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Beagle
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Got popped by a stingray
Got a little pop today from a stingray. Doing the hot water/benadryl everything else treatment. How can I tell if the stinger is still in there? I
don't see anything but not sure what to look for. Any ideas from experience, Nomads?
First time for everyhing.
Thanks!
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Ouch! You would see it if there was still something in there....
I once tended an Ex-Marine boyfriend who got nailed by a stingray, as well as my Chocolate Lab Chazz….my dog took it in stride.....the Ex-Marine,
not so much! The hot water (as hot as you can stand it!) is the ticket.
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The 'stinger' doesn't come off, however some very bad bacteria does. I recommend going to an urgent care center and having it cleaned, and a round of
antibiotics just in case. This from the doctor (and nurse wife) at the Army base in San Lucas Cove. Lots of rays, lots of pops. Good luck.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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I've gotten sliced on the top of my foot twice, just a small cut but it was very painful for about an hour. I boiled some water and applied it as hot
as I could stand with a washcloth for a while. Then disinfected the cut with hydrogen peroxide, applied a triple antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. No
problems except for the hours worth of exquisite pain. Those things really hurt.
If you have a puncture wound, go to a clinic to get it professionally cleaned out.
[Edited on 5-27-2019 by SFandH]
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Beagle
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Thanks everyone. Been soaking for an hour. Feels ok when it's in the water. Using Benadryl spray, lidocaine spray, 400mg advils, i have some Z-Pack
squirrled away so I might just go ahead a start it. I'm probably 3 hours away from anything like an urgent care clinic and 6 hours from one I'd want
to go to... so going to try the self care route for now. Just was scared there might still be a stinger in there. Doesn't look like there anything
there and I think he let me off light. A little love tap. Felt like someone hit my foot with a hammer.
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bummer man...reminds me of a son...It makes a grown man cry...yiyi
sounds like you got this...it's like driving on the highway...it's not if you will hit a cow or not...it's a matter of when. Did the cow thing but
never hit by a stingray...yet.
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Quote: Originally posted by shari  | bummer man...reminds me of a son...It makes a grown man cry...yiyi
sounds like you got this...it's like driving on the highway...it's not if you will hit a cow or not...it's a matter of when. Did the cow thing but
never hit by a stingray...yet. |
Shari! Don't say that! I'm driving tomorrow!
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I have three 500mg Azithromycin. I wonder if I should just front load now and start the 3 day cycle? I know there's a growing movement against the
overuse of antibiotics but now that it's me, I'm whistling a different tune...
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If memory serves me right (which it fails more often now) it was ZPAC the army doc got my buddy on. If you do start the AB cycle be sure to have the
proper dose and amount, and don't just take 'some' of it; take it all as per directions.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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Sorry to hear that. Always terrified of them.
[Edited on 5-29-2019 by JZ]
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Deagle, you're calling it a "little pop"?
When I got "hit" by mine it was way more than a little pop it was excruciating pain ! ( or is you making a funny ?)
I was at Blacks beach and was over a mile away from my van.
I didn't seek medical treatment just the soak in HOT water.
( thank God it hit my foot and NOT my exposed nether-regions )
I too thought "for sure" that the stinger had broken off as "How could this be hurting THIS Damn bad and not be"????
Well after hours and hours the pain finally subsided and there was never a stinger inside.....
[Edited on 5-27-2019 by Paco Facullo]
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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| Quote: Originally posted by Paco Facullo | Deagle, you're calling it a "little pop"?
When I got "hit" by mine it was way more than a little pop it was excruciating pain ! ( or is you making a funny ?)
I was at Blacks beach and was over a mile away from my van.
I didn't seek medical treatment just the soak in HOT water.
( thank God it hit my foot and NOT my exposed nether-regions )
I too thought "for sure" that the stinger had broken off as "How could this be hurting THIS Damn bad and not be"????
Well after hours and hours the pain finally subsided and there was never a stinger inside.....
[Edited on 5-27-2019 by Paco Facullo] |
Haha! Yeah, like a "little pop" a 12 gauge might give. I think I said "little pop" to make myself look/ feel tough. It hurt pretty badly, actually. He
got in there decently but I just checked out my booties and he took a chunk off of those so it could have been A LOT worse. I think they took a lot of
the hit. Got me just in front of the ankle, sorta on the top of the foot. Pain is gone but it's swelling nicely.
Edit- Paco, I cannot imagine walking a mile on that foot. I don't know how you did that. My wife pretty much rescued me. Rushed me back to the house
and got me in the shower while she made pots of hot water. Then she went back and got the boards where we tossed them on the playa. She's MVP today.
[Edited on 5-27-2019 by Beagle]
[Edited on 5-27-2019 by Beagle]
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha | | If memory serves me right (which it fails more often now) it was ZPAC the army doc got my buddy on. If you do start the AB cycle be sure to have the
proper dose and amount, and don't just take 'some' of it; take it all as per directions. |
Ok good to know, Buddha. Thanks. That's what I have. I have three 500mg tabs. Can't find the dosing schedule on stingray punctures though. 
