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Russ
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Scorpion got me
Went out to work on the storm shutters while it was cool and thought a little clean up was in order first. I picked up a pile of scraps ... OUCH!
I'm thinking that because it was a big one and I was able to squeeze it and get some blood out I've only had a small reaction. My pinky is only a
little numb. It's only the second sting I've had. Felt more like an electrical shock than a sting. No big deal.
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fandango
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ouch!!
in the first photo, he looks really big. do they live to sting again? it doesn't look like that one did.
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mike odell
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Russ,
Maybe self medication of tequila and salt may take away the sting!
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DENNIS
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Gawwwwdammmmm, Russ....I think you did get lucky. That's one of those really serious Scorpions and if he got you like he wanted to, you would have
been hurtin' for sure.
I got hit by one of these small gray guys when he got into my shoe and there was more heat than hurt. Thirty minutes of anxiety, and it was over.
That was the last thing the critter ever stung.
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comitan
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You will probably have the numbness for about 3 weeks! Enjoy
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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mike odell
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Another thought Russ, if the numbness is not too bad, maybe you
can fillet that big sucker wilst he still be fresh!
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Need to see one of your ranchero pals and get a little jar of Guaco weed. Instant relief, like it never happened.
It's a vine, the rancheros just dry it, grind it up, put it in jar with a little tequila, keep it handy for any kind of bite, skin problem. Wicked
strong antihistamine of the natural kind.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Need to see one of your ranchero pals and get a little jar of Guaco weed. Instant relief, like it never happened.
It's a vine, the rancheros just dry it, grind it up, put it in jar with a little tequila, keep it handy for any kind of bite, skin problem. Wicked
strong antihistamine of the natural kind. |
Jorge....Must be something akin to this ?:
http://www.herbal-ayurveda-remedy.com/herbs/guaco.php
It's a slow loader, sorry...... but there's more info on Google.
[Edited on 8-19-2010 by DENNIS]
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Russ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Need to see one of your ranchero pals and get a little jar of Guaco weed. Instant relief, like it never happened.
It's a vine, the rancheros just dry it, grind it up, put it in jar with a little tequila, keep it handy for any kind of bite, skin problem. Wicked
strong antihistamine of the natural kind. |
Forgot, I have some. I was told to but it in rubbing alcohol. The sting is really nothing but my finger is still numb.
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Ouch! Tough luck, Russ, but glad you missed the Big Event.
I've had my share of stings over the years, too. As you know, one can't avoid it for long in Baja if you are into palms, bark, yardwork, etc.
My worst sting was my first, naturally. The fear of the unknown and all that stuff. I was stung 3 times by the same dang scorpion:
Desert camping with buddy Randy, 1973. It was nighttime at the campfire and I had my boots up on a burning log when I felt something crawling up my
pantsleg just above the boot top. I reached down to feel what it was when ..Zing! it got me good. I yelled and rubbed at the spot, but it crawled a
bit higher up my leg and stung me again on the knee as I tried to crush whatever was in my pants. I was pretty excited and alarmed Randy a bit, too.
Then it got to the top of my leg and stung me the third time just below the groin.
Hells Bells, I was damn frantic by this time and hit that spot with my fist..QUICK AND HARD...and smashed that damn crawling thing to a pulp. Another
couple inches further up and it was Home Territory. (I can just see Randy administrating First Aid with a machete and tournaquit)
I jumped up and hurriedly took off my jeans..shaking the squashed invader into the fire..just to make sure! Those three sting areas were now on fire
themselves..Ohh, did they hurt!
Now's when the fun started.
Our companions were Richard Long and his then wife, Shirley. Shirley was a stone fox blonde from Georgia. She took control of this situation very
expertly. She said to just relax, and she would help with the pain. I might survive after all. She had me sit down on the back of my Jeep gangbox,
legs dangling over the endgate. ..with just my shorts on.
Shirley came back with some ice cubes and starting rubbing the stings with the soothing coolness. First the one on my shin, then the one on my
knee...ahh, I was feeling much, much better. And could not wait until the final wound was treated!
But Shirley was looking at my grinning face, then gave me the ice, saying, "You can handle it from here, cowboy."
Ahhh..those were fine times. Almost wish I could stand a repeat of those stings!
Scorpion stuff:
Russ, did you know scorpions can range from 3/4 to 9 inches? 
One of our local Mexican varieties is one of the deadliest, species Centruriodes. but thank God most people report no more pain than that of a
honeybee. The good news is, that in North America only the Centruroides is a known killer of humans. The bad news is, they live in Mexico and the
extreme southwestern USA.
They are usually old-straw-yellow or yellow with dark longitudinal stripes, and reach from two to 7.5 centimeters in length. Their pincers are long
and slender as opposed to bulky and lobster-like. The sting, immediately and exquisitely painful, is increased by a light tap on the site.
Deaths have almost exclusively been in small children, the elderly, and the severely allergic.
First aid for any scorpion sting should involve cooling the wound which allows the body to more easily break down the molecular structure of the
venom. Cooling also reduces pain. Use ice or cool running water if available. Also a local poultice of aloe vera and palo blanco bark. On a warm
night, a wet compress will help. Keeping calm and still helps..not like me on that first night! . Panic and activity speed up the venom's spread. If
the scorpion was Centruroides, you might have heavy sweating, difficulty swallowing, blurred vision, loss of bowel control, jerky muscular reflexes,
and respiratory distress..often resulting in pitching face down into the campfire.
Well..good luck with next sting, amigo!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mike odell
Another thought Russ, if the numbness is not too bad, maybe you
can fillet that big sucker wilst he still be fresh! |
Sorry Russ.... wow..
Actually, they are quite good deep fried! Had one in Japan once.
Bob H
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That is a desert hairy scorpion so consider yourself lucky you got nailed by that guy and not one of the smaller more toxic species. It will probably
hurt like a bad bee sting for awhile but should not be too bothersome after a day or two. As a general rule (but by no means 100%!) the larger
scorpions with bigger claws subdue their prey without the need for powerful venom. Be very wary of the small guys with delicate little claws!
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Ouch!  That looks just like the one my wife crushed under our bed at the El
Morro in Santa Rosalia. That room was cleaner than new by the time she went to bed that night.
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I hope you squashed that sucker!
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Gee Whiz Bugger!! It doesn't look very squashed?? Must of died of Blood poisoning???  
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Bigger the P-nchers the less toxic the scorpion is. Scorpions with little P-nchers need poison to kill their prey.
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My 18yr old was stung on the foot when he was in the shower last week in Chivato. His first . And like you all said he just felt a little bee sting
and that was about it.. "Thank god"
I killed a few but never been stung, I did have a close call though Just like our friend Pompano at the camp fire, one crawled outa a burning log
and got to my shoe.
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Dennis, that's the stuff and thanks -- that's the best picture I've seen of the vine. I didn't know about the bronchi part -- all falls into place
now. One of our REALLY BAD storms put 1200 people in the hospital in La Paz with dengue and right after that the whole desert was picked of all the
Guaco for tea. Next time I get alergy problems I make a tea.
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The big brown ones are not the real toxic ones. It is the little transparent ones that deliver the most harmful stings. Hope you are OK now, Russ.
Pompano- With that scorpion in your pants all those years ago, you are lucky! It kept advance up the pant leg and got you three times. A forth would
have hit the bullseye! 
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russ...you NEED a BLACK-LIGHT flashlight and
POISON
susan has 27 "kills" this week
she walks around the base of our "island"
after dark with her light and sprays
good thing none inside...YET
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