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Post by Darin on Jul 12, 2017 9:53:17 GMT -5
This morning started off pleasantly with a nice cup of coffee in my hand and some mellow tunes. Then, suddenly, I felt this pain in my side like I'd been poked with something sharp. Upon tossing back the pillow I was leaning on, there sat a small scorpion ... WHACK, WHACK ... SQUISH!!! 
The initial sting isn't too bad but it builds in the area and spreads. Almost three hours later now, it feels like I was stabbed in the ribs and my lips are tingly. I also have a mild headache and slightly blurred vision.
On the upside, if this continues I'm going home for the day! 
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Post by puffy on Jul 12, 2017 10:09:10 GMT -5
Be careful...My son is a truck driver.He got stung in New Mexico.He waited a week until he got back to Carolina.When he went to emergency.They told him that he almost waited too long.Scorpion stings some times can cause much damage.
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Post by danno44 on Jul 12, 2017 10:28:39 GMT -5
Be careful...My son is a truck driver.He got stung in New Mexico.He waited a week until he got back to Carolina.When he went to emergency.They told him that he almost waited too long.Scorpion stings some times can cause much damage. I was going to say same thing. Had a buddy get stung and ended up in hospital for a week because he waited too long. Not something to take lightly. |
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Post by Zach on Jul 12, 2017 11:02:39 GMT -5
I used to have a tarantula and I guess I was under the assumption that it's no worse than a bee sting or tarantula bite. I know it would depend on the species of scorpion but off hand I can't remember which dangerous ones live in AZ. Based on what has been said I'd go to the doctor or hospital to check it out.
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Post by Darin on Jul 12, 2017 11:14:41 GMT -5
Just ran over to the ED and they said that unless it gets much worse (difficulty breathing) to just take some Benadryl and wait it out.
The anti-venom that they would administer to a child or allergic person is $10,000 a shot! 
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Post by stvalentine on Jul 12, 2017 11:42:41 GMT -5
I hope you get well soon! I am thankful for living in a place that is devoid of venomous animals. 10K a shot? Those greedy big pharma bastards! You better jump in the car and go to Mexico or a ship to Cuba where they would treat you for a handful of Dollars.  |
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Post by Darin on Jul 12, 2017 12:54:27 GMT -5
I have a lot of trouble with the "Quote" function here.
That's supposed to say ...
I don't know ... the European Hamster looks pretty vicious! 
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Post by trailboss on Jul 12, 2017 12:57:50 GMT -5
Are you sure it wasn't Fubar Bohica? This stuff is great, and it says it works on scorpions.... I have never had any at my home, but I think that they are more afraid of the venom that I retain.www.amazon.com/Tengard-One-Shot-Liquid-Termiticide-Insecticide/dp/B004FEL6K0When I first went to the local weed and bug mart, they wanted to sell me some Tengard, and I felt like I needed to donate some plasma, a kidney and a cornea for the prices they wated..went online and it was a fraction of the price. You can use it outdoors, indoors, and it even has a mixing ratio that is safe to wash a horse with...I would spray around the house foundation when it is cooler, and get the entryways really good, and hit the baseboard trim in the house. I bought the backpack sprayer for outside, and use a spray bottle from Ace hardware on the interior.
Hope that you get to feeling better...if not, don't follow Franks advice and go to Cuba or Mexico, swing by the casa and we will polish off that bottle of Makers Mark, and smoke some Curly Block...it may not heal you, but then again, you won't care. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jul 12, 2017 13:00:25 GMT -5
wow. okay, i'm never visiting arizona!
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Post by trailboss on Jul 12, 2017 13:08:35 GMT -5
wow. okay, i'm never visiting arizona! It really isn't that bad here, after numerous rattlesnake bites it lessens the negative effects from a scorpion sting. I cannot prove it, but rumor has it that Darin's scorpion sting wasn't truly accidental...after all the inconvenience and the suffering that his wife had to put up with hosting the Arizona pipe club, he got off pretty light. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jul 12, 2017 13:17:34 GMT -5
wow. okay, i'm never visiting arizona! It really isn't that bad here, after numerous rattlesnake bites it lessens the negative effects from a scorpion sting. I cannot prove it, but rumor has it that Darin's scorpion sting wasn't truly accidental...after all the inconvenience and the suffering that his wife had to put up with hosting the Arizona pipe club, he got off pretty light.
