vibrio(if you got a weak stomach dont look)

[trophytroutman]

This was posted elsewhere.This guy got poked by a shrimp.

[wtretrievers]

Thats some bad crap.......I know a couple years ago you heard alot about it, alot of the guides around Venice area kept spray bottles in their boats with clorox incase they were finned or poked by something that had been in the water.

[Jordan]

dang, that sucks

[Jedi Lure Tricks]

Originally Posted by wtretrievers

alot of the guides around Venice area kept spray bottles in their boats with clorox incase they were finned or poked by something that had been in the water.

i keep germ-x in all my tackle bags. i guess it works.. my hands havent exploded yet

[Asterisk-Rich]

Jesus that is horrible!

[LPfishnTIM]

ouch, looks like a knife stuck him too!

[jpeff31787]

shrimp must of had oil on him....

[duckman444]

he should sue BP for being stuck by a contaminated shrimp

[Country Boy]

dang, that looks terrible, i have been poked by shrimp and stuck by reds and trout and this has never happend to me before, i never taught much about it until now, i guess i'll have to pack some kind of cleaning substance.

[FF_T_Warren]

Originally Posted by LPfishnTIM

ouch, looks like a knife stuck him too!

fasciotomy. used to keep circulation going because the swelling is so bad that it will cut off blood supply. plus is could burst open too

[Montauk17]

That sucks!

[MattW]

I think I would have taken a trip to the hospital somewhere between my fingers swelling up like sausages and my hand turning black an blowing up.

[longsidelandry]

Damn that sucks

[Andy C]

he did go to the hospital but most Er's have never heard of it let alown seen it. It wasent till he tranfured to down town houston they found out what it was.thats why it got so bad. It killed a guy in Baytown a couple years ago.

[flyphisher]

Good friend of mine had a vibrio infection just over 2 years ago. Nearly lost his foot, out of work for over a year. His life has been turned upside down. He sold his boat, doesn't fish anymore, etc. He noticed the redness near his ankle early am going fishing. He figures he got it the day before loading his boat on the trailer in Lafitte, he walked in the stagnant water at the ramp. The infection spread rapidly in his body due to his diabetes. He had the first surgery within 36 hours of the first symptom.

The best place to go with vibrio symptoms is West Jefferson Med Center. There they have the Hospital of Louisiana, which has a Hyperbaric Chamber.

Read up on this stuff, it is bad news.