More Consumers of Family Cow Raw Milk Infected with Campylobacter in PA, MD
Up to a dozen people in Pennsylvania and Maryland who drank raw milk from the Family Cow dairy near Chambersburg, Pa., are now confirmed case patients in an outbreak of Campylobacteriosis, a disease that can not only cause fever and diarrhea but can lead to respiratory failure and acute neuromuscular paralysis.
Local media reports quote the Pennsylvania Health Department as saying the outbreak has grown from six known cases to 12 since the outbreak was detected last week. Three of the initial cases were in Pennsylvania and three were in Maryland.
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The two states issued a public health advisory last week that remains in effect: Consumers should not drink any Family Cow raw milk purchased since January 1. The dairy voluntarily suspended production last week when the illnesses came to light. The implicated milk is sold in plastic containers of various sizes labeled with the Family Cow brand and "raw milk.'' It is sold at more than 20 health food stores in Pennsylvania and at more than 25 drop points around Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, south-central Pennsylvania and eastern Pennsylvania.
Law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., represents a family from Mars, Pennsylvania, in a Campylobacter raw milk lawsuit filed in 2010 in Allegheny County. The firm is investigating the Family Cow outbreak and accepting cases from individuals and families who have been harmed. Authorities in Pennsylvania and Maryland have not said if any of the current victims were hospitalized. Campylobacter infection can lead to a life-threatening disease known as GBS, or Guillain Barre Syndrome. A good food poisoning lawyer will pursue a claim that covers not only initial medical bills, lost wages and other immediate costs, but also all future harms, including money for anticipated medical treatment, pain and suffering, loss of earning power, loss of companionship and other long-term effects.
In the initial phase of Campylobacter infection, symptoms usually occurs in two to five days after ingesting the bacteria. Patients often do not require specific medical treatment unless they become severely dehydrated or the infection spreads from the intestines. But in those cases, a person's breathing can shut down and they can lose motor function and become paralyzed.
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