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Thanks for your input doc, we all find it helpful. Your spelling did throw me aff a bit. .
But it is not our job or our intent to assume what it is, diagnose it, identify it or treat the things you speak of, only to sanitize, not only for the reason why, but when to sanitize as well. The aforementioned is best left to medical doctors who are admittedly in "Practice" and their assumption is typically what they "think" it to be. I have know many instances where the Hot Tub was blamed incorrectly for many different things that were not produced or picked up in the Hot Tub. It is blamed only because it is a Hot Tub.
For the benefit of new Hot Tubbers, if the children are using the spa that is clean and clear of any bacteria, (an assumption for the moment if you will) and one of the children gets out to get his squirt gun and then gets back in, the child can and will infect the users in the Hot Tub with pseudomonas bacteria. It is commonly found on the ground, grass, deck or pavers that WET feet come in contact with it. THIS IS WHEN WE NEED TO BE SURE THE SPA IS SANITIZED.
Typically, the bacteria on our skin is common to one another in the immediate family, otherwise we would be sanitizing our lips before we kiss each other, BUT if you have an invited guest in the Hot Tub, you will have uninvited body bugs and again is a good time to be sure the sanitizer level is where it needs to be.Doc, because pseudomonas is #1 and is the most common bacteria, do you have any information where these other bateria forms are picked up from to be introduced into the breeding ground of Hot Water? That information would be both interesting and helpful.
I think the point of this thread is to be aware of HOW these bacteria CAN be introduced into the water so that we can be a little more proactive and learn.
Rather than to focus on the "cause" of the rash, I believe the source and how it is introduced is more beneficial to prevent the unintentional introduction or exposure, not the knowledge of it's existence or presence in society.
Everything else........In no paticular order, probably not all spelled correctly, and not a complete list;sensitivity/allergy to chemicalsGrovers diseaseunbalanced pHschistosomesDermatitisexcemaLeptospirosisToxoplasmosisSalmonella Austrobilharzia variglandisavian schistosomering worm
I do understand you and I don't play well together, and I do apologize if you feel I was attacking you. This was never my intention. My only intention was to provide more complete[/b] information”
“I only mispelled three words” …… For the foregoing statement to be accurate, you would have to say it is ALYAYS found on EVERY BIT OF the ground, grass, deck or pavers that WET feet come in contact with it......
“Well J._McD, almost the entire point of my response to your original post is semantics.
Boni,Since my tub is on the second floor it will be a simple matter to use a dedicated hose (they're much cheaper than medicine and doctor's visists) and drain it after each use.