Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 17, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Don Dory wrote: > Bart, > I lived in Texas for about fifteen years and stepped on many a red ant > hill. They are a little ansy and will start letting you know that > you are a > home wrecker. I remember one time I was doing a flower shot with a > 15mm > with my head in a hill. It took me a while to figure out where all > the fire > was coming from. A few minutes of brushing them out of my scalp > and it hurt > for a couple of days. > > What's the moral, if you have allergies or have unusual swellings > when the > creatures bite, then you need to walk carefully through the > plains. For > some of us, it is merely unpleasant. Others, life threatening. Bart... During the episode I described I got bit 30-50 times at once (maybe more), and lost consciousness for a while... likely because of hypotension. It didn't kill me, but might have if I had fallen where I was exposed to more bites... it was likely a toxic reaction rather than anaphylaxis... and it was rare... I have not heard of others here, who have had this happen, though it is occasionally reported in the medical literature... though I'm an MD and a victim of this... I have syringes full of epinephrine just in case, but I'm not sure I could find them quickly if I really needed to... Steve > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 9/17/06, Bartphotog@aol.com <Bartphotog@aol.com> wrote: >> >> >> In a message dated 9/16/06 7:30:25 PM, tedgrant@shaw.ca writes: >> >> << Bad scene my friend let's be careful out there when you know >> >> these critters are around. >> >> >> I know this question is totally OT, but how in the world are people >> coexisting with these pernicious little buggers? I know the short >> answer >> is "Watch >> where you step!", but, really, how dangerous are they proving to >> to be >> people and >> pets? Is this story a one-in-a-million thing, or are people being >> killed >> by >> these guys, and I just don't hear about it? >> >> Bart >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information