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Magnum44270 why the Benadryl?
Allergic reactions?
Magnum44270 why the Benadryl?
Allergic reactions?
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A MUST have for me on any hunt, and is always with me.
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Magnum44270
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Yes for allergic reactions. I dont have any but have friends that do. Hopefully if we ever need it it will buy us some time
I carry Benadryl as well, and yes for any allergic reactions. Several years back I sat on a fire ant nest in PT shorts. Afterwards I always have a small advil bottle with advil or ibuprofen (or both), Benadryl, baby aspirin and acid reducer.
Holy sweet baby Jesus! I get a few bites on my ankles and it drives me nuts for about a week or two ... couldn't imagine sitting on a fire ant nest!
Yep, it was NUTS! They got all up in my business.
Many a dozen stings. Medic gave me benadryl and off to the TMC I went.
Kentuckywindage
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Got into a Yellowjackets nest while digging ginseng when I was about 12 years old. Luckily we weren't far from a creek. I went running into the creek removing clothing. Those little boogers were everywhere. Underneath my jeans and T-shirt?! The water was cold and clear in the beautiful cliffs, so it put a stop to the stinging both ways. My cousin and I took a rail buggy up the creek coming in. Getting out was a chore as my cousin hadn't drove a stick at this point and I was still shook from the stings. First gear bouncing and jerking over rocks and sand bars.Yep, it was NUTS! They got all up in my business.
You know I need to ask him if that was purposeful, as l had found a lot more seng than he up that point.
We have hornets in Montana so I'll have some benadryl to go with my aspirin
Yes, insect bites, as well as an anaphylactic reaction, which can be just as deadly as an MI.
M1A1ABRAMS
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I was fishing offshore about a mile out on the 4th of July with some friends. I was 38 yrs old. What caused this ? Blood pressure medicine prescribed, because my blood pressure was a little high. I felt as if I had heartburn all day while we were out. It was a miserable hot day. My friends wanted to take me to shore. I refused thinking it was just heartburn, as I said. Once back to shore I went home about quarter mile from Marina. And started throwing up. My buddy called about this time. And we decided I best go to the hospital. They put a stent in. And I have not taken blood pressure medicine since then. And all is GOOD even as a smoker of 40 years. I sure hope the next one is a lot faster. lolTwo years ago I believed I was a fit 53 year old dude, active and aware of avoiding certain "lifestyle" indulgences that "increase risk" for cardiovascular "events". My physicals were all good and I was never prescribed a medication for blood pressure, cholesterol or diabetes. The last thing on my mind was being acutely prepared in the event I experienced a heart attack. By that I mean, I worked out, avoided tobacco, ate healthy food and did not do any drugs so why would I need to have some simple items in my pack that if used during the early phase of a heart attack, could save my life and preserve heart muscle. I knew what a heart attack was and had a little bit of training in dealing with them so there really was no excuse other than I never thought it could happen to me. Wrong! Fortunately, when my heat attack presented I was not 6 miles into the wilderness on a back pack hunt, or 5 miles off shore fishing. I was .5 miles from an ER working out in the gym at 10 AM. When the tell tale symptoms started I was able to get to the ER and receive life saving treatment that cleared the proximal blood clot in my left anterior descending artery before it damaged my heart. Then, after a look at what was going on in the cath lab I was faced with the reality my coronary arteries had been building up to this moment for some time and underwent triple bypass surgery. So what should I have had with me and do carry with me now, besides the standard first aid and emergency contact devices I have had?? A botttle of Chewable baby aspirin and some nitroglycerin. Why chewable baby aspirin? In a pinch chewing up any aspirin would have the same effect but baby aspirin has flavoring that cuts the edge of the very sour and bitter taste. When experience chest pain and symptoms nausea often is part of the bodies reaction so baby aspirin is ideal. Chewing it releases the active molecules into the blood faster and they will help move blood through the blocked artery in your heart and keep downstream muscle alive!! Without blood for an extended period of time muscle cells die. In the heart this is called myocardial infarction MI. We want to get blood moving down stream past the blocked artery. Nitro helps because it almost immediately opens the arterial passage (vasodilation) giving more room for blood to flow! An acute heart attack happens when some of the arterial build up we have as we age breaks free and our body automatically recognizes this as an injured tissue and activates the clotting cascade. It's the clot that forms rapidly inside the artery that blocks the blood and creates the symptoms of a heart attack. It also is what can kill heart muscle if not dealt with rapidly or kill you. What to do? Study the symptoms and listen to stories from your friends who have experienced this and survived to tell about it. Mine symptoms were very mild and not remarkable, but I knew they felt different and realized they were similar to the classic symptom of a heart attack, so I acted immediately.My clot was very proximal (far up stream) in the artery, it has an infamous name… "widow maker". Had I experienced this a few weeks later on a hunt last fall I most likely would be a memory and not typing this post right now. No matter how healthy you are, male or female, mid 30's or 60's we need to be aware this can happen at any moment as we all develop some form of arterial plaques that can potentially rupture and cause a heart attack. Risk factors just make it statistically more likely and it's never impossible. Have some baby aspirin handy, know the symptoms of an acute event and listen to the stories from survivors like me. Stories and knowledge, that was all I had when it happened to me. That and the dumb luck of it happening in such close proximity to a hospital. So, that's my story, and if you have one please share it whenever possible because it just may save someone's life. Good hunting and safe adventures!
M1A1ABRAMS
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You carry quick clot ? Have you ever used it ?
M1A1ABRAMS
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I know when they did y EKG. You better hope you get a doctor that knows how to read it. First two saw nothing on mine. Then I suppose the specialist looked at it. He saw it right away. I thought WOW.
If I were going to get a job in the hospital I would lean how to read a EKG.
He could have killed you.
He could have killed you.
Benedryl even helps with Tsetse fly bites. Thank goodness.
mongo4567
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I have quick clot, but have never had the need to use it thankfully.
