Hot Tub Bacterium

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The Adverse Effects of the Presence of Hot Tub Bacterium

Although a good soak in the hot tub will help you relax and feel better after a long and tiring day, the effect will not be quite so great if you are lingering in a tub full of hot tub bacterium. The result will be far from relaxation, but will be sickness and rashes. If you have any of the symptoms listed below then there is a possibility that you have caught the associated infection from hot tub bacterium present in your hot tub.

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Difficulty Breathing and Fatigue

Mycobacterium avium is a hot tub bacterium that usually finds it way in hot tubs that ar not regularly and carefully cleaned. M. avium is a hot tub bacterium that can cause tuberculosis. Although this hot tub bacterium is not usually contagious, it can still cause a nasty infection. This particular hot tub bacterium thrives in dirty tubs, especially those where the water is kept at a temperature above 80°. The hot tub bacterium is inhaled by people using the hot tub as they come out of bubbles formed by the jets, which carry the hot tub bacterium to the surface.

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The symptoms of infection by the hot tub bacterium M. avium include tightness in the chest and difficulty breathing, as well as a wet cough and fatigue. These symptoms can be treated with steroids, and sometimes even extra oxygen depending on the seriousness, but you will have to stay out of the hot tub until the symptoms go away.

Skin Rashes

Another infection that can be caught from soaking in water that has hot tub bacterium is Folliculitis, which is an infection of the hair follicles. Again, it is not usually contagious, but is extremely irritating and uncomfortable to the person who has it. In order to remove the hot tub bacterium causing Folliculitis from your hot tub, the water will need to be drained and the tub scrubbed vigorously and flushed with a sanitizer such as chlorine. However, you must be aware that this particular hot tub bacterium can come back if you do not clean the tub properly.

Folliculitis is less common in adults than in children, as children tend to spend much longer in the hot tub. Folliculitis can pop up anywhere on the body that has been in contact with the water, although it is more likely to appear on areas that were covered by swim wear. Folliculitis will be visible anywhere between several hours and several days after contamination, but may take slightly longer to go away. The bacteria that cause Folliculitis cannot live in dry conditions, so staying out of the hot tub will help, although the process can be sped up by using vinegar compresses, sulfide creams and sometimes antibiotics.