Blackthorn injury

[THE88MAN]

Bending the thread slightly i have a splinter of railway sleeper buried deep in the palm of my left hand,been there 7 years,i didnt know,it only swelled up last summer,its about the size of a large marble.its not painful but awkward to work with.its being cut out next week,gotta have a general anaesthetic needless to say i now wear gloves when handling sleepers and thorn hedges

[gensetsteve]

I have hawthorn round my property best wood I have found to burn on our stove. I got a hawthorn under my thumb nail once my hands were cold did not feel it , then went indoors i knew all about it then.

[Mark J]

I got got by a hawthorne near my elbow on a Friday last year. Got it out on the Monday afternoon. By Monday night it my arm was well swollen. Ended up with calcified bone grown underneath the infection. 12 antibiotics a day for a couple of weeks. Not good.

 

The first one's when I got home after having it lanced at a and e at four in the morning and the second's my new pointy elbow...

 

 

Edited January 21, 2010 by Mark J

[mistahbenn]

Ok im in pain as I type, got stabbed today in the left wrist, and now I can hardly move my hand, its pretty painful. I got some Magnesium Sulphate paste, and some painkillers so far. Any other tips? May see a doc tomorrow.

[csservices]

TCP just dab it on neat stings like a b**ch but should draw it out by morning, I get full of thorns reguarly during the winter with hedge laying, either that or pop them out when they go sceptic, worst one I ever had was a 3/4 inch hawthorn thorn when a branch whipped back and stabbed it into me calf muscle took ages to get that one out

[defenderjack]

had one in the end of my finger and my whole hand went stiff , tried digging it out :thumbdown:and made things worse so ended up in A E and had to have my finger cut open and it was just under 1 cm long ! my god the relief when it came out !

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Pyracantha and monkey needles make you sore too, what I hate most is backing up in a thorn hedge to be reminded that allround protection stops below your arse!

[Stephen Blair]

ouch ouch ouch!!!hpe you are all feeling better, dont hesitate to got to he doctors for anti biotics and anti histamen.

[breffni]

Managed to get a blackthorn in my knuckle yesterday, only noticed it on my way home when it was getting sore can barely move my bl

[Dryad's saddle]

Tee tree oil and coconut oil