bacteria at Black Point
Hello ... This Labor Day of 2018 I got three infections swimming at Camp Kabeyun on Black Point. The water temp at the top was around 71 degrees; I did not think that I would be at risk but I soon realized a small mosquito bite got infected. I covered it with betadine for a few days. Two days later I returned home and had diarrhea. I thought it might have been from the water melon I ate; however, when I returned to the camp the kitchen staff said no one else had diarrhea. Two days later a toe got infected. The next day I went to the doc in the box at the Alton circle. I got a script for erythromycin and a warning not to go in the water because the bacteria was high ... so now they tell me. I called NH DES and discovered that the state does not have enough resources to monitor the lakes. I am sure that commercial interests don't want to scare people from using the lakes. Come on ... people ... let's clean up this place! It is far too beautiful to waste!
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