9 replies to this topic

[mickya]

i have suffered many oscar bites that have broken the skin. drawn blood and left afew cuts, scratches etc.
is there any diseases/infections that can come from bacterias from the fish or tank water etc?
everytime i'm bitten i was with soap asap to hopefully prevent any infections.

cheers mick.

[jack]

you can get some but usually your immune system is easily capable of killing it off but i have heard of micobacteriosis (spelling) being passed from fish to humans

[jack]

http://www.fishlore....tedToHumans.htm

found this dont know the website but looks ok

[Iamsam]

Not directly from fish bites but this page has some good info about fish->human disease transfer

http://www.aquarticl...ank_Safety.html

http://www.aquarticl.....o Humans.html

Edit: similar to jacks page

[Fish Antics]

Fish TB!

[Jeromy_Syndrome]

Has anyone ever had any experience with any of these diseases?

Jeromy

[Peckoltia]

I know of 2 seperate people who have suffered from Mycobacterium marinum from handling fish. I don't know alot about it but from memory it entered through open wounds on the hands. Looked pretty nasty and took ages to clear up (years).

[mickya]

Thanks all for your help, guess i won't be showing my friends how oscars attack anymore lol.
It's actually abit scarey when you pay attention to some of the diseases related to fish keeping.

regards, Mick

[69olds]

have you started foaming at the mouth or check under your arms for any gill like marks (ie kevin costner in waterworld) sorry couldn't help myself

[Cicolid]

Just talk to Pat at Veba's he can tell you of his first hand experience.

Not nice...... I mean the disease....not Pat

Col