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Slipknot · 11-07-2007, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Biteme

CVA? Do mean CVS, it's a pharmacy. I got the infection in the Northeast. Although I'm sure you could get an infection from some of the people that work at my area CVS

LMAO
thanks

BassDawg · 11-07-2007, 09:36 PM

Wheatgrass Juice

The world's most compleat food. It has every naturally occurring enzyme, protein, nutrient, amminos, it has everything the body needs and will actually repair damaged organs, cleanse the blood and is the very best immune system booster on earth.

Be sure to drink it on an empty stomach, and no acid of any kind for an hour. I usually chase it with water, and try not to eat for at least one hour afterwards. By acid i mean no citrus, tomatoes, coffee, vinegar, anything acidic. It is great for anything that ails ya and will keep your acid/alkaline in balance. Start wih 2oz shot and work yer way up. Avbailable at most health food stores that have juice bars, and some that don't. Anne Wiggan(sp?) wrote the definitive work on wheatgrass. It is an acquired taste, but kinda like when ya used to suck on grass stems as a kid, or at least we did in Oklahoma.

Excellent as a preventative measure yearround, and may even boost yer healing process, biteme, and will also help to replenish within yer body the things that the antibiotics are taking out.

Good luck, bro, speedy recovery!

Raven · 11-08-2007, 05:42 AM

when you compare the components of human blood side by side with chlorophyll they are almost identical except that chlorophyll has
manganese and blood has magnesium, and that is the only difference.

Personally, i find the taste of wheat grass to be a little strong and or revolting so i mix it together with carrot juice that is loaded with beta carotene that the body converts to vitamin A and makes it taste much much better. If ever there was a fountain of youth beverage
that is IT.

RedHerring · 11-08-2007, 08:29 PM

Myco is a serious disease. I think that a fisherman from the New Bedford area died from it about 10 years ago. Caught it from a bass or blue. I carry Physohex, but I might start using H2O2

tynan19 · 11-09-2007, 08:11 AM

I usually carry a small bottle of liquid alcohol rub in my waders. Baby wipes in the car.

fishermanjim · 11-12-2007, 03:42 PM

POOR GASOLINE ON IT,,, just kidding,,, hope it goes well for ya

Mr. Sandman · 11-13-2007, 06:10 AM

No offense but wheat-grass is not going to cure an infection like this. I don't care what anyone says how good it makes you feel, it won't fix this.

I keep a close eye out for this infection and luckily I'm married to a physician who is well aware of this disease and sees it fairly often. You don't screw around and "wait it out to see if it gets better"...you get pro-active on its ass pronto.

When I come back from fishing I wash well will antibac soap and take care of any cuts right away with antibiotic cream and bandages. Upon any sign of serious swelling esp from fish related injuries I take antibiotics for a week. You just can't screw around with this, it will become a raging infection and you can loose limbs and it can kill you in short order.

Being "Poiked" by striper fins are painful and I believe they have something on them that leads to infection. I don't know if it is the same but I have also had my whole hand swell up overnight from one on those damn things. (more then once), even after washing. I think it is a natural defense mech for the fish. I imagine you could the myco from it as well but just see a doc and get on antibiotics if you see swelling from a fish related injury. Don't screw around with this, really.

Raven · 11-13-2007, 07:14 AM

talking about how to improve one's own immune system is an effort to speed up the healing process not to take the place of using antibiotics to kill off an infection....

I for one will never only use antibiotics to cure any form of illness
and it will be a combination of curative measures that will assist me
in winning the battle.

I got finned directly into my vein on my wrist once and the poison was traveling up my arm to my heart... so i have seen it first hand.

Recently i plunged a small knife blade into a finger (a stupid accident) that had been cutting very dirty nasty rope and i had to go to the emergency room for intravenous antibiotics

jaywalker33 · 11-13-2007, 09:48 AM

Here's one for you, let me know what you guys think it is. I was filleting a striper back in July and one of the spines accidentally stuck my finger just below the nail on the backside of the finger. I immediatley washed it out and put peroxide and iodine on it. It hurt for a little while and was sore for a couple days. However now it feels like I have small knot in that finger on the bone. I am wondering if I actually have a small piece of the spine in my finger as the small cut closed up almost immediatley. This was in July and I still have the bump but it doesn't bother me.

Mr. Sandman · 11-13-2007, 11:50 AM

I am not a doc but my money would be you have a small foreign body in there and your body encapsualted it. I had a similar thing in a finger where a small metal shaving was in my finger...after a while I had a bump and had a little tension when I bent my finger because it was near a knuckle. Had the doc look at it and she cut my finger open and removed it...I watched and it was like a little sac about the size of a pea and in the center was a tiny shard of metal. Healed up fine after that.

Raven · 11-13-2007, 01:08 PM

the bump "is or could be" scar tissue that grew around it
and that wouldn't happen if you just got an in and then out puncture wound.

Headhunter · 11-13-2007, 06:23 PM

This is a very serious topic! I have heard some horror stories of lost limbs , and stories of lost life.I have been spiened a few times and so have people on my boat. I have a first aid kit on the boat and in my van. If some one does get spined everything stops and the kit comes out. Alcohol, peroxide ,and or Bleach,thats rite bleach. I was carless this past season and got a little tip of a spine in my thumb, washed it out and didnt do what I knew I should. It got infected, had to open it up and wash it out with alcohol. My fishing partner got spined real good on the inside of his thigh.I made him stop and open it up and wash it out. He thanked me later when he read up on what can happen. Cuts and slices for some reasom aren't as critical as a spine. Dont take any chances when u get spined and if you catch alot of fish its bound to happen.