tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post8815397172047746697..comments2014-12-06T02:37:24.587-05:00Chris[email protected]Blogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-54656460897425336262007-06-08T20:48:00.000-04:002007-06-08T20:48:00.000-04:00Yeah, there was a link on BoingBoing awhile ago to a guy that posted a <A HREF="http://fiendfolio.blogspot.com/2007/05/hand-wound-monday-recluse-spider-part-5.html" REL="nofollow">series</A> of pictures of his father's hand that was bitten by a brown recluse. He didn't seek much medical treatment either, which made it even worse. After this post, he has a running series of "Hand Wound Mondays" or something. Some of them are very grotesque.O'Flannabhrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05079419505134868647[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-82900586872892213172007-06-07T15:38:00.000-04:002007-06-07T15:38:00.000-04:00O'Flannabhra: A snake venom post is in the works. I've got a big list of poisonous organisms to get through: snakes, spiders, scorpions, snails, jellyfish, fish, lizards, etc. I already did a post on <A HREF="http://www.drugsandpoisons.com/2007/01/toxins-from-mammals.html" REL="nofollow"> toxins from mammals</A>. I'm gonna have to check out these necrotoxins of which you speak. Reminds me of a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider" REL="nofollow">brown recluse spider</A> bite. Google that for some fun (read: disturbing) times!<BR/><BR/>Nurse Bear: Updated my blogroll as per your request, glad you like the newish look! I've been tinkering away at things, hopefully I'll come up with my own design at some point.<BR/><BR/>The Factician: Thanks for the information. I wish I had taken more microbiology courses, infectious diseases are almost as interesting as the drugs that are used to treat them!CNDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05349466286549537039[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-87142352174618527902007-06-06T15:28:00.000-04:002007-06-06T15:28:00.000-04:00It's my understanding that gas gangrene produces small bubbles in the dead tissue. Clostridium perfringens only grows in dead tissue, and it secretes toxins that kill neighbouring tissue that it can subsequently invade. That said, the treatment for it is to cut out the dead tissue by surgery. Antibiotics don't help much, because they don't travel well into dead tissue.<BR/><BR/>A clinician who taught my medical microbiology class (nearly ten years ago) said he'd only seen it a few times in his decades as an infectious disease specialist, but that once you smell it, you'll always be able to diagnose patients based on the smell of gas gangrene alone.The Facticianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982867322659167014[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-53772855228224996542007-06-05T03:41:00.000-04:002007-06-05T03:41:00.000-04:00Clostridium is the best. <BR/><BR/>Dig the new look for the site!1 Very nice. (And apologies if it's, like, 3 months old...i haven't been paying much attention to things lately.)Nurse Bearhttp://www.nursaminor.com/[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37623912.post-11913374412528600832007-06-05T02:59:00.000-04:002007-06-05T02:59:00.000-04:00What the fark is gas gangrene? Sounds absolutely abominable.<BR/><BR/>By the way, have you considered doing a similar round-up of snake (or any, really) venom? I find those absolutely fascinating. The grossest, I think, are the necrotoxins. I saw a program on a nature channel, the specifics I have forgotten (sorry, the only thing that stuck with me were the pictures), that showed some photos of a man bitten in the gut by a snake with potent necrotoxin in its venom. There was a hole about the size of a quarter above his belly button, and a cavity bigger than a grapefruit inside his abdomen. *heebie-jeebies*O'Flannabhrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05079419505134868647[email protected]