humans by ticks infected with the the borrelia micro-organism. The disease is spread by ticks when they bite the skin in search of blood. The disease is not contagious from an affected person to someone else and not all ticks carry
the bacterium. This occurs at the site of the tick bite 3 to 32 days after being bitten. The rash is red, and may be warm, but is generally painless. (Lyme disease can progress to later stages even in patients who do not develop a rash.) This can also be very nasty.
Weils gets all the press but the other one that people like my self that rough shoot as well as clime through fields to get to bits of rivers is Lyme disease. Lyme disease, (borreliosis), is an infection spread to humans by ticks infected with the the borrelia micro-organism. The disease is spread by ticks when they bite the skin in search of blood. The disease is not contagious from an affected person to someone else and not all ticks carry
the bacterium. This occurs at the site of the tick bite 3 to 32 days after being bitten. The rash is red, and may be warm, but is generally painless. (Lyme disease can progress to later stages even in patients who do not develop a rash.) This can also be very nasty.