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Post by stvalentine on Jul 12, 2017 14:30:00 GMT -5
No attack hamsters here but one (very rarely seen) snake the so called "Kreuzotter" which is venomenous and its bite could kill the elderly or children in the worst case. Then it is said that a certain spider is migrating from Italy into Germany which bite can cause severe and enduring pain and necrosis in the wound. Well, I hope I don´t stumble over that one... Apart from that the wolf is back, even in our area! |
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Jul 12, 2017 14:41:43 GMT -5
I hope you get to feeling better & the Benadryl works for you.
That's outrageous how much an anti-venom shot costs. I saw a show once on how they milk the venom from snakes & other poisonous creatures to make the anti-venom.
It didn't look like it was an easy job & there's not many places that do the collecting, if I remember correctly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 15:08:03 GMT -5
That sucks, Darin. Hope you recover quickly.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jul 12, 2017 16:28:37 GMT -5
yes, brown recluses are nasty.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 16:43:43 GMT -5
Benadryl!!!!!?? I would have told them to stuff it. Doctors nowadays I swear, bunch of worthless whores.
I hope it don't get much worse sir, the littler the Scorpion the more deadly they say.
My house in Lakeworth, Tx. was full of the little bastards, had to shake your boots out every morning.
You need to find where there coming in at and block it up unless you like sleeping with the little buggers.
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Post by mgtarheel on Jul 12, 2017 16:50:43 GMT -5
Get well soon
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Post by Matthew on Jul 12, 2017 16:51:48 GMT -5
Here in Oklahoma we have Brown stinging scorpions,just a hair worse than a Bumble Bee.
I keep Ichthammol ointment on hand,it's a drawing salve.Looks like tar.Last year when
I got bit by a Brown Recluse I put it on the bite and Hydrocortizone around that.I may
have a scar but I didn't buy a new wing on the hospital.
First criter that ever stung me was a scorpion and after 22 years in pest control I
still hate them enough that I will destroy a house to KILL that bug.Cypermethrin works
well on keeping them at bay.You can find it in products like Bug Stop and I think
Orto's Home Defense has it.Big thing is to keep mulch,stacks of paper or wood away from
the house.Keep boxes up off a concrete floor.any damp cool place will attract them.
They can flatten their body and slid sideways under a brick or board or box.So tip it
up and look before you grab.Good advice for snakes as well.I stomped a Copper head a
couple weeks ago,third one this summer.
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Post by That Falls Guy on Jul 12, 2017 17:03:06 GMT -5
This morning started off pleasantly with a nice cup of coffee in my hand and some mellow tunes. Then, suddenly, I felt this pain in my side like I'd been poked with something sharp. Upon tossing back the pillow I was leaning on, there sat a small scorpion ... WHACK, WHACK ... SQUISH!!!
The initial sting isn't too bad but it builds in the area and spreads. Almost three hours later now, it feels like I was stabbed in the ribs and my lips are tingly. I also have a mild headache and slightly blurred vision.
On the upside, if this continues I'm going home for the day!
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Post by serenity on Jul 12, 2017 22:52:36 GMT -5
The anti-venom that they would administer to a child or allergic person is $10,000 a shot!
Think they'd take a check |
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Post by Darin on Jul 13, 2017 9:41:37 GMT -5
Feeling pretty good today ... thanks for the well wishes! Charlie, that doesn't mean the Maker's Mark and Curly Block are safe!! LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 10:40:50 GMT -5
Cobguy glad to here you are doing good. Here in Arizona we have some of the deadliest scorpions in the world. Like the bark scorpion.
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Post by Darin on Jul 13, 2017 11:36:40 GMT -5
Thanks John!
BTW, it's the Bark Scorpion that got me ... tiny but toxic!
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Post by goose on Jul 14, 2017 8:51:09 GMT -5
During my time spent at Ft Drum I heard a lot of Ft Drum Barking Spiders. Never could see them smelly little suckers though  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 18:50:16 GMT -5
During my time spent at Ft Drum I heard a lot of Ft Drum Barking Spiders. Never could see them smelly little suckers though Well on Camp Lejune we always had an infestation of assfault frogs. Those suckers moved so fast we couldn't see them. |
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Post by philobeddoe on Jul 14, 2017 21:20:40 GMT -5
When I was in Army basic at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. we were on a field training exercise and the guy in my tent with me got bit on the forehead by a Brown Recluse. The next morning he had a red welt on his forehead, three days later there was a hole in the skin on his forehead about the size of a quarter. He ended up getting recycled because he couldn't wear his Kevlar helmet anymore and they wouldn't let him on the rifle range without one on. 😱
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 0:42:44 GMT -5
That picture above gives me respect for spiders
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