Salmonella guys, and not fun!

Are you serious, I'm contagious!? I thought salmonella was a bacterial infection from food to humans or animal to humans. Not humans to humans! The doctors NEVER told me that and I have three small kids! OMG. I even researched this yesterday on Mayo Clinic and it never said anything about it either. Are you being serious?

Yup... human to human. Usually fecal to oral transmission.

Yes, I'm not sure how or why (still suspicious of the contaminated glass, he swears that's how he got it) but yes I did infect my brother well after recovering.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixGate

Yes, I'm not sure how or why (still suspicious of the contaminated glass, he swears that's how he got it) but yes I did infect my brother well after recovering.

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Okay thanks, I will be careful. Thanks a bunch. Yeah, seems like a lot of people are affected by it differently (to a degree). I have sever abdominal pains (yes bathroom visits are frequent) but the pains is what is bothering me the most. Just getting up to get a glass of water kills and I have no appetite which is making it hard to eat anything.

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Originally Posted by BCS

Okay thanks, I will be careful. Thanks a bunch. Yeah, seems like a lot of people are affected by it differently (to a degree). I have sever abdominal pains (yes bathroom visits are frequent) but the pains is what is bothering me the most. Just getting up to get a glass of water kills and I have no appetite which is making it hard to eat anything.

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I'm sorry it's hitting you so hard, especially with kids in the house. I can't remember if my appetite was effected, since I was 18 at the time and a lot of my memories from around then are disjointed or lacking in a few details.

I just texted my brother to check and he said he definitely drank out of the wrong water bottle (we forgot to label them). So potentially you could pass it on to other people by any fluid transfer for the next few months. How long you're contagious varies from person to person.

Do you raise your own feeder animals, (rats or mice) as they can be carriers too?

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Originally Posted by rlditmars

Do you raise your own feeder animals, (rats or mice) as they can be carriers too?

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I did not know they could be and yes, I breed ASFs. I do not handle them as much as my snakes though, but I clean their cages every Wednesday unless they had a litter over night, then I will wait till the next Wednesday. Of course giving food and water as needed. Thank you for letting me know. I also have cats and dogs, poop scooping out side and kitty litter... can they be carriers. I wash my hands of course after every animal chore I do but still, it seems like anything and anyone can be a carrier. I mean, I could have went shopping, grabbed a cart, touched my face and got it from the last person who used that cart... I am almost starting to doubt it was my snakes at this point.

Since it lies in the intestinal tract, I think it would only be spread from something that has been contaminated by feces from an infect person. Here is something I was able to find about person to person transmission.

"Person-to-person spread

People with salmonellosis have Salmonella bacteria in their faeces. If they do not wash their hands properly after going to the toilet, then contaminated hands can spread the bacteria to surfaces and objects which may be touched by other people. Contaminated hands can also spread the bacteria to food which may be eaten by other people.

Hands can also become contaminated with bacteria when a person changes the nappy of an infected infant. People and animals can carry Salmonella in their faeces without having any symptoms. These people and animals can still pass the disease on to others."

When I was in the Medical field, one of the companies I worked for ran some very interesting bacteria tests in public restaurants.

The number one place in restaurants where feces and urine traces are found are NOT in the bathroom. The number one place is the MINT BOWL next to the cash register! :tears: :puke:

That's why I never take any mints. :colbert:

Also can get it from eating undercooked eggs usually from backyard flocks which people often do not test for salmonella in their layers.

You can get it from so many other things besides a snake.