The House of Orange

MrsBugmaster · Nov 6, 2023

Fish Styx said:
It did. It was Vibrio Vulnificus, and if I hadn't gone to the hospital as fast as I did, losing only my hand would have been a positive outcome. Scary s#!&.

I just googled it. Wow, that’s really scary stuff! Glad you are better and back home now.

Nano_Man · Nov 6, 2023

Fish Styx said:
It did. It was Vibrio Vulnificus, and if I hadn't gone to the hospital as fast as I did, losing only my hand would have been a positive outcome. Scary s#!&.

I was reading a thread and a man was fragging zoas and palys he put a face covering and mask on
did the work when he finished he rubbed his eye rush too hospital for emergency eye operation think he is partially sighted now. Gloves for me after your experience

Fish Styx · Nov 6, 2023

Nman said:
I was reading a thread and a man was fragging zoas and palys he put a face covering and mask on
did the work when he finished he rubbed his eye rush too hospital for emergency eye operation think he is partially sighted now. Gloves for me after your experience

Yeah, in his case, that would be palytoxin. Years ago, a guy on another forum almost killed his whole family by boiling rock that had palys on it.

Vibrio is in just about everyone's tank. It, like other bacteria need a point of entry. In my case, I had a puncture wound that hadn't fully healed. Less than 10 hours after exposure my hand was swollen, excruciatingly painful, and the infection was tracking up my arm. I had Cipro, Doxy, and Clindamycin on board via IV in less than 15 hours, post exposure, and it was still spreading. It releases endotoxins and becomes a "flesh eating" infection, leading to necrotizing fasciitis. Apparently, without prompt treatment, 1 in 3 people who get a wound infection from it die.

I am extremely lucky.

Nano_Man · Nov 6, 2023

Fish Styx said:
Yeah, in his case, that would be palytoxin. Years ago, a guy on another forum almost killed his whole family by boiling rock that had palys on it.

Vibrio is in just about everyone's tank. It, like other bacteria need a point of entry. In my case, I had a puncture wound that hadn't quite fully healed. Less than 10 hours after exposure my hand was swollen, excruciatingly painful, and the infection was tracking up my arm. I had Cipro, Doxy, and Clindamycin on board via IV in about 15 hours, post exposure, and it was still spreading. It releases endotoxins and becomes a "flesh eating" infection. Apparently, without prompt treatment, 1 in 3 people who get a wound infection from it die.

I am extremely lucky.

Oh that sounds bad . Will you wear gloves upto your elbows from now on

Fish Styx · Nov 6, 2023

Nman said:
Oh that sounds bad . Will you wear gloves upto your elbows from now on

The funny thing is that I almost always do.

Nano_Man · Nov 6, 2023

Fish Styx said:
The funny thing is that I almost always do.

Take it easy and have a full recovery you we’re lucky

Fish Styx · Nov 6, 2023

Nman said:
Take it easy and have a full recovery you we’re lucky

I can almost make a fist now.

JoJosReef · Nov 6, 2023

Nman said:
Oh that sounds bad . Will you wear gloves upto your elbows from now on

Nah dude, better on the safe side. Take it from Leslie Nielsen.

rmorris_14 · Nov 6, 2023

Stang67 · Nov 6, 2023

I am thinking of putting a biohazard sticker on my tank now.

Mschmidt · Nov 6, 2023

That never came up in my "dangers from the tank for infants" thread over the summer. Feels like it should have.

Glad you're doing better and got it in time, also had an ED team that listened to you when you said you have a reef tank.

Fish Styx · Nov 6, 2023

Mschmidt said:
That never came up in my "dangers from the tank for infants" thread over the summer. Feels like it should have.

Glad you're doing better and got it in time, also had an ED team that listened to you when you said you have a reef tank.

Given the new found inspiration, I think I'm going to write an article on vibrionaceae once it is easier to type.

Mschmidt · Nov 6, 2023

Fish Styx said:
Given the new found inspiration, I think I'm going to write an article on vibrionaceae once it is easier to type.

Good idea.

907_Reefer · Nov 6, 2023

Fish Styx said:
Given the new found inspiration, I think I'm going to write an article on vibrionaceae once it is easier to type.

Right, imagine what you would end up with if you tried to voice-to-text a vibrionaceae article. "In this article we'll cover the use of gloves to avoid the fibonacci sequence in reefing"

Fish Styx · Nov 6, 2023

907_Reefer said:
Right, imagine what you would end up with if you tried to voice-to-text a vibrionaceae article. "In this article we'll cover the use of gloves to avoid the fibonacci sequence in reefing"

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