WILDER, Ky. (WXIX) – The Northern Kentucky Health Department says two more pools have had to super-chlorinate due to a crypto outbreak.
Health officials say as of Friday, there are 31 confirmed crypto cases in northern Kentucky and 12 under investigation.
City of Wilder says it was notified by the health department Thursday that someone who had been infected with crypto at another pool visited the city’s splash pad The cryptosporidium parasite is a fecal-oral parasite.
According to the health department, it only takes one person who hasn’t properly washed their hands after using the bathroom to infect a pool and start the spread.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say crypto symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss, and slight fever.
Terry Vance, Wilder’s city administrator, says he does not believe there are any confirmed cases of crypto that came from their splash pad but out of precaution they followed the health department guidelines.
“You get it in one pool, it seems like somebody’s going to another pool, then it starts spreading like wildfire from pool to pool,” said Jeremy Hessel, Director of Environmental Health, Hamilton County Health Department.
Hessel says as far as he knows, there aren’t any confirmed cases of the cryptosporidium parasite in Hamilton County right now.
KY WILDER. (WXIX) – Due to a crypto outbreak, the Northern Kentucky Health Department reports that two more pools required super-chlorination.
As of Friday, 12 cases in northern Kentucky were under investigation and 31 cases had been confirmed, according to health officials.
The city of Wilder claims that the health department informed it on Thursday that a visitor to the splash pad had come into contact with crypto at another pool.
A fecal-oral parasite, the cryptosporidium parasite.
The health department claims that all it takes to begin the spread of an infection in a pool is one individual who hasn’t thoroughly cleaned their hands after using the restroom.
The symptoms of cryptocorruption, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, include vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, loss of appetite, weight loss, and a slightly elevated temperature.
The city administrator of Wilder, Terry Vance, states that although they complied with health department regulations as a precaution, he does not think there have been any verified cases of crypto coming from their splash pad.
“Our system is self-contained, with an underground water tank that circulates water. We elevated the chlorine levels to an unsafe level for human consumption, necessitating its shutdown, and the elevated levels of chlorine persisted for a full day,” explained Vance.
Director of Environmental Health at the Hamilton County Health Department Jeremy Hessel said, “Once it’s in one pool, it seems like somebody’s going to another pool, then it starts spreading like wildfire from pool to pool.”.
Hessel claims that to the best of his knowledge, Hamilton County is currently free of confirmed cases of the parasite cryptosporidium.
Still, we’re disseminating information to our pools and other facilities that might be impacted. “.
According to health officials, you should avoid swimming for two weeks after your symptoms stop if you have crypto.
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