Got2Go and NaClH2O, I just sent you a PM.
not the original poster but here is my photo-story from a few years ago after a night shrimping. started with pain, throbbing, swelling. nason for antibiotic in butt and 2 different in pill form on sunday. Thursday at primary doctor with no improvement and change antibiotics. Friday at infectious disease at musc then to plastics to change antibiotics again. nobody wanted to cut into it and risk anything entering the bloodstream. Tuesday at top han guy for musc at the time for “de-roofing” of the thumb and cave of infection to the bone. yummy. was not mycobacterium marinum or vibrio hemolyticus (ones you don’t want) but a common staph aureus. bleach and peroxide is good. here is several days’ progression.
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That yellow color looks familiar. I had finger cultured today with a new antibiotic added. I am waiting for Alien to pop out at any minute.
YUCK!!!
boatfly and miksibis, glad your both better.
On the water or not, don’t play with this kind of stuff. 'Had a stye on my eye lid. No big deal. It had been a long time, but, I’d had ‘em before. They go away. Kinda’ like a cold sore. Came down with a mild flu about the same time. Treated flu symptoms and expected to start feeling better. Two days in was feeling worse. Three days in was feeling even worse. Very very luckily, I happened to run into my Dad who is a doctor. I didn’t say anything specific other than I’d been feeling bad, was still feeling worse and was headed home to bed. He took a quick look at the very mild and small rash I had coming up beside my nose and called the ER. It was very close. I was nearly unconscious when we got to the ER. Obviously, it wasn’t the flu. The stye was a bacterial infection that had made it through the skin and was into my blood stream. IV antibiotics of several types. The next day, I was not getting worse, but, not getting better. A day later, starting to rebound. Almost a week in the hospital before they were sure they had the infection controlled and sent me home with oral antibiotics.
Long story short, if you get to the point in a disease that you think you should be feeling better, and you’re not, see a doctor!
If I hadn’t had a family member/doctor happen to be standing within ear shot when I said I was feeling worse and headed to bed, I would have been in very bad shape 8 hours later.
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The more I research this stuff, the scarier it gets, dang internet. I thought saltwater was more of a safe environment due to the salt, but when it is warm, not so friendly.
This is from the CDC website:
MISCELLANEOUS SKIN INFECTIONS
Skin Infections Associated with Water
Soft tissue infections can occur after both freshwater and saltwater exposure, particularly if there is associated trauma. Puncture wounds due to fishhooks and fish spines, lacerations due to inanimate objects during wading and swimming, and bites from fish or other sea creatures may be the source of the trauma leading to waterborne infections. Soft tissue infections associated with exposure to water or water-related animals include M. marinum, Aeromonas spp., Edwardsiella tarda, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and Vibrio vulnificus. A variety of skin and soft tissue manifestations may occur in association with these infections, including cellulitis, abscess formation, ecthyma gangrenosum, and necrotizing fasciitis. V. vulnificus infection may be especially severe in those with underlying liver disease and may manifest as a dramatic cellulitis with hemorrhagic bullae and sepsis. In general, infections caused by these organisms may be more severe in those who are immunosuppressed. M. marinum lesions are usually indolent and usually appear as solitary nodules or papules on an extremity, especially on the dorsum of feet and hands, which subsequently progress to shallow ulceration and scar formation. Occasionally, ?sporotrichoid? spread may occur as the lesions spread proximally along superficial lymphatics.
Latest and hopefully last update: visit with doc, no bacteria found in lab culture of finger, finish taking AB, finger slowly returning to normal. Buying some Lindy fishing gloves, good protection for next time.
The bacteria fat lady apparently isn’t finished yet. Finger was looking better, finished the antibiotics, and 3 days later the finger got red and sore again. 2 more antibiotics pills, and after a week, not getting better or worse. Examined by hand doctor, consult with infectious disease specialist(he said 3 months of recovery is average). More x-rays and MRI of finger, go back Tuesday for another wound culturing and maybe cleaning it out.
Don’t get this stuff folks!
Wear gloves when handling anything fishy, including your cast-net. If you have a skin wound, DO NOT allow the seawater or fishy stuff near it. Treat any injuries with soap and clean water, diluted bleach (1:10 mix), and HIBICLENS if you have it.
