People and illnesses from Chickens

[kryptoniteqhs]

eeeek! i sure hope not! i dont know what the symptoms would be, but im gonna go look it up!

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

you can't get chicken pox from chickens

Human chicken pox and avian fowl pox are not the same disease. They are caused by entirely different virus. There is no cross infection between humans and birds.

Human Chicken Pox is Varicella zoster see-
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/chic ... c-overview

Avian fowl pox is-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowl_pox

a friend of mine sent this to me
please read and be informed correctly

yes the chickens in the house in your bedroom may cause a lung problem
and something may have caused you to get shimgles
so move them to the chicken house any way

 

[okiemommy]

would shingles only have the rash in one spot?

Yes. Shingles can have a rash in only one spot. When I got shingles my "spot" was one spot on my nose.

its not spreading at all....it just stays the same, plus i had chicken pox as a kid

Still possible. I had chicken pox for the first time when I was 17 before I got shingles just this last year.

.....does shingles come with flu-like symptoms?

Yes. You usually feel like total crud. As I also did when I got chicken pox at 17.



I'm not a doctor, so obviously I can't diagnose anything. But it sounds like shingles.

I hope you feel better soon.

 

[realmofthewoodsranch]

Well, I don't know anything about chicken to human diseases other than the bird flu. But from personal experience I will tell you this: If you are using pine shavings (yes, just pine, white pine or any other conifer type shavings) in your brooder, it can make you sick if your area is not well ventilated.
What happened to me is that I was having intense stomach pain, right in the middle, right below my sternum (think liver). So I went to the E.R. complaining of this awful intense pain, and they didn't have a clue what it was! They did alot of testing and drew blood and couldn't come up with anything EXCEPT that my liver enzyme levels were WAY off. They tried to figure out the cause and couldn't determine it.
A few weeks later I was surfing a webpage (the house rabbit society) and came across an article that said liver disease, so I clicked on it. It described how pine shavings give off a chemical called phenols and that it was making peoples bunnies die from liver disease. Well, as a rabbit breeder, using the thick bedding instead of wire cage bottoms method, I had literally pine shavings everywhere in my small house. So I put two and two together and took three rabbits to the vet. Two rabbits of different ages from inside the house and one "control" rabbit from out doors who had never been in the house. The two from in the house came back with HIGHLY elevated liver enzyme levels and the outdoor rabbit was completely normal. HMMM, I said!
So we changed out the bedding in the cages, took the bunnies back to the doc and low and behold, the same exact three bunnies, tested normal. I went back to the doctor with my findings and they re-tested me. Liver enzyme levels returned to completely normal within a couple of months.
So if you're using pine shavings, I'd reccommend changing it out for paper pulp or something else. Or, remove them from that room and make sure the room they go into is ~extremely~ well ventilated. The phenols will build up in your system, making progressively worse symptoms. It also takes a little while for the enzymes to return to normal.
I don't know if this is your current problem or not, but hopefully it helps someone somewhere, because now that I have felt the pain, I will never do that again!
Who knew that a hobby could be potentially lethal?!?!?

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

wow! nice research! i do used pine shavings.....ill have to change that....thanks!!!

 

[Chicks R Friends NOT Food]

It could be allergies with something on the side. I know I'm allergic to cats and most metals, and I break out in itchy hives if I come into too much contact. It shouldn't cause flu symptoms though.

 

[Stumpy]

I hope you get to the bottom of it quickly. I just wanted to say that I've never heard of shingles only itching. When I had them, the pain was rather intense, like I couldn't stand to have clothing or anything touch me.

 

[okiemommy]

Please let us know what the Dr. says

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

Will do! Im going tomorrow sometime. My biggest worry right now is Ive been around my nephew a lot and hes only 7 weeks old. Obviously never had chicken pox yet. If I had, had any clue before, I never would have gone near him.

Please pray for him more than anything!

 

[fourfeathers]

I would at least move them to another room and not in the one where you sleep. I never use pine shavings or any shavings in the house because of the dust and allergies and chemicals in them, just not enough ventilation. With that said, I do keep a small number of chicks, usually ones that have some rehabilitation to do inside for as long as they need-about 4-5 weeks before going out. I keep them in several cages so each cage doesn't get too dirty, spread a towel or fleece baby blanket on half or all of the wire cage bottom and sweep the towel twice a day and launder every day. Lots of laundry but no dust. But, I don't have large numbers of chicks in any one cage. I do have an adult pheasant that is kept on a towel and blanket that I switch out every day. Lots of sweeping and vacuuming, too. So far not gotten ill, but I tell my mother to let the dr. know that "I live with chicks occasionally and a pheasant" should I ever get a mystery illness! I hope you feel better.