The Sonoma County health department issued an advisory for all competitors, citing multiple reports of rashes, fever, muscle pains and vomiting.
bacteria, also found in water, can cause infections, with symptoms including fever, diarrhea, cramps and vomiting.
NBC News spoke to five people who said they experienced symptoms of bacterial infection after competing in one of the Tough Mudder races Sunday.David Long, 57, said he raced with several co-workers, then came down with a fever, chills and lesions from his ankle to his chest that night. He sought medical attention the next day and tested positive for Aeromonas on Friday, Long said.“I think there is an element of what you would call negligence,” Long said.
Founded in 2009, Tough Mudder holds 5k, 10k and 15k races across the country in which participants are submerged in pits of muddy water, crawl through mud under barbed wire and scale muddy hills. Dr. Henry Chambers, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at San Francisco General Hospital, said mud can house thousands of species of bacteria, so crawling through muddy terrain — especially with cuts and scrapes from obstacles — carries an inherent risk of infection.
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