1) The integumentary sheath that encases the barb also contains a venomous protein that is released into a wound when the barb strikes and the sheath ruptures. It oozed for a few days on the 3 day it was beginning to get warm. It was obviously infected. Getting barbed by a stingray is very traumatic and it does have some lasting effects, physically and emotionally. He said I will still need a skin graft. Hi – I wanted to offer support for everyone that has been barbed by a stingray. (Fig. This is killing me financially. Radiographic evaluation reveals soft tissue gas formation in the subcutaneous tissues of the dorsal foot. Thanks, Stacy. (Fig. | In the evening, his foot swelling and pain got progressively worse. Went to doc, got 5-day antibiotics (Bactrim? Must have been the venom mixing with the blood. I said, I thinks something has hit my foot, it hurts and and limped to shore as the pain was pretty bad. He was very upset that it had never been debrided and says that is why the tendon died and the healing was so delayed. At the end of the tail are one or more barbed spines covered by a sheath. This is not a typical wound and needs a specialist. The specialist started by trying to numb the wound and area so he could then debriding. This is like saying you are afraid of a dog biting you so you have all of its teeth removed. Rocca, A.F. @�W�um``=om0 #4r�
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There was no apparent barb in the wound, but the doc did put me on antibiotics. She was is HORRIBLE PAIN for about an hour and a half untill the nurse gave her some kind of pain relief. He is a mechanic so the surgeon said he would be out of work at least a month!!! Walking is painful and difficult due to both the crps and the mechanical damage (loss of tendon). And was told that it is just the smaller nerves that are damaged and there is not much that can be done for this. Surgical debridement is almost always indicated. In the morning, he had a progressive increase in pain and presented to the emergency room for treatment. 0000005326 00000 n
I know the dressing stays on for awhile and is changed by the doctor, but can I walk on it? I’m chiming in as I’ve recently been stuck by a stingray (two weeks ago) and I think I might have some interesting comparative information. got stung one week ago, and has similar developments, Thanks. The time between my husband stopping the hot water treatments on the beach and my brother’s bathtub was the toughest time of the ordeal! ICON films and Animal Planet released a DVD on the fresh water stingrays of Thailand, some of the biggest venemous stingrays in the world. – Has anyone ever sought legal action for neglect from an emergency medical place? Don’t worry about the flack of scaring the tourists away, because had I been made aware of the darn things being so close to the edge of the water, it would not have kept me from going to the beach for my vacation. Levofloxin or Levaquin is the drug of choice against Vibrio species and will cover Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug, gram-negative organisms common to penetration injuries. 0000003500 00000 n
I called an urgent care center and they said if gets worse I may want to have it checked out! He ran out of the water bleeding from the top of his left foot. She happened to live in my hometown and her father brought her to my office. Only a lite jog. Zoodiver is about as knowledgeable as they come here on this forum..... that being said he is very well experienced and trained to do this sort of thing. Figure 5 It is important to open the puncture site and remove any necrotic tissue and explore for foreign material that may cause continued infection.