Bacterial Endocarditis

[RealMadYid]

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Guess most of you have never heard of it...I know I hadn't till I woke up in Barts hospital looking like a Christmas tree... (w00t)

Basically it is a bacteria that attacks the heart lining and valves, if caught early enough it can be treated with a long course of antibiotics, sadly it wasn't caught in time for myself.

Why am I telling you this? Well, it was confirmed 100% that my illness, that resulted in me suffering a heart attack, and having to have a mechanical valve fitted was caused by a dog bite. Yep, a little scratch, caused all this grief.

According to the microbioligists who looked at my case and studied and ran tests on my blood a bacteria carried by almost all dogs was the catalyst. This bacteria normally (99.99% of the time) is fought off by our immune system, however they discovered for some reason my immune system was extremly low and unable to combat the bacteria.

An up to date tetanus would also not of helped I am informed...

Therefore, please keep in mind that if you are ever bitten by a dog and experience any flu like symptons to visit your doctor ASAP, cos although extremly rare, it is very dangerous...

Regards,

Paul

 

[snapdogs]

So Sorry to hear you bad news.... Our thoughts and good wishes go out to you...

 

[tinabow]

god how alful for you all

glad to hear your on the mend

 

[*Lesley*]

Thanks for sharing that will us Paul so we can be more informed should it happen, :thumbsup: sorry that you had to go through all this to make us more aware.

How are you feeling now? I hope you are feeling much better and that it is all up hill from here :huggles:

 

[jue332]

What an awful thing for you to go through Hope you are feeling better now

Julie

 

[malin]

What a nasty surprise! :luck: :luck: :luck: for a full and hopefully speedy recovery :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[NEILPEM]

hope you are feling better :thumbsup:

 

[Cleopatra]

Get well soon! :huggles:

 

[Juley]

So sorry to hear this. Thanks for the warning. Hope you are feeling better, best wishes. :luck: :huggles:

 

[sharon whincop]

A similar thing has happened to a friend of our family. unfortanally he didn't go to the doctors on time and has died. His was caused by a cut on his elbow which got infected. The infection then mutated with something in his imune system and shut all his internal organs down. Just goes to show we should all be carefull with dog bites or cuts.

 

[hellbound]

hi paul

nice to hear your feeling better, hope your enjoying your new role Daddy :thumbsup: keep doing what the doctor's tell you and lets get you back racing :cheers: sure your missing all this fun :- "

 

[RealMadYid]

hi paul nice to hear your feeling better, hope your enjoying your new role Daddy  :thumbsup: keep doing what the doctor's tell you and lets get you back racing  :cheers: sure your missing all this fun  :- "

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Thanks all for the kind wishes...much appreciated...and I went cycling today...

However, my main reason for posting was to warn people about the dangers of ANY dog bite, not just our dogs, but any dog...you MUST get any bite, however trivial checked out...

Regards,

Paul

 

[Lolcoe]

Crikey Paul, that sounded awful and i bet no-one has ever heard of it.

Glad your feeling better and thanks for the info