we should really think before putting our hands in our tank

Unfortunately a deadly way to go for those individuals with sensitivities to some medications. Problem with meds bought and sold as feed stores and pets shops is that the FDA does not require quality control to those products meant to be consumed by animals rather than humans. BAD

If you have been in this hobby for many years you usually know one friend or friend of a friend that ended up with a room at the hospital and IV administration of some wide spectrum antibiotic.


Always bad to over react to routine injuries, but it can save your life and limb with some very nasty SW microbes. Take our little friend Vibro, mortality rate of 50/50 if correctly identified and treated appropriately with the correct medications, wrong diagnosis and the mortality rate plummets. Dr. in ER and and offices do not see these pathogens, they do not know how to treat.

End story, always make your MD aware of the other potential risk and pathogens and insist he/she consider them. If you begin to run a fever, experience swelling, significant discomfort or drainage from a wound and you have experienced a break in the skin when working in and around fish tanks take it seriously.

People go on and on about Zoanthid/Palys toxin, but common or misdiagnosed tissue infections are much more prevalent.

Just be careful out there and do not under-react or over react.

 

well the swelling is still there, but i think it is getting better. The swelling has gone down quite a bit and most of the reddness is gone. Have 1 open area and still can see the nodules but no new ones have appeared and the good thing is the joint pain has gone! That was the part that was actually worrying me the most!

Thanks everyone for the well wishes!

 

Good, good.

 

If your wounds are open I would put some PRID salve on it and wrap it. That stuff is pretty amazing and draws about anything out. I've even treated myself for the onset of blood poisoning (with it red creeping lines from infected area) and you will notice the difference in a day. If not by the second day(which I've never had happen) then I would go to the doctor.

Also about the antibiotics Corallaine was referring to as not FDA approved, technically yes. However what most people don't realize is that most drugs are a companies specialty and they will produce the same drug for animals and humans. Amoxacillan is a perfect example, I had pick up my prescribed pills and I picked some up from an online pet store. Same company made both pills even same capsules. So unless they have a separate line of production... It is generally the same exact thing just relabeled. I won't say there aren't acceptions but usually it is off the same production line.

Im kind of crazy... But if I was in a jam and needed antibiotics i would take my fish Amoxacillan lol.

I also have a lot of first aid training.

Disclaimer though... Im not telling you do anything with prescription medication I've read the information and I make the decisions myself. I don't just recommend people do anything like that unless they know the facts. Besides not all medications for animals work for humans... Acepromazine for instance is bad news for people... Lol