Hawthorn prick

[carlos]

My turn !!!!

Using a Hawthorn as an anchor for my Tirfor (no other choice) to pull out a hedge row, which worked very well, except for just about at the end of the day managed to imbed a Hawthorn thorn right through my glove and into my knuckle while moving the Tirfor handle back and forth.

I am sure I could feel the dam thing scraping against my knuckle bone, pulled it out, and 24 hours later still sore and now swollen.

Going to give it another 24 hours to see if it gets worse, if it does guess I'll drop into A&E tomorrow to get some antibiotics.

 

had the exact same thing into my knuckle, had it xrayed but they couldnt see it, had to take a few different courses of antibiotics ( finish the course! i didnt and it bit me on the arse or finger in this case)

weeks and weeks later i got the thorn out, not in the place where it went in though, real nuisance and lost a few days of work too.

hope you get it sorted.

carl

[Stubby]

I got a black thorn in my hand . It hurts a bit dont it ? Made mine into a spear and claimed a wild boar ....honest .

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Threads need pics....

 

Was dropping some connies one day so no Ripeur 2's on....but some utility cutter had thrown a bit of Hawthorn up against the stem which I threw out of the way - raining, making the job happen in one day not a second etc. Didn't notice the thorn go in just the blood and pain a bit later.

Thought nothing of it until the finger started swelling a bit more than normal that night.

The next day I couldn't push the trolley round Tesco and had to give in - I'm not one to go to the Docs or Hospital but I was in so much pain I wanted an x-ray for re-assurance and some antibiotics and on my way.

 

Nooo... you're going straight to theatre son...

That red vee is septicemia and it's next stopping point is your elbow. Operation or lose half your arm.

Problem is that the thorn had punctured the tendon sheath. There is no blood flow through the tendon sheath, it is fed by snorkels, without blood flow you can't flush out an infection.

As an infected site is acidic a local anaesthetic won't take so it was a general there and then. Count to ten and wake up on the ward looking like a proper girly.

They cut a vee either side of the point of entry and flush it through with a syringe, put you in a cast and check a few days later to see if it needs doing again, if not back in a week for stitches out and two months physio until you can climb again.

Can't understand though curry, rice and potato croquettes?

But hospital grub is on the up and was gratefully received.

Antibiotics washed down with the usual followed by the physio and back to it.

 

 

Don't eff about with thorn......

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

Edited May 28, 2017 by Arbtech Tree Services

[roys]

What a set of pics, thanks for posting that Steve, currently looking at my hand just now, no V, no increase in smelling but still a bit there and still local pain if I press the puncture point.

[silky fox]

Wow Mr Arbtech...quite a narrow escape mate! And certainly a cautionary tale for us all.Always keep my Ripeur 2's to hand.

[Gray git]

Ended up in a & e with a infection tracking up my arm from the tiniest blackthorn in my hand, dock took 1 look and into a side room, 2 massive injections of antibiotics a hand full of pills and 10 min observations for a few hrs to make sure it didn't make it to the glands near my armpit.

Was strange as kept getting massive spots in random places on my arm for about 2 weeks after and needed a second lot of pills for a secondary infection in my skin.

Think over the years I've seen more working days lost to little thorns resulting in infection than any other form of injury.

 

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[Shaunpaul]

Certainly an eye opener those photos, don't usually wear gloves but will be more cautious from now on.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Certainly an eye opener those photos

 

You're telling me. Ordered curry and rice and it turned up with potato croquettes........WTF?

 

Regards,

 

Steve.

[swinny]

Got jabbed earlier in week... swelling going down a bit but redness seems bigger?

Edited October 11, 2018 by swinny

[Stubby]

40 minutes ago, swinny said:

Got jabbed earlier in week... swelling going down a bit but redness seems bigger?

Is the tip still in there ?