Bumps From Being In Lake

Yes Tor · 07-12-2005, 04:57 PM

A few years ago my wife and daughter got a bad case of duck itch in Wolfeboro Bay. My wife had no idea what it was, but I did supect duck itch. She is a nurse and would not believe me. Anyway she thought they had chicken pox and went to the emergency room at Huggins Hospital. No one there was able to diagnose this and even went so far as to take expensive blood tests. I figured it out when I got home to my computer the next week. I was shocked that no one at a lakeside hospital in summer could figure out what this was. Truly amazing. It was a miserable itchy week for the girls and a little help would have gone a long way.

I know this thread crops up every year, but it is a good one and the advice here could salvage a vacation!

07-12-2005, 04:57 PM	#32
Yes Tor Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Duck itch misdiagnosed A few years ago my wife and daughter got a bad case of duck itch in Wolfeboro Bay. My wife had no idea what it was, but I did supect duck itch. She is a nurse and would not believe me. Anyway she thought they had chicken pox and went to the emergency room at Huggins Hospital. No one there was able to diagnose this and even went so far as to take expensive blood tests. I figured it out when I got home to my computer the next week. I was shocked that no one at a lakeside hospital in summer could figure out what this was. Truly amazing. It was a miserable itchy week for the girls and a little help would have gone a long way. I know this thread crops up every year, but it is a good one and the advice here could salvage a vacation!