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While swimmer’s itch can be difficult to manage it would be impossible to eradicate the parasite from Sand Hollow, Hunt said.

Photo of parasite that causes swimmer’s itch | Photo courtesy of the Center for Disease Control, St.

Swimmers itch bites skin#

The larvae responsible for the skin condition remain in the water for several weeks, from the end of May through June, he said, and then beginning in the first part of July those numbers begin to drop as the summer progresses. The timing for the spike in the number of cases makes sense, Hunt said, since the parasite thrives once the temperature of the water reaches 65 degrees – which just so happens to take place right around Memorial Day weekend. The parasite is commonly found in shallow water and is more common during the summer months. Swimmer’s itch is described as a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to microscopic parasites carried by waterfowl, semi-aquatic mammals and snails. George News that the park has started to see reports of swimmer’s itch from park visitors over the last week. Sand Hollow State Park spokesperson Jonathan Hunt told St. The entrance to Sand Hollow State Park seen in the summer of 2018, Hurricane, Utah | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. However, steps can be taken before and after swimming that can be effective at halting the invasion before it begins. GEORGE - The parasite responsible for swimmer’s itch has made its annual migration to Sand Hollow State Park, leaving visitors with the nasty rash as the microscopic visitors burrow under the skin of their unsuspecting hosts. Hopefully, it will die down a bit in the next week.ST. “In terms of aftercare, people could rub themselves over with aloe-vera.

It tends to be people who are very pale they are attracted to, so getting a tan might help. “There are two or three heads in the water right now. “If you give yourself a good rub down with a towel when you get out instead of drip drying, that seems to get rid of them,” he said.

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Mr Hunt said there were practical things people could do to avoid being bitten, including getting a sun tan. This year, the river got warm quite quickly, and that has brought them on.” Unfortunately, if people are in the water, it goes to them as well. It is a little flat worm that has to find a duck to continue its life cycle. “It is quite a well-documented thing,” said Mr Hunt.

But, failing that, they'll hitch a ride on a passing human This year is worse than normal, he said, because of the heat. He said the mites always appeared at this time of year. Ted Hunt is the treasurer of the Newnham Riverbank Club. “It may be quite common but I have never been affected or heard of others being affected like this in 10 years of Cam swimming.”īut the mites don’t seem to be keeping everyone from going for a dip, and swimming enthusiasts say they are not at all harmful.

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I have also been forced to stop swimming temporarily due to bites which are like bad mosquito bites. “A friend said she had 200 bites after a swim last Saturday. Mr Macalister said: “Keen river swimmers like myself are being forced to stay out of the water because of duck mites which are attacking us. Newnham resident Terry Macalister said the situation was getting so bad, swimmers were being kept out of the water due to the ferocity of the bites. The parasitic duck mite appears in the River Cam at this time of year and can cause a condition known as 'swimmer’s itch' (or cercarial dermatitis). Swimmers are being forced out of the River Cam after being “attacked” by parasitic mites that have spread rapidly in the water due to the warm weather.