[at-l] Injury reserves

[GRoberts@npr.org (Gary Roberts)]

i had and infection on my hand from psoriasis once and scratched a bug bite
on my elbow.  That little stunt put me in the hospital for ten days and out
of work for three weeks.  I got a secondary infection (bursitis and a staph
infection in the entire tissue of my left arm/elbo/hand.  It was not fun.
Intraveneous antibiotics for a month.  Now i wash my hands more than usual.
And i'm on a better medication for psoriasis.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Copeland [mailto:charles@uswnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:53 AM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] Injury reserves 


I think most people assume that a simple scratch is going to heal.  I've
grown up being cut and scraped by briars, cats, knives, roads, etc.  I've
very rarely had any kind of infection from them so for years I never really
took them seriously.  However, a few years ago my brother thought a scratch
on his finger was "nothing" and did nothing to take care of it.  Six weeks
later his finger was being operated on and a tendon removed.

I now make sure I clean and disinfect the tiniest of scratches!

Charles



_______________________________________________
AT-L mailing list
AT-L@mailman.backcountry.net
http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/at-l