Infection in space

Reading the news posts in the group this morning I was intrigued by the fact
that the same microbe that made Fred hayes so ill in Apollo 13 has been
flown to station on a shuttle and that indeed it does become more of a
problem in the environment.

it led me to wonder if this is true why we hear so little about astronauts
getting ill on orbit. Off hand i can only recall one EU astronaut having to
excuse himself from a space walk for such a reason.
However, I have also heard many say that they do sneeze in orbit so one
assumes the possibility of spreading things is preesent.
Brian

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On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:20:46 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote, perhaps among other things:

Reading the news posts in the group this morning I was intrigued by the fact
that the same microbe that made Fred hayes so ill in Apollo 13 has been
flown to station on a shuttle and that indeed it does become more of a
problem in the environment.

it led me to wonder if this is true why we hear so little about astronauts
getting ill on orbit. Off hand i can only recall one EU astronaut having to
excuse himself from a space walk for such a reason.
However, I have also heard many say that they do sneeze in orbit so one
assumes the possibility of spreading things is preesent.
Brian

Just a WAG here, but the sneezing might result from dried-out nasal
mucosa, which is more susceptible to irritation.

On Mar 24, 3:01*pm, Paul Madarasz wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:20:46 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote, perhaps among other things:

Reading the news posts in the group this morning I was intrigued by the fact
that the same microbe that made Fred hayes so ill in Apollo 13 has been
flown to station on a shuttle and that indeed it does become more of a
problem in the environment.

it led me to wonder if this is true why we hear so little about astronauts
getting ill on orbit. Off hand i can only recall one EU astronaut having to
excuse himself from a space walk for such a reason.
However, I have also heard many say that *they do sneeze in orbit so one
assumes the *possibility of spreading things is preesent.
Brian

Just a WAG here, but the sneezing might result from dried-out nasal
mucosa, which is more susceptible to irritation.

once a crew is onboard for awhile and thus isolated they have no
source of new infection, unlike on earth when people are constantly in
motion exposing everyone to new bugs