Help - Weil's disease or leptospirosis
Hi Guys,
We are trying to get a definitive list of paddlers that have become ill as a result contracting Weil's, Hepatitis or another form of illness from the Liffey. In particular it’s of interest to ascertain the exact number of cases that resulted in hospital admittance.
It would also be good to get an idea of the number of people that feel that have contracted “Sluice Bellyâ€, you’ll know the symptoms if you’ve had it. There is a concern that this is a mild form of leptospirosis.
So whether you reckon you picked it up from Sluice, the Liffey Centre or anywhere else along the river let us know.
We are trying to get an idea of the number of cases of incidents for the HSE.
Please post here with your name & when contracted the illness. No stories of woe please, just the facts.
If you not comfortable with posting your details in a public forum than mail the details to me [email protected]
Please forward a link to this post to all the paddlers in your mailbox and help try and gauge the real scale of this problem, every report helps.
Thanks,
Shane!