Cal
In the Trades
To ALL Plumbers etc, a little expierience that i've just got home from :
Couple weeks ago had a little bump/pimple on my thigh, no big deal ,,,"POP" and off we go,,,,,,BAD IDEA !!!
Seems that jeans/work pants / kneeling /squatting /crawling etc rubs the hairs off our legs.Since humans have millions of little pours they are all openings into our bodies.We all have good & bad bactiria on our skin. I "allowed " a VERY BAD one to get under my skin and it exploded into full cellulidise and staff infection ! Spent 5 LLLOOONNNGGG days in the hospital with heavy I.V. antibiotics and large lancing of leg ,, packing,cleaning,packing etc,,, ALL in ALL ----NO FUN !!
My point is this to all of us, the infectious disease spe******t informed me that we construction workers ,especially plumbers have quite a bit more bad bactiria then most people, he said and i want to be clear here ......
ONLY TWICE a week (more would wipe out the good stuff) we should use and anti-bactirial soap when we shower . ALso .....don't go around poping zits and blister etc, they are the body's way of "walling" off infection.
If this stops even ONE person from going through my latest "fun" I'll be most happy !! Been at this 25years and have NEVER had a problem, so guess i'll been more concious of these things.
Take care,
CAL
Couple weeks ago had a little bump/pimple on my thigh, no big deal ,,,"POP" and off we go,,,,,,BAD IDEA !!!
Seems that jeans/work pants / kneeling /squatting /crawling etc rubs the hairs off our legs.Since humans have millions of little pours they are all openings into our bodies.We all have good & bad bactiria on our skin. I "allowed " a VERY BAD one to get under my skin and it exploded into full cellulidise and staff infection ! Spent 5 LLLOOONNNGGG days in the hospital with heavy I.V. antibiotics and large lancing of leg ,, packing,cleaning,packing etc,,, ALL in ALL ----NO FUN !!
My point is this to all of us, the infectious disease spe******t informed me that we construction workers ,especially plumbers have quite a bit more bad bactiria then most people, he said and i want to be clear here ......
ONLY TWICE a week (more would wipe out the good stuff) we should use and anti-bactirial soap when we shower . ALso .....don't go around poping zits and blister etc, they are the body's way of "walling" off infection.
If this stops even ONE person from going through my latest "fun" I'll be most happy !! Been at this 25years and have NEVER had a problem, so guess i'll been more concious of these things.
Take care,
CAL