Stung by saltwater ray!!!
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Wow..... that looks extremely painful, I am glad to hear he is doing well
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The doctor told you that was venom still coming out of the wound? If so, Id find a new doctor. Thats not venom, not to mention the fact that rays do not inject you with venom. The sheath that surrounds the barb contains the toxin. When a ray stings some or all of the sheath comes off and stays in the wound and breaks down causing the pain.
If the wound still had any of the sheath in it, which it shouldnt if properly cleaned, his body would have long broken it down. What that is is simply puss from the infection. NOT venom.
I will give it to your son though, that is a NASTY wound. It makes my little sting look like a mosquito bite in comparison yet mine still hurt like a SOB!
If the wound still had any of the sheath in it, which it shouldnt if properly cleaned, his body would have long broken it down. What that is is simply puss from the infection. NOT venom.
I will give it to your son though, that is a NASTY wound. It makes my little sting look like a mosquito bite in comparison yet mine still hurt like a SOB!
Well that is what the doc at the hospital told my son. But having said that, stingray wounds in the U.K are pretty rare so they are probably guessing! All the docs in the hospital have been interested to the point of taking photos for training purposes as they have never seen a ray sting injury before. Good to hear that the body would have broken down any remaining sheath by now anyway. That is interesting to know, thanks. I don't really care what the white stuff is as long as my son makes a full recovery.
And yes, i can guarantee you. Having watched my son go through this ordeal, it was extremely painful for him.
And yes, i can guarantee you. Having watched my son go through this ordeal, it was extremely painful for him.
That looks brutal like a bullet wound really glad he is doing better
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lucky he was attacked on the legs not chest, hope he would recover soon, I heard one freshwater ray keeper was kill by his ray, because he was very unlucky the stung was on the chest when he was changing water, as he bow on tank with his net try to catch some other fishes..
Glad it's getting better.
And to second what JD said, that is secondary infection related to the penetration wound that barb left. Nothing related to the sheath or toxin. I've had a few hits that did the same thing. It's hard to keep a deep puncture like this clean all the way down unless you keep it open at the top. The stitch was the best choice from my experience.
And to second what JD said, that is secondary infection related to the penetration wound that barb left. Nothing related to the sheath or toxin. I've had a few hits that did the same thing. It's hard to keep a deep puncture like this clean all the way down unless you keep it open at the top. The stitch was the best choice from my experience.
Quick update all.
Been 2 months today since my son was stung (time goes fast!)
He is back to work full time now. The wound is starting to scab which is good. Still has to keep a dressing on it and change it every 2 days. Back to hospital next week for hopefully a final check up. His leg still aches if he stands for too long and he feels pain in his ankle. Hopefully all this will pass with time.
Thanks to anyone who posted here and wished my son a speedy recovery, especially Zoodiver.
Been 2 months today since my son was stung (time goes fast!)
He is back to work full time now. The wound is starting to scab which is good. Still has to keep a dressing on it and change it every 2 days. Back to hospital next week for hopefully a final check up. His leg still aches if he stands for too long and he feels pain in his ankle. Hopefully all this will pass with time.
Thanks to anyone who posted here and wished my son a speedy recovery, especially Zoodiver.
