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OUDoc
6/15/2007, 01:20 PM
I hope not. My patient just got stung. :eek:

If I remember correctly, they aren't poisonous.
sooner_born_1960
6/15/2007, 01:22 PM
just rub some dirt on it.
OUDoc
6/15/2007, 01:24 PM
Good.

http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/scorpions.htm
olevetonahill
6/15/2007, 01:24 PM
I been stung by em several times , Its no worse than a wasp .
Hamhock
6/15/2007, 01:26 PM
do you check the message boards for advice before every diagnosis?
OzarkSooner
6/15/2007, 01:28 PM
Nope, they aren't poisonous, but, the will sting like the dickens. (That is they aren't the killer variety of poisonous...they probably have some type of venom, as in the non life-threatening type.) My granpappy used chawin' tobaccy on these types of injuries... ;)
OUDoc
6/15/2007, 01:29 PM
do you check the message boards for advice before every diagnosis?
Yes.
sooner_born_1960
6/15/2007, 01:29 PM
chawin' tobaccy, dirt. They both work.
OU4LIFE
6/15/2007, 01:35 PM
Nope, they aren't poisonous, but, the will sting like the dickens. (That is they aren't the killer variety of poisonous...they probably have some type of venom, as in the non-life threatening type.) My granpappy used chawin' tobaccy on these types of injuries... ;)


http://www.orwell.ru/people/dickens/img/chd_2w.jpg
OzarkSooner
6/15/2007, 01:41 PM
Haha...Spek to 4Life...'cept I can't give it out yet.
yermom
6/15/2007, 01:41 PM
Nope, they aren't poisonous, but, the will sting like the dickens. (That is they aren't the killer variety of poisonous...they probably have some type of venom, as in the non-life threatening type.) My granpappy used chawin' tobaccy on these types of injuries... ;)

i can attest to tobaccy working on Yellow-Jacket stings...

but basically i have heard that scorpions around here were basically on the same level as that
Jerk
6/15/2007, 01:51 PM
Patient is probably at the Medical Examiner's office by now.
Okieflyer
6/15/2007, 02:01 PM
They're all poisonous, just not deadly. Yes they DOOO hurt!
OUDoc
6/15/2007, 02:26 PM
Patient is probably at the Medical Examiner's office by now.
I've got to get her to a cemetery right away.
TUSooner
6/15/2007, 02:43 PM
My little dog got stung on the nose by an Oklahoma scorpion.
He died


many years later due to some other cause, like old age.

:-|
OUDoc
6/15/2007, 03:13 PM
My little dog got stung on the nose by an Oklahoma scorpion.
He died


many years later due to some other cause, like old age.

:-|
You don't think something similar could happen to my patient, do you? :(
TUSooner
6/15/2007, 03:22 PM
You don't think something similar could happen to my patient, do you? :(

I assume that's what you hope for. :D

Patients dieing of old age way down the line, I mean.
Flagstaffsooner
6/15/2007, 03:40 PM
Every time I get stung it gets worse. Must be developing an allergy.
12
6/15/2007, 03:48 PM
"Doc, is that painful, golf ball size knot just over my abdomen serious?"

"Hang on... Let me see what Jerk and Olevet have to say."
soonerboy_odanorth
6/15/2007, 03:54 PM
Next toxicity discussion:

Centipedes at Mr. Bush's place, Lake Eufala ;)
Flagstaffsooner
6/15/2007, 04:12 PM
"Doc, is that painful, golf ball size knot just over my abdomen serious?"

"Hang on... Let me see what Jerk and Olevet have to say.":D :D :D
Jerk
6/15/2007, 05:00 PM
"Doc, is that painful, golf ball size knot just over my abdomen serious?"

"Hang on... Let me see what Jerk and Olevet have to say."

Need one Kershaw knife, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and a rag, please.
Flagstaffsooner
6/15/2007, 05:13 PM
Need one Kershaw knife, a bottle of Jack Daniels, and a rag, please.And a bullet to bite on, don't ya know, Doc!
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RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
6/15/2007, 05:15 PM
i can attest to tobaccy working on Yellow-Jacket stings...

but basically i have heard that scorpions around here were basically on the same level as thatIs that liquid tobaccy juice, or chewed tobaccy? How much to put on the sting? Do you rub it in? What happens after you put it on the sting?
Harry Beanbag
6/15/2007, 05:30 PM
Survivorman cuts the stinger off and lets them crawl down his throat after a couple of quick chews. Just a little protein to tide him over 'til he can catch a rat.
olevetonahill
6/15/2007, 05:32 PM
Is that liquid tobaccy juice, or chewed tobaccy? How much to put on the sting? Do you rub it in? What happens after you put it on the sting?
Its the chaw that you put on it .
as much as it takes
Naw just hold it in place
Ya get another Chaw
yermom
6/15/2007, 05:33 PM
Is that liquid tobaccy juice, or chewed tobaccy? How much to put on the sting? Do you rub it in? What happens after you put it on the sting?

this was actually the innards of a cigarette, moistened with water and kinda packed on the sting(s)

when i got swarmed by a nest full of wasps as a small child my grandmother did something similar with baking soda
olevetonahill
6/15/2007, 05:35 PM
this was actually the innards of a cigarette, moistened with water and kinda packed on the sting(s)

when i got swarmed by a nest full of wasps as a small child my grandmother did something similar with baking soda
bakin sody works to ;)
Flagstaffsooner
6/15/2007, 05:40 PM
A few facts about scorpions that those outside of AZ may not know.

Scorpion venom is a mixture of toxins that vary from species to species and even between individuals of the same species.

Cats are immune to scorpion venom.

Scorpions fluoresce under a black light.
Tailwind
6/15/2007, 06:01 PM
That would sure harsh my mellow, man.