Well if that is true, I must have treated more than my fair share and seeing as it is not a notifiable disease, they are unlikely to have the numbers. I am interested as to why people seem to be minimising the risks of Weils disease, which whilst rare, can be fatal and leads to a horrible death, in multi system organ failure, bleeding from all orifices.
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Leptospirosis is spread in the pee of infected animals – most commonly rats, mice, cows, pigs and dogs [...]. usually during
activities like kayaking, outdoor swimming or fishing.
I am interested as to why people seem to be minimising the risks of Weils disease, which whilst rare, can be fatal and leads to a horrible death, in multi system organ failure, bleeding from all orifices.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Sorry @Fire, but that information is wrong, as I have explained. I am not sure whether you are trying to play down the risks of a very serious, if uncommon disease, or are in some way disagreeing with me, but having treated several cases, most of them unsuccessfully, I think I know who I would listen to. Farmers are another group where it is not uncommon. Everyone seems to be an expert these days.
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But I have explained that because the disease is not compulsorily notifiable, then there are no accurate figures as to the number of cases each year and that doctors who treat these patients know there are far more cases.
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@puncdoc I wasn't trying to play down the risks of having Weil's disease just to assess the risk of catching it. Obviously it is an extremely serious disease and it's common sense to take precautions if you know there are rats around - particularly indoors I should think. However, there are rats in abundance more or less everywhere so being aware of the level of risk is important.
I accept that HSE may not know about all the cases but presumably most deaths would be reported and these seem to be 3 or 4 a year.
I'm also a bit surprised that you say that in most cases the treatment was unsuccessful as the statistics I could find suggest a 5% mortality rate in the UK although it is higher in developing countries.
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I am interested as to why people seem to be minimising the risks of Weils disease, which whilst rare, can be fatal and leads to a horrible death, in multi system organ failure, bleeding from all orifices.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Leptospirosis is spread in the pee of infected animals – most commonly rats, mice, cows, pigs and dogs [...]. usually during activities like kayaking, outdoor swimming or fishing.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/leptospirosis/
50 cases a year in the UK
https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/zoonoses-data-sheets/leptospirosis.pdf
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I am not sure whether you are trying to play down the risks of a very serious, if uncommon disease, or are in some way disagreeing with me, but having treated several cases, most of them unsuccessfully, I think I know who I would listen to.
Farmers are another group where it is not uncommon.
Everyone seems to be an expert these days.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I accept that HSE may not know about all the cases but presumably most deaths would be reported and these seem to be 3 or 4 a year.
I'm also a bit surprised that you say that in most cases the treatment was unsuccessful as the statistics I could find suggest a 5% mortality rate in the UK although it is higher in developing countries.