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Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby LandSailor » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 12:14 pm

The progression of a rattle-snake bite on a finger
Be warned...this is a bit gory!

http://imgur.com/a/Dw9pO
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby icefest » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 12:26 pm

I'm surprised how well it healed after the fourth picture.
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby DanShell » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 1:17 pm

Ewwwww
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby Burnsy » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 2:16 pm

I want to know the story behind it, it just opens up lots of questions. It looks like it was just left without medical intervention? Are rattle snakes not life threateningly poisonous and just cause necrosis like some spiders?

I can't see why you would leave it like that and not have the tip amputated, it is no longer functional given the missing bone and would just get in the way and give you grief I would think.
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby icefest » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 2:24 pm

Some more backstory:
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby LandSailor » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 3:14 pm

Thanks Icefest. Yes it was on Reddit. Here's the follow-on discussion from that comment.
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby Empty » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 3:21 pm

Good Lord!! Stronger warning next time please mate. It's beyond gory.
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby walkon » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 6:10 pm

Yeah well arrrghhh. Each to their own, he probably thinks walking up Hills is a crap idea.
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby Hallu » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 7:12 pm

It's stupid not to have this treated.They could have saved his finger, and by leaving it be like that he could have had a blood clot travelling to his lungs, heart or brain (ie death). Not to mention a massive infection that, again, could have spread and set up camp in any of his vital organs. My guess is he probably wanted to see how his body was gonna cope with it on its own...
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby geoskid » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 7:21 pm

Fascinating! Spat out a bone! Yeah that remaining tip will be more trouble than it's worth ( well, in my game).

I used to be fascinated with my own ingrown toenails as a kid, but this is something else!
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby Snowzone » Wed 11 Feb, 2015 8:46 pm

OK well I had to look didn't I........

That must of been so uncomfortable.
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby Moondog55 » Thu 12 Feb, 2015 8:18 pm

Found the pictures of the progression quite interesting, gross but intriguing.
I would have though some sort of medical treatment was appropriate but each to their own, twas me I's be tempted to amputate that finger; depending of course on nerve function
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Re: Wouldnt want to get a rattle-snake bite

Postby Hiking Noob » Thu 12 Feb, 2015 8:44 pm

An open wound like that would that would smell so bad!

Wonder if he didn't have health insurance or they just can't do anything? Seems he has a cannula in but that doesn't look like a hospital.
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