Jellyfish bloom

[Kritters]

Good morning,

This just in:

Jellyfish Boom Signals Ocean Warming and Overfishing

"..........After arriving in bays north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, they stung some 120,000 farmed Salmon to death........."

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programs.

Kritts (p.s. I wonder how many of these spinoff jellybabies are making their way into our bodies via fish?)

[carla]

Hi Kritts ,
When are they going to learn it has sweet FA to do with Global Warming?
carlaxxxxx

[Kritters]

I agree Carls,

Aside from the global warming implications, this looks like the jellyfish are being put in a position to recapture the ecosystem? Wouldn't it be great if we knew EVERYTHING there is to know about EVERYTHING so we could figure things out expeditiously? Where are the wizards when you need them!

Kritts xoxo

[carla]

Thats What it would take Kritts. Merlin and his mates.

APC: United Nations > Articles > There is No Global Warming

[faithinacure]

Hey Kritts:
While visiting Florida a couple years ago I developed a systemic allergic reaction to sea lice-the babies of Jelly fish. That was when an entire series of allergic reactions followed, (not including my chronic Lyme). I was treated with steroids and Zertec. Got well for awhile, then became dependent on Zertec for many new allergic reactions. Maybe the bite affected my immunity or maybe the larvae bore itself into my body as the Spiro did when I was infected with Lyme. Blessings

faithinacure

[Kritters]

Hey Faith....

I think it's very possible this could fit into the puzzle. Since Steve (Safrey) has been looking into the jellyfish and now Trichoplasma, Jellyfish can be implicated SOMEHOW when we are affected by something else, like fungi, Lyme, herpes......

I've mentioned that when I was first getting symptoms, the summer I walked the beach each morning, there were jellyfish I had never seen before (lived at the shore most of my life) and plenty of them on the shore. They were so ugly I remember commenting on them constantly and wondering what the deal was.

Since then, I had learned that people get infected with some pathogens by walking barefoot on the beach, but in that case it was sandfleas or something, but I'm sure that's not the only thing.

There are so many possibilities, but I think we are all doing a fantastic job of researching in order to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

One day.....when Merlin gets around to it...........

Keep the faith, baby!

Kritts

[Jo]

Thats interesting about Sea lice Faith. I'd never heard of them.

Here's a photo :


Look abit like tadpods.

Here's a fact sheet about them:
http://www.aquacultureassociation.ca/news/Sea_Lice_Fact_Sheet.pdf

They are parasitic copepods that are commonly found on fish in the marine environment.

"Sea lice are naturally occurring parasites that have existed for millions of years and have been reported on wild ocean fish like salmon, stickleback and herring for centuries."

Life stages:
"The salmon louse has 10 life stages, each characterized by a molt, or transformation, that takes it from egg to adult. Once the young louse reaches the free-swimming stage called copepod, it is able to attach onto a host, where it grows to the adult stage and is able to produce eggs that are subsequently released into the water column, thereby completing the life cycle."

They dont affect human health...according to that pdf.

Scroll down in this production and you'll come to a diver's back that been attacked by sealice:

http://www.scuba-doc.com/derm.html

"This is a dermatitis that is thought to be caused by the larva of the thimble jellyfish. The nematocysts of these larvae accumulate in areas of bathing suit contact and cause a severe dermatitis that can be painful and/or pruritic. It usually resolves in about 1 week, but can recur if the dive suit is not rinsed carefully. Steroid creams are said to be helpful.

Burrowing anemone:

..... "also caused in Florida by larvae of a burrowing anemone (same mechanism, nematocyst stings) which is apparently more common following beach "renourishment" projects. The anemone must be an opportunist that colonizes the disturbed habitat."

So burrowing anemone can infect human skin too.

Jo xxx

[Kritters]

Hey Jo,

In that link you provided, another interesting disease caused by flea (sand in this case) pathogens is Leishmaniasis. If you're bitten in another country, resort, whatever, you can bring home the disease and it's manifested by lesions that won't heal. Evidentally, Leishmaniasis is caused by many different protozoans.

"....At any one time, about 20 million people throughout the world are infected with leishmaniasis. While leishmaniasis exists as a disease in 88 countries around the globe, some countries are hit harder than others. These include Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sudan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Other areas which harbor the causative protozoa include China, many countries throughout Africa, Mexico, Central and South America, Turkey, and Greece. Although less frequent, cases have occurred in the United States, in Texas.............

.........In some areas of southern Europe, leishmaniasis is becoming an important disease which infects people with weakened immune systems. In particular, individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are at great risk of this infection........."

These critters can easily hop a body or article of clothing from one country (such as Mexico and China) to another.

Sorry if I'm off subject.

Kritters

[faithinacure]

Hello Kritts and Jo:

Thanks so much for the info and research. I had never made that connection before today. That also may shed light on the different life stages of the organism in this mult-faceted disease. It's almost as if all the insects and parasites we're exposed to over time, gain strength as a unit combining their individual force upon their prey: us. With the Lyme, if I thought about the intellgence of the spiro, it seemed to make me sicker as if I empowered it with fear. Sometimes I feel I am doing battle with its collective mind. We will defeat it. I feel that the more information we gather, the weaker the organism will become.

Blessings
Faith xxx

[Jo]

Its amazing that we never know where a new thread will take us.

I've seen something like a sealice come out of my stomach in the bath. It definitely had a head like a tadpole. I also found its life stages interesting - 10 molts and it produces eggs. From what I've read it stings - which would make sense...like a jellyfish.

Kritts - I was thinking about Steve's theory too. Jellyfish are members of the phylum Cnidaria, which are very much associated with the marine sponge.

Faith, you said - "Sometimes I feel I am doing battle with its collective mind" - true, it does feel like its intelligent.

Lets keep doing what we're doing

Jo xxx