A warning for hygiene has been issued for those who rent Airbnbs for their spring break.
Kouka Webb, a fashion model and online personality, shared a clip of her seriously irritated skin after she went into a bubble bath in a lease rental during vacation.
In the clip, captions: 'POV, you went in an Airbnb bubble bath,' Webb revealed a surprising amount of small red bumps along both sides of her body.
Justin Spracklin, a skin care expert, then shared her video and warned travelers about the infectious waters.
“Although I used to have a hot tub, and it was well maintained, this is not a place where I will ever see myself dipping in my body,” said Spracklin.
“Hot tubs are notorious because they are breeding grounds for bacteria because they are the perfect ideal conditions to thrive.”
Online users quickly flocked together to comment on the video, with many who remained terrified after seeing Webb's skin reaction.
“I am terrified of Airbnbs,” one wrote, while another said, “Avoid Airbnb's.”
“I have it, I will never go in a hot tub,” someone else said.
Kouka Webb, a fashion model and online personality, shared a clip of her irritated skin after she had gone into a bubble bath during a rental during vacation
“Hot tubs are notorious because they are breeding grounds for bacteria because they are the perfect ideal conditions to thrive,” said Justin Spracklin, a skin care expert, while assessing the Webb clip. (Shown: file photo)
Others shared similar experiences themselves, as a person said: 'I happened to me! In a nice place. In palm springs. '
'I got hives after I went on a cruise hot tub. Last two weeks, “wrote another.
When hot tubs are not cleaned properly, “their damp environment is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria,” says Webmd.
A specific bacteria, Pseudomonas, thrive in the warm water and it is known that it causes skin and hair follicle infections – similar to what WEBB has experienced.
“These bumps can turn a few hours to a few days after you take a dip,” Webmd continued, and added that the same bacteria are also known to cause the swimmer's ear.
Hot Tubs are also breeding grounds for diseases, including diarrhea and GI infections, caused by cryptosporidium – a parasite.
Swimmers can also increase serious cases of pneumonia and even lung disease of the bacteria Legionella, also known as the Legionaries disease.
Between 2015-2019, 3,646 cases of diseases, 286 hospital admissions and 13 deaths were reported in 36 states because of outbreaks caused by treated Polish and Hot Tubs, Webmd said.
One specific bacteria, Pseudomonas, thrive in the warm water, and is known to experience skin and hair follicle infections – similar to what Webb (depicted) experienced
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently warned that travelers on holiday homes of the risks that brought bubble baths brought them. (Shown: a crowd of spring breakers in Miami)
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently warned travelers from Hot Tubs, in particular those during holiday rental.
“Hot TUB users run the risk of these diseases when they take, have contact with or breathe or aerosols from water that is infected with germs,” ​​the CDC said in January.
The agency also gave tenants a list of tasks to pass before he received a rental home in a hot tub.
According to the CDC, the temperature should not exceed 104F (40C) and the chlorine levels must read at least three parts per million (ppm).
If the PPM is higher than 10, tenants should not enter and inform the owner or hot tub operator, the agency said.
Bromine, which helps bubble baths to disinfect, must also read between the four-point ppm, while the pH must be between 7.0-7.8. If one of the two is out of reach, an owner must be informed.
'A well -chlorated hot tub has little scent. A strong chemical scent indicates a problem, “the CDC continued.
In January 2024, a deadly hot tub bacterium was teased out of the New Hampshire, so that one dead and another was admitted to the hospital.
The patients fell ill with Legionnires' disease and suffered serious pneumonia after a stay in the $ 200-per night Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa in the north of the state.
When hot tubs are not cleaned properly, 'their damp environment is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria', according to webmd
Both had taken a dip in the hot tub, one so late in the month before, with cotton buds that confirmed the waters, were infected with the bacteria behind the disease.
Civil servants say that the hot tub was the likely source of the outbreak. It was removed and closed after the incidents.
Meanwhile, in August 2023, two customers of a spa from the Noord -California Day died of Legionnaries' disease.
Officials believe that the deadly bacteria were lurking in the Zen Day Spa in Richmond – a facility that the location should not have in the first place.
The officials of Contra Costa County also heard from a third person who fell ill with the bacterial infection after a visit to the Spa of Bay Area. The person has recovered since then.
Legionnires' disease is not always fatal – it is estimated to be killed about 10 percent of patients – but the elderly and people in poor health are especially sensitive, especially if they do not start an antibiotic medicine early.
The disease, caused by the legionella bacteria, is a lung infection that is contracted by inhaling drops of water from things such as air conditioning units, spabades, bubble baths and rarely used faucets, according to the NHS.