[Edited on 5-27-2019 by Beagle]
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Personally I wouldn't take the anti-bionics as it sounds like your hit wasn't "that " bad or deep. But I believe that there is only Bad, really Bad
and OH SHEET !!!
Mine got my foot raw , deep and on the lower arch side of my foot.
It be tender thar !!!!
It has been said that a stingray hit can make a grown man cry. Well, I didn't cry but I can see (feel) why there is that saying !
[Edited on 5-28-2019 by Paco Facullo]
[Edited on 5-28-2019 by Paco Facullo]
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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Just rub some dirt on it, you'll be fine. No antibiotics.
John
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Hope you feel all better soon.
Last December 17th my wife got hit on the bottom of her foot right in the arch. She has been an ocean swimmer for 35+ years and it was her first time.
Did the soak in HOT water for 45 minutes then to Scripps emergency room where they soaked her foot in water for 45 minutes. Dr examined the wound gave
wife tetanus booster, bandaged the foot and sent her home. Wound healed after week or so but still some discomfort. Right after new years she started
to get a rash on her foot. It got worse until finally wife says lets go to her regular Dr where she said go downstairs to foot Dr. Her podiatrist
looked at it and sent her to Dermatologist who prescribed some cream. 7-10 days no improvement plus discomfort while walking increases. Back to
podiatrist who does an MRI and finds 'debris' in foot and says you need to get this out ASAP and you will have foot elevated for two weeks and walking
boot for 2-3 weeks more. Wife says but 'we have tix to Elton John next week'. Dr says 'hey so do I, let's schedule the operation for the day after'.
He cut open the foot and found two separate small pieces of what he believed to be stinger. Wife wanted to take it home but they don't do that
anymore. She was finally able to wear shoes and walk normally end of February. If only first Dr had taken a bit more time but...........
The main reason we went to the ER in the first place was at the strong encouragement from my wife's brother fishing fool / marine biologist who has
been hit 5x by stingray. He had various levels of pain and severity but the last time it was right on the top of his foot and in less then 12 hours
his foot was swollen and turned out he had stinger broke off in the bone.
I have been playing on the beach and in the ocean (don't believe me ask my skin doctor :fire since I was old enough to walk and keep my head above water. I know as Shari says that it is when, not if for me someday. Until then -
Viva Stingray Shuffle! And wear your damn sunscreen like your mother told you!  
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So sorry that Barb had to go through all that!
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| Quote: Originally posted by Beagle | | Quote: Originally posted by shari | bummer man...reminds me of a son...It makes a grown man cry...yiyi
sounds like you got this...it's like driving on the highway...it's not if you will hit a cow or not...it's a matter of when. Did the cow thing but
never hit by a stingray...yet. |
Shari! Don't say that! I'm driving tomorrow! |
I saw an insurance study that found only about 5% of drivers have fast enough reflexes to avoid animal or sudden obstacles appearing so if you have
had the experience of plowing into some of these objects that jump out at you then are among the majority.
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Nay-Sayers of antibiotics, there's a time and a place for everything, and this is BOTH. The 'stinger' on a ray has a plethora of nasty germs,
poisons, and toxins. If you don't believe in meds, don't take 'em. For rational people, get help and get on a regimen quickly. I've heard more
horror stories than i'd care to count about infection and long-term damage.
Don't take pills, don't wear your seat belt, and don't vaccinate, Just check out on your own, please.
Beagle, the ZPAC is I believe a 6 (or 7?) pill package; you take two as a starting booster dose, then (I believe) 5 or 6 more, one every 24 hours
until gone. If you're unsure of what you have, go to a local pharmacist and ASK. They're all OTC in Mexico, and those guys usually know more than
doctors do in some cases.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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Beagle
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| Quote: Originally posted by bajabuddha | Nay-Sayers of antibiotics, there's a time and a place for everything, and this is BOTH. The 'stinger' on a ray has a plethora of nasty germs,
poisons, and toxins. If you don't believe in meds, don't take 'em. For rational people, get help and get on a regimen quickly. I've heard more
horror stories than i'd care to count about infection and long-term damage.
Don't take pills, don't wear your seat belt, and don't vaccinate, Just check out on your own, please.
Beagle, the ZPAC is I believe a 6 (or 7?) pill package; you take two as a starting booster dose, then (I believe) 5 or 6 more, one every 24 hours
until gone. If you're unsure of what you have, go to a local pharmacist and ASK. They're all OTC in Mexico, and those guys usually know more than
doctors do in some cases. |
Buddha. I've had the regiment you're talking about for Chest infections etc...Those I believe are the 250mg ones. These are 500mg and there's 3 of
them total in a pack. A travel clinic gave them to be before a trip to Java last year.Been holding them for a rainy day. I took one today so that
would be the same as two 250's. Maybe I will split them up over the next few days so I'm taking 250mg a day....
Edit- About 8 hours later and very little pain. However, foot is all swold up and it's like walking with a sprained ankle. I might look for crutches
in a segunda!
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