![]() They were itching,” Denise Bango told CBS 2. His aunt said the same thing happened to the other children in the water, including her son. “I started feeling itchy as soon as I came out of the water,” Jackson said. “It felt like a billion mosquito bites, except poison ivy added to them,” 9-year-old Jackson Henson told CBS 2 as he pointed out red welts covering his body. The itching occurs within 48 hours and may last up to 7 days. After the initial transient itching it will disappear without treatment. A child developed swimmer’s itch throughout their entire body after swimming in Bangs Lake in Wauconda. Swimmers itch is a patchy red pinpoint skin rash associated with itching on the parts of the body that have been in the water. The condition is not contagious but causes tingling, burning or itching of the skin from blisters on the surface of the body.Īccording to a CBS 2 report, at least a dozen children developed the condition after swimming on Bangs Lake at Phil’s Beach. CBS 2 is not aware of any reported reactions among Bangs Lake swimmers since Wednesday. ![]() Strong swimmers may consider swimming swim deeper water where they are less likely to encounter the. These areas can include lake bottoms with organic materials that promote snail growth, such as marshy areas. The parasites are released from infected snails into fresh and saltwater, such as lakes, ponds and oceans, the CDC says. Michigan State University Extension and Michigan Sea Grant recommend that swimmers avoid areas that are known to cause swimmers itch. Off-duty Huntley firefighter receives Medal of Valor for evacuating neighbor's Lake in the Hills house that caught fire
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