Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
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Our dermatologist recommends aquaphor for moisturizing any wounds, I prefer emu oil applied right on top of the silver. He is in agreement that it works well.
I have personally experienced a wound that kinda swells around the scab and it is not an issue. Kinda a pickering from a deep wound.
If you are going to use a drawing salve, use a bandage so you can see what is being drawn.
Here's the problem with spider bites. Much like a cat abscess which heals over and causes problems under the surface, spider bites often destroy tissue under the surface. That this is puffy could mean there is a crater of supurating matter under it that needs draining.
You can't play around with hubby at this point. He needs to be seem for this.
I would stop the cortisone and other home remedies and have the doc check . Hubs may need an antibiotic for that bite . He doesn’t need sepsis again . Some skin infections can be really itchy . There is also ringworm , which is a fungal infection, that is very itchy and would need an anti fungal cream .
I was bitten by a spider many years ago. I cleaned it with alcohol and put some antibiotic cream on it and went to bed. It started to swell a bit then it gt red and felt hot. This redness and heat was spreading up my leg. I went to the ER and it's a good thing I did. The doctor had to clean it, give me two IV of antibiotics, and I had to go home wth a script to take more antibiotics for a month. Take your husband to the ER today and let them handle a spider bite.
Daisy's husband has BEEN on antibiotic since this bite to his back, Burnt, and indeed on IV antibiotics. He had a tick bite infection and was treated in hospital not long ago, before their recent vacation.
Of concern to me here is that this bite is still up to something. And it is hidden, much like a cat abscess. What can happen is that the surface looks OK, maybe swollen, but under there can be flesh getting literally destroyed.
Just needs to be seen, for sure.
Dasiy - I think this is a time for medical people to deal with it. Your hub has been very ill. Some infections are very tenacious and spread "underground". If I were you I would get him to medical,care asap. Let us know what happens. ((((hugs))))
What's up with the "spider" bite?
I recommend witch hazel for prickly heat, that's what we call a humid, rubbed, heat rash. Spritz it on or use a cotton ball on clean skin and it is usually better in the morning.
I still recommend colloidal silver for any wounds, it is a great antibacterial and does so much to aid healing and keep any creepy bug from causing infection.
You are a good wife. Keep on taking care of that man of yours :-)
Monday is teeth pulling day, only 8 teeth left, so shouldnt be to awful. so that's going to be interesting. He has a regular physical the end the month.
Where I live, it is always dusty, then add a drought and you can see the air 100% of the time. I can dust in the morning and write my name in it that evening. Learning to not go crazy from it has been work :-)
However, we are getting monsoon rain, over 2 inches since 6pm last night, 1 inch that we got the 1st 45 minutes of the storm the next over 12 hours and it's still raining. Yahoo!!!! I will dust today and probably get a whole week of minimal dust. Rain is such a blessing in so many ways. Except I had to drain water out of the pool to avoid an overflow.
My heart still breaks for all those in Texas.
Tell your daughter and SIL thank you for bringing some of their wet weather with them, we so needed it.
I am just relaxing with a cuppa, listening to the rain fall, enjoying the 69° weather that this awesome weather is bringing.
Daisy, good luck to your hubby Monday. I pray it is no big deal.
Your area sounds beautiful, humidity has been brutal here, and the smoke picked up.
I personally would not have put the new swing set where he put it . There is another flat area in the yard not near the damp ravine .
I agree, we have to keep our lawn, trimmed and weeded. But there is a house . We have a house for sale in back, and they are doing a horrible job keeping the lawn mowed. Im not happy about it!!
I've heard rumors, that Lyme is graduating to black flies and mosquitoes also. Someone we were talking to insist, she say the fly bit her, then the next day the Lyme rash showed up! I looked it up, they said that, they can carry Lyme, but there is no known human transmission. 🤷
The lady that insist she got Lyme from a black fly, lives up in Thousand Island.
Where are you on the AQHI scale, cw?
When it gets to 4, I close all windows. It hasn't been bad here this summer. Up north we got to 10 or 11 more than once in past years. I stayed in. Terrible for people with related health issues.
That smoke is nasty stuff. Take care.