What is it?
A rare disease bacterial disease that normally only affects sheep and cattle which eat infected food and soil.
Humans get the condition by touching infected cattle and infected soil.
The infection occurs if one has broken skin and hence the bacteria enter the skin.
If one has mild symptoms recovery occurs after three weeks, however if inhaled or ingested the bacteria serious conditions can occur.
Persons affected can be wool workers, handling animals, farmers, gardeners, hair and bristle industries, meat industries and butchers.
The main countries affected:
Africa
Middle East
The Caribbean
Countries affected are:
Africa
Namibia
United Republic of Tanzania (Zanzibar)
Cause
Bacteria: Bacillus anthracis
Skin injury causing broken skin
Breathing the bacteria in (woolsorters ‘ disease)
Eating infected meat (animal has eaten from infected soils) and vegetables (grown in infected soils).
Source: http://www.regionalderm.com ' Red streaks'
Source: Medical Journal of Australia
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Symptoms
High temperature greater than 38°C (100°F) or over and/or chills and sweats longer than 72 hours?
General discomfort (muscle weakness), uneasiness or ill feeling (malaise) and/or fatigue (tiredness)?
Headache which is on and off or a constant headache longer than 24 hours?
Appearance of a bitten skin (malignant pustule) like an itchy bump with redness?
Skin can then become like a circular blister (1-3cm diameter) and opens up with swelling of the skin a day later?
Bleeding and bruising under the skin?
Ulcer becomes like a black scab (necrotic eschar) which can leave a scar?
Red streaks, swollen and sore rash (swelling of lymph glands)?
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