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1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
7/2/15 3:20 p.m.

Geeez. Don't be a girl. That's no biggie. A poisonous spider bite would be eating a big hole in your skin.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
7/2/15 3:22 p.m.
1988RedT2 wrote: Geeez. Don't be a girl. That's no biggie. A poisonous spider bite would be eating a big hole in your skin.

That's what i told SWMBO, but she wasn't quite so amused.

I'm honestly not worried about this, i'll know if it goes south and i need to go to the doctor. Mostly looking for "See honey? GRM says it's ok!"

On the list of "Things I Probably Should Have Found Medical Attention For But Didn't In The Last 12 Months," this is pretty much near the bottom, as far as i'm concerned.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
7/2/15 3:24 p.m.

In reply to Swank Force One:

You think so... but when those eggs hatch you are the first meal.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
7/2/15 3:25 p.m.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: In reply to Swank Force One: You think so... but when those eggs hatch you are the first meal.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
7/2/15 4:07 p.m.

Kitty eggs? Wat?

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
7/2/15 4:10 p.m.

Are you selling Kitty Eggs™?

Nick_Comstock
Nick_Comstock PowerDork
7/2/15 4:14 p.m.

You guys would freak out if you saw the raw, bleeding, oozing condition that my ankles and feet have been in for the last two months.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
7/2/15 4:16 p.m.
Nick_Comstock wrote: You guys would freak out if you saw the raw, bleeding, oozing condition that my ankles and feet have been in for the last two months.

Please share.

Nick_Comstock
Nick_Comstock PowerDork
7/2/15 4:31 p.m.

I have a very severe case of atopic dermatitis. It is the most intense deep itch I've ever experienced. And I do not have enough will power to resist digging all the flesh off until they are basically just open wounds. I'll spare you gory pictures but your little bumps are nothing in comparison.

I have it from my wrists to my elbows and my feet to my knees and even a little higher.

I'm Miserable.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
7/2/15 5:57 p.m.

I found my chigger bite pics. I can thank Bentonville, Arkansas for those.

Like I said, I just stabbed them and they were fine.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/2/15 6:26 p.m.

I would stab with something clean and sharp, dump some peroxide on them, coat with a little Neosporin and a band-aid.

RealMiniDriver
RealMiniDriver UltraDork
7/2/15 6:30 p.m.

I'm with the crowd that says "stabit, squeezeit, cleanit, Neosporinit"

clutchsmoke
clutchsmoke Dork
7/2/15 6:42 p.m.

After seeing your pics you just need to slice and dice then throw some newsporin on it. And stop hiking thru the brush without adequate protection ;-)

spitfirebill
spitfirebill PowerDork
7/2/15 7:56 p.m.

I've had chigger bites before and they were never that bad.

Btw were you picking blackberries?

Lancer007
Lancer007 Dork
7/2/15 9:23 p.m.

In reply to Swank Force One:

Check please.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
7/2/15 11:20 p.m.
spitfirebill wrote: I've had chigger bites before and they were never that bad. Btw were you picking blackberries?

Yeah.... They don't look like Sperlo's. Or really anything i saw online for chigger bites.

Nope, no blackberries.

daeman
daeman Reader
7/3/15 12:08 a.m.

Hmmm, so what was being picked then? :p

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic PowerDork
7/3/15 12:50 a.m.

Tracks are bad, the longer you wait, the higher the odds of it turning into something much worse. The last time I ignored a wound like that for a while before seeking medical attention, the cure (after going through a couple different prescription antibiotic creams and pills) ended up being 5 days in the hospital on IV vancomycin (a "drug of last resort"). When I was admitted, the infection was a solid 8x5" patch on my calf. It was a bad enough a surgeon had a look at it before things took a turn for the better.

The stuff in neosporin/triple antibiotic ointment is pretty useless, that's why despite being antibiotics, you can just up and buy it with no reason. See the doc for a tube of whatever the next step up is called (the name escapes me, bactroban?).

M2Pilot
M2Pilot HalfDork
7/3/15 6:05 p.m.

Speaking of chiggers, Whilst pruning my azeleas today I spied a chigger nest. It had 11 eggs in it. I crushed all of them.

Trans_Maro
Trans_Maro UberDork
7/3/15 7:24 p.m.

In reply to N Sperlo:

And you guys question my "grown men don't wear shorts" policy.

Shants and mandals? No thank-you.

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 UltraDork
7/3/15 7:31 p.m.

In reply to Kenny_McCormic:

Bacitracin, and it is available in an over the counter form.

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic PowerDork
7/3/15 8:22 p.m.

In reply to moparman76_69:

I dug out a leftover tube, I was definitely thinking of Mupirocin/Bactroban, not that. L

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