What threatens to swim in prohibited places?
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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On a summer day it is always pleasant to plunge into cool water and hide from the heat. However, often people forget about security measures and swim in places not intended for this purpose. Clear at first glance, the water of a pond or lake, which is not taken regularly for testing by special sanitary services, can be a breeding ground for serious diseases. What threatens to swim in dubious water bodies?
The pond reproduces the most diverse living organisms that can lead to various diseases. So, if a person has cuts or scratches, then the risk of getting leptospirosis increases. His first symptoms include: vomiting, diarrhea, severe headache, muscle pain, fatigue. When they appear, you should immediately go to the hospital. As a rule, antibiotics are prescribed for treatment. There is also a possibility of infection with cryptosporidiosis, an E. Coli, which is usually associated with food poisoning.
Through contaminated water can be transmitted enterovirus infection, helminthic diseases. There are cases of development of hepatitis A, which can be avoided if you do not accidentally swallow water, but it is very difficult, especially if the water in children.
In summer, the most common danger, lurking among lovers of splashing in prohibited water, is the "itch of the bather" (cercariosis). Typical manifestations of the disease include itching and red blisters on the skin (a few hours after bathing). If you have these symptoms, you need to use an ointment that removes the itching, for example with dimedrol or menthol. With an increase in pruritus, you can take an antihistamine drug, and with fever and difficulty in breathing, you need to contact your doctor promptly. As specialists explain, the causative agents of this disease are the duck worm larvae, which are in the water. So from swimming in a pond where ducks are swimming, it is better to abstain. "Itchy bather" - an unpleasant disease that requires long-term treatment. Especially if the larvae were able to penetrate the blood and then into the lungs (more often in children).
According to doctors, bathers in such reservoirs are also threatened with streptococcal and staphylococcal infections, inflammatory diseases of the genital organs (vaginosis, colpitis, cervicitis), cystitis, eczema.
Before rushing into the water, it is worthwhile to find out whether a bathing water is suitable, to look around and assess the zone, so as not to expose your life and health to danger. According to epidemiologists, 9 resting places: the beach "Levoberezhny", the complex "Beach Club", Lake Beloe, Meshcherskoe, Serebryany Bor-2, Serebryany Bor-3, School Lake, Chernoye Lake and Bolshoy Municipal Pond .