05-12-2013, 05:12 AM
Hawaii Department of Health has some pages on local fungus infections and their sources. Some are contagious. Best to consult with a doctor rather than experimenting with street treatments.
http://hawaii.gov/health/DIB/Sporotrichosis.html
Sporotrichosis
http://hawaii.gov/health/DIB/Histoplasmosis.html
Histoplasmosis
Another source about the ringworm related fungus:
http://www.normangoldsteinmd.com/TINEA.HTML
Tinea Versicolor
The shallow waters around Kapoho are loaded with many different bacteria also. Quite a few tourists get staph infections from the warm ponds and they get quietly whisked away, not good for tourism. The warm pond may have morphed into a bacteria soup factory. It wasn't warm before the 1960 eruption.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
http://hawaii.gov/health/DIB/Sporotrichosis.html
Sporotrichosis
http://hawaii.gov/health/DIB/Histoplasmosis.html
Histoplasmosis
Another source about the ringworm related fungus:
http://www.normangoldsteinmd.com/TINEA.HTML
Tinea Versicolor
The shallow waters around Kapoho are loaded with many different bacteria also. Quite a few tourists get staph infections from the warm ponds and they get quietly whisked away, not good for tourism. The warm pond may have morphed into a bacteria soup factory. It wasn't warm before the 1960 eruption.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*