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10-06-2008, 01:30 PM
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| | | What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
Hello - new member here. I am hoping someone may be able to help me figure out what could have caused my finger tip to be numb and have swelling, inflammation etc. (On a side note, the doctor has given me antibiotics which seem to have reduced the main problem).
I visited a lake in West Sussex (Arundel) and touched various plants in a search for a dock leaf to help a child that had been stung by nettles. No problem noticed at the time, but later the finger tip numbness / soreness and creeping swelling / inflammation came on. Under a magnifying glass I noticed very tiny black hairs on my finger ends.
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10-06-2008, 01:36 PM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
Sounds more like you touched a hairy caterpiller whilst searching. |
10-06-2008, 02:41 PM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
Many thanks for your help. I really appreciate it. |
11-06-2008, 09:44 AM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
Do 'hairy' caterpillars really have this effect?
I'm sure I've handled them and lots of kids do too. Could that be dangerous? |
11-06-2008, 10:29 AM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
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Originally Posted by rscott74  Do 'hairy' caterpillars really have this effect?
I'm sure I've handled them and lots of kids do too. Could that be dangerous? | Some do. I think the vapourer moth caterpillar can cause a reaction with some folks.
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11-06-2008, 11:01 AM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
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Originally Posted by rscott74 Do 'hairy' caterpillars really have this effect?
I'm sure I've handled them and lots of kids do too. Could that be dangerous? |
Yes but some are more irritating than others and some people are more sensitive than others. e.g. Brown Tail Moth
Most will cause mild urticaria which responds to antihistamine cream.
In Gee's case, there may be a complicating factor insofar as the symptoms are responding to antibiotics so possibly a secondary infection? |
11-06-2008, 11:58 AM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
You know it could maybe of been a bite  |
11-06-2008, 10:45 PM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
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Originally Posted by Gee Under a magnifying glass I noticed very tiny black hairs on my finger ends. | Quote:
Originally Posted by wildherbalian85 You know it could maybe of been a bite | Bite's don't leave hairs 
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12-06-2008, 07:53 AM
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| | | Re: What plant did this? Numbness and inflammation
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Originally Posted by Venger Bite's don't leave hairs | Are you sure? 'cause some mornings I've woken up with a mouth like a gorillas arm pit !  |
12-06-2008, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by tormentil are You Sure? 'cause Some Mornings I've Woken Up With A Mouth Like A Gorillas Arm Pit !
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