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Index of Subjects I did wade in the water right at the bottom of the falls - but I also threw it all over my body and face; the spots are only on my lower legs. Its rocky and fast moving water, not really warm, but definitely not reedy. I don't know whats above the falls. Thanks, Marty On 8/25/10, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > To Martin A.: > Some forty randomly spaced, somewhat itchy lesions resembling insect > bites, on the lower legs? Did you do any wading in freshwater that day? If > so, you may have experienced classical Swimmer's Itch (cercariasis). > The lesions are caused by the larvae of a bird parasite that burrow into > your skin and die, causing in many people mild inflammation. It is quite > common in shallow, warm, reedy freshwater lakes and ponds. Right now is the > height of the Swimmer's Itch season. > Dusan Soudek MD > > -- Martin D. Alpert Alpert Electric RR#5 Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2L3 902-863-5496
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