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29-12-2006, 09:52 PM
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Do you want me to tell you about Leptospira icterohaemorrhagica (I think that's the spelling)?  Quote:
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29-12-2006, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott Do you want me to tell you about Leptospira icterohaemorrhagica (I think that's the spelling)? | Is that leptospirosis / weils disease from rats etc? Just make sure you wash your hands!
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29-12-2006, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott Do you want me to tell you about Leptospira icterohaemorrhagica (I think that's the spelling)? | Erm.Can I let you know about that one 
Sounds a bit like I'd change into a beautiful butterfly though.
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29-12-2006, 10:23 PM
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29-12-2006, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter no chance | Right, I'm off to sleep on my own built in bed of nails.
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29-12-2006, 10:42 PM
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I thought I had heard some medic or other recently say that they've changed their minds and Tetanus doesn't need to be repeated? Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick?? I haven't had a tetanus jab for years and was planning on using homoeopathic Ledum palustris if the need ever arises in future. . .
I'm rather a reactor to drugs and vaccinations - I almost died from the smallpox jab when I was little and the BCG at age 13-ish made me very very ill Since then I've avoided that sort of thing as best I can. Shame I would love to go to Africa but can't risk the various medications and vaccinations required. Never mind - I get about round this country and I'm gratefull for that!!
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30-12-2006, 09:12 AM
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I had to get to the drs and have a tetanus shot rather hastily after waking up with a stiff jaw awhile back.
I am a gardener and often have cuts on my hands and I had handled a injured gull and injured dove on the same day, so something had got into a cut
Rose thorns can be a cause of tetanus.
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30-12-2006, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by mrs fish I had to get to the drs and have a tetanus shot rather hastily after waking up with a stiff jaw awhile back.
I am a gardener and often have cuts on my hands and I had handled a injured gull and injured dove on the same day, so something had got into a cut
Rose thorns can be a cause of tetanus.
How are you to-day? | Hello mrs fish. Good of you to ask.  Well, I think I've probably got all the deep ones out. My legs are covered in red marks and scratches from the brambles. Once they get a grip of you it's like a million little sharp fingers. No nasties to report and only a couple of tramline scratches along my cheek. A bit of make up will disguise those though. So all in all, I'm intact thank you.
Good fun though and I'd do it again-except for the bit where I put my hand in Badger poo-urgh!
Julie
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30-12-2006, 10:24 AM
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Pleased to hear your ok
It does make you feel good though doesn't it being out in the wild and getting stuck in.
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30-12-2006, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by honeybee Is that leptospirosis / weils disease from rats etc? Just make sure you wash your hands! | That's the one but it's not quite that straightforward because the bacterium can enter wounds and you don't need to be bitten by a rat - just wave your wounded finger in water into which an infected rat has urinated. Those of us who fiddle about in stagnant ponds and ditches should wear gloves! |
30-12-2006, 01:40 PM
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Hope you're still healing well, WW
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30-12-2006, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott ... could live without Bon Jovi though ..... | eek...*covers ears and shakes head* live without Bon Jovi? ...i'd rather get lockjaw than live without them...
as for thorns etc...after cleansing try eurax cream...its s'pposed to be for itching but it has an anaesthetic in it that lasts up to 10 hours so helps with the pain |
30-12-2006, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by badgerwatcher Hope you're still healing well, WW | Yep-fine thanks. I'll refer to them as war wounds. Won during the battle of the Brambles.
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30-12-2006, 02:27 PM
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as for thorns etc...after cleansing try eurax cream...its s'pposed to be for itching but it has an anaesthetic in it that lasts up to 10 hours so helps with the pain | I found a liquid anaesthetic that lasted about the same length of time Paul
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30-12-2006, 05:15 PM
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Hi Julie, sorry to hear of your war wounds. I hope the anesthetic continues to sooth. Did you opt for removal of all of them. Did your partner remove the unmentionable one! Sounds like kevlar armour should have been worn. Keep improving.
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30-12-2006, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Garden Carpet Hi Julie, sorry to hear of your war wounds. I hope the anesthetic continues to sooth. Did you opt for removal of all of them. Did your partner remove the unmentionable one! Sounds like kevlar armour should have been worn. Keep improving.
jaki | THAT one turned out to be a deep scratch thank goodness.
He he. Armoured bush wacking. Sounds fun jaki
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30-12-2006, 05:54 PM
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Jules...just curious who you are volunteering with?
As you know i have done it for a year....and have the wounds to show...self harming scratches....a severe case of tinostinovitus in both wrists ( kind of carpul tunnel syndrome) i now have what i think is frozen shoulder in my left shoulder which i can live with but...i have something horrible going on with my right forearm and grip....4 trips to the docs now and i have a referal for physio...it even hurts to squeeze washing liquid from a bottle or to pull my duvet over me at night which is affecting the practical side of my degree no end..
I dont know whats wrong yet but i pray they can sort it out as i want to get stuck in properly.
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30-12-2006, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter Jules...just curious who you are volunteering with?
As you know i have done it for a year....and have the wounds to show...self harming scratches....a severe case of tinostinovitus in both wrists ( kind of carpul tunnel syndrome) i now have what i think is frozen shoulder in my left shoulder which i can live with but...i have something horrible going on with my right forearm and grip....4 trips to the docs now and i have a referal for physio...it even hurts to squeeze washing liquid from a bottle or to pull my duvet over me at night which is affecting the practical side of my degree no end..
I dont know whats wrong yet but i pray they can sort it out as i want to get stuck in properly.
Dan | Dan I'll pm you in a bit. jules
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30-12-2006, 07:03 PM
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BTW Dan-hope your shoulder probs gets sorted soon. Sounds painful. Could it be a trapped nerve? Good excuse for not washing up though
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30-12-2006, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter ahh see? im too young to have known that fact...i guess anyone over a cetain age who may have bought that album by ub40 would have known what you were on about? ( always hated them myself except red red wine)
Where as my useless fact is that i know the melting point of rock is at "7800 degrees farenheit " ( Bon Jovi second album mid eighties) | Do you have a caps lock/shift Dan?
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30-12-2006, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott That's the one but it's not quite that straightforward because the bacterium can enter wounds and you don't need to be bitten by a rat - just wave your wounded finger in water into which an infected rat has urinated. Those of us who fiddle about in stagnant ponds and ditches should wear gloves! | Oh yes..i was informed of that after checking Mink traps and catching a very large rat. I did have a cut on my hand too. I always carry that waterless hand cleanser about to kill the bugs.
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30-12-2006, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by nightshade Do you have a caps lock/shift Dan? |
hmmm yes? not sure why your asking have i made a boo boo then? |
30-12-2006, 10:03 PM
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Think Nightshade's referring to the "ahh" should have been "Ahh", the "im" after it should have been "I'm" & all your "i's" , as in you, should be capital "I". Especially as you like pointing out other peoples spelling mistakes. |
30-12-2006, 10:12 PM
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We all make mistakes.. some dont seem to know about punctuation which makes some posts extremely difficult to understand at first. My problem is spelling. I have to ask..is the spelling lense a particular photography thing? I always thought it was lens.. the es only being added to make a plural.
jaki... in learning mode
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