Got spiked?
Submitted by Fisho1 on Fri, 2012-03-23 11:29
Hey guys first post, long time reader.
About a 2 weeks ago i was de-hooking a slippery trumpeter when i felt one of its dorsal fin spikes go into and snap off in my little finger. getting splinters all the time at work i didnt think any thing of it and was kinda hoping in would just come out by its self like timber does. But 2 weeks later its still in there and startn to hurt a bit.
I guess i want to know if this has happend to anyone else and how bad it got or can get...
Cheers
UncutTriggerInWA
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Anything foreign needs to come out
Welcome mate.
After 2 weeks I'm suprised you are not in agony. See your doctor. I left the barb of a hook in my finger a while back and ended up needing surgery.
Vince.
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cuthbad
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I did the same when I was
I did the same when I was about 12. Left part of a herring spike in my foot and it became a massive issue.
I reckon get a nurse or doc to dig it out for ya. Good luck
Fisho1
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Yeah i tried to dig it out
Yeah i tried to dig it out myself with a stanly n had no luck, its in there deep. Might see how it goes over the weekend and book myself in. Cheers for the advice
dumper
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Mate had a spango spine snap
Mate had a spango spine snap off in his toe for over two months. If he hadn't of gone to the docs regarding an infection to another part of his body after a Bali trip (his bellend) it would probably still be there today
crasny1
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See my PM
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Likc
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I can cut it out for you.
I can cut it out for you. Bring a carton and a big hammer for anaesthesia.
Once I dropped a herring on my bare foot and it somehow managed to spike me. It was ok for a week, but then it started to burn like hell. I think that there are some bacteria in the slime which caused that. It went away after a week or two in my case. But if you’ve got something left in there, it has to go out.
Fisho1
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Haha after reading all this
Haha after reading all this im gettn a bit paraniod.
Cheers for the advice guys
richo72
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i was scaling a snapper and
i was scaling a snapper and spiked my finger. Thought it was just a wound and didnt think much of. Finger used to swell and go down for twelve months before it started to work its way out.
Then used some " Drawing Salve " ointment and it was out within 24 hours.
I fish therfore i exaggerate
nev
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Magnoplasm
get a bandage with some magnopasm onto it for day. I also have used a brew of sugar & soap before too, that works well
cheers nev
Willlo
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Dito the magnaplasm,from past
Dito the magnaplasm,from past experience it works well.
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Pembo
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Magnaplasm
I third magnaplasm....awesome stuff.
Just put a dollop around the area, put a peice of cotton wool over the top, wrap in ellastiplast and leave for 12 hours.
kirky79
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You'll want that out mate. I
You'll want that out mate. I got a 10 mm mullet spine in my finger one night netting left it for couple of days but it wouldn't budge. One bit of advice though save your $ 50 and go directly to emergency. I went via my doc he had a look and told me to go there, cost me $50 for him to tell me that!
Good luck mate, I ll send the bill
mezyo
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in 2010 i caught a pinkie
in 2010 i caught a pinkie 9kgs, when i got him on board he was jumping around... had bare feet, jumped on my foot and spiked me and snapped the spike but i didnt notice after two weeks... my foot was still sore since that day.. when got an xray, the spike was still in my foot... i had to have op to get it out, got 4 stitches on my foot + the spine snapped in a plastic glass was at least 4 cms long = between my toes that went and by 2 weeks it grew tissues on to it the doctors said so they couldnt pull it out with tweezers lol learnt my lesson to wear shoes next time !!!! i can post photos for proof if you think i talk shit lol
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bitten
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photos of the pinkie?
photos of the pinkie?
Faulkner Family
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i would be getting it out
i would be getting it out asap. i had a flatty spike in the end of my finger that worked its way a bit deeper.didnt realise it had snapped off. the spike that is , not the finger , lol. the finger got quite infected so i just used paroxide on it and the infection went down, 2 weeks late it came back. by this time the end of my finger had become callosed. in the end i dug the spike out with a sharp pocket knife, bloody painful but a relief in the end.
dont mess around just go and see your doc to pull it out or have a good go at it yourself before it gets further in.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Fisho1
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Yeah definatly going book in
Yeah definatly going book in to the doctors on moday. Tried to attack it again with the old stanley but its in to deep, ill probably end up doing more damage than good. noticed the viens on that finger are starting to get a lot bluer, probably infected. Cheers
Faulkner Family
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dont wait til monday. go
dont wait til monday. go either tonight or first thing in morning if your finger is changing color. dont mess around
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bitten
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i got stung by a stonefish
i got stung by a stonefish didnt snap off but F%$# it hurt thats my 2 cents
Fisho1
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Its out
Tried magnaplasm over the weekend and it didnt work so on monday went to the ER in armadale. On tuesday they cut it open and couldnt find it after 40mins of searching. 2 ultrasounds, 3 hospital visits (including an over nighter at RPH), surgery and well over 24hours in sitn in waiting rooms later... Its out. Haha it turned out to be a bigger deal than i first thought.
If anyone else gets a spike in em, i know now get it out straight away
Sammy the Salmon
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How big was it?
How big was it?
Fisho1
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Small as ay. Just over 5 mm
Small as ay. Just over