If any wound gets red, feels hot, or you start feeling bad, get to a doctor immediately or the Emergency Room if necessary (not tomorrow, or after the weekend when you can call for an appointment.)
We don’t hear a lot about these cases in Charleston, but in the Texas and Louisiana coastal areas there are several cases each year that cause significant injuries or worse.
Seawater is a great treatment for cuts… its worked for me to ease the pain and heal
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Originally posted by yakman72Seawater is a great treatment for cuts… its worked for me to ease the pain and heal
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>for non-saltwater related injuries I agree…poison ivy has been dealt with by repeated trips into the ocean, but don’t confuse (or let others confuse) that with an injury sustained while on the salt water: fin prick, shrimp poke, wet hook grab, gaff in the foot, filet knife nick, etc…
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In the first 2 weeks in our new house (back in April), I killed a black widow in the garage and my wife killed scorpion in the front foyer.
Was speaking with a customer yesterday who’s son was in the hospital after getting bit by a snake. Man, all kinds of land and water based danger down here and that’s not even including the drunk knuckleheads behind the wheel of a boat/car.
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Originally posted by boatflyIf any wound gets red, feels hot, or you start feeling bad, get to a doctor immediately or the Emergency Room if necessary (not tomorrow, or after the weekend when you can call for an appointment.)
We don’t hear a lot about these cases in Charleston, but in the Texas and Louisiana coastal areas there are several cases each year that cause significant injuries or worse.
My mom got a shrimp poke infection 15 years ago and they said if she would have waited one more day to get treatment she may have lost her arm.
- I’d rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.
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Originally posted by boatflyIf any wound gets red, feels hot, or you start feeling bad, get to a doctor immediately or the Emergency Room if necessary (not tomorrow, or after the weekend when you can call for an appointment.)
We don’t hear a lot about these cases in Charleston, but in the Texas and Louisiana coastal areas there are several cases each year that cause significant injuries or worse.
My mom got a shrimp poke infection 15 years ago and they said if she would have waited one more day to get treatment she may have lost her arm.
- I’d rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.
Sorry to hear about that boatfly. That’s some scary stuff.
To add to the use of Bleach, I’ve swear by Hibiclens on any cut. Mom used to get it for me, now you can get it at any Pharmacy. A Doctor even recommended my son wash his face with it to help with Acne.
VIBRO IS NO JOKE! IT CAN KILL YOU IN LESS THAN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, PRESENTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITH A HIGH FEVER! Vibro is not the only nasty in the water. Mostly treatable by penicillin, watch out for allergic reactions. Antibiotics are a staple on my boat!
The finger is still red and somewhat sore 6 weeks later, no better or worse in last couple weeks. MRI and X-ray showed no bone infection or need for cutting. Visit with the Infectious Disease Doc today, he put me on LEVOFLOXACIN, CEPHALEXIN, and DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE (antibiotics) for another 2 weeks. He said the bacteria needs to be completely wiped out or it will redevelop into other complications that require much more extensive and lengthy treatment.
glad youre doing better . shrimp and oyster cuts can be really bad for infections!! ps…FYI…free antibiotics for any and everyone at pblix…check out their online list under free precription .drugs. some other stuff available too…no catch…
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Go to hand Doc and have that thing cut!!!
I can’t even head shrimp when they are dea, makes me itch like poison ivey, but I can head them if they are alive. Must be some bad acid they got there.
NATIONAL NEWS!!! There are recent cases of bacteria in Florida saltwaters attacking the brain and deadly…Seems it can enter the body without a poncture…personally I believe these life threatening bacteria have always been around,nothing new…Advances in medical diagnosis have allowed specific identification of the deadly strains.So, dont panic but be prepared.
Have peroxide,Hibiclens(or diluted bleach),bandaids and triple antibiotic on board.
- open the puncture area/scratch/cut by pressing around or sucking
2.apply generous peroxide to help open up(peroxide is overrated as an antiseptic) but opens up an area pretty well.
3.clean with the antibacterials(hibiclens or bleach) - apply generous triple antibiotic cream and cover with bandaid to hold in the cream.
If you do all this immediately and it gets infected best see a doctor.Dont wait til the little red spots extend from the infected area( This extension of red areas is the body fighting the bacteria and the bacteria is winning).
By the way:: These reccomendations are based on proven personal experiences as opposed to research.
