Serious question...

[FP10]

I will make it short. Lost my box wading in the surf on Sunday. Had a topwater and some jig heads in a bass assassin bag in my pocket. When I was changing my rig the topwater got me. The cuts are red and feel a little hard, but don't seem to be getting better or worse. With all this flesh eating bacteria crap going around I am a little worried. I usually heal up fast from cuts. I put peroxide on it when I got home from fishing.

[reeltime]

are they swollen more than a normal cut?

[dbarham]

keep a very close eye on that dude be on the safe side and let the DR look at it..

[WestEndAngler]

Jeremy I cut myself I put hand in alcohol & hydrogen peroxide baths for 5 minutes when I got home. Took a shower repeated and then applied neosporin (sp?) its healing up.

Anytime you "puncture" yourself you'll have bruising & redness it will be sore just because it wasn't a "cut" it was an impact so to speak.

Watch it closely but don't get yourself worked up. Your healthy and have a good immune system

[coachlaw]

Man, I remember when I was a kid, if we cut ourselves at the camp, Dad told us to go wash it out in the bayou right away. Saltwater was good for cuts. Always worked great. Was vibrio always around? Or is it a new thing?

[Robalo]

Keep a close eye on it-if it starts getyting any more infected looking, head to doc.

X2 on what Coe said-normally older folks and others with hampered immune, but ya never know if ya got a badazz strain or were getting a cold or somethin that lowered immune system, so keep an eye out for infection.

[reeltime]

Man, I remember when I was a kid, if we cut ourselves at the camp, Dad told us to go wash it out in the bayou right away. Saltwater was good for cuts. Always worked great. Was vibrio always around? Or is it a new thing?

I think the jury is out on vibrio being around in the past.I think we hear about it more because the internet and mass media.Your right Sandy my dad told me to go back out in the surf and soak it.lol

[WestEndAngler]

That "stinging" feeling was a sign that your wound was getting a good "cleaning" LOL

[kenny]

You'll be fine!

[imhammer]

X3 on what Coe said.....If it was Vibrio you would know it by now and have a serious problem from waiting so long.

[bayouboy]

Like everyone else said it would have gotten worse by now if it was the nasty stuff and keep antibiotic oinment on it at least 3x per day. Keep it clean and dry and lay off the perioxide this far out.

[007]

I'd be a lot more concerned if it had happened in the bay vs. the surf. Keep triple anti-b on it for a while and if you or anyone in the house has some amoxciclian(sp?) I'd take some of that for 3 or 4 days. Maybe Plugger (Doc. Henry) will chime in on this too.

[boom]

007 got it right. Must know a lot about infections. I wouldn't sweat a cut in the surf. The bay is another story.

[stingray]

I'd be a lot more concerned if it had happened in the bay vs. the surf. Keep triple anti-b on it for a while and if you or anyone in the house has some amoxciclian(sp?) I'd take some of that for 3 or 4 days. Maybe Plugger (Doc. Henry) will chime in on this too.

just curious what makes the bay more prone? is the the shell ?

[007]

just curious what makes the bay more prone? is the the shell ?

Think about it....surf water is exposed to the open Gulf at all times and on the other hand, you have to factor in all of the stagnant back lake water that doesn't circulate as much with the tides. The water gets hotter and is more likely to be a breeding ground for bacteria......just sayin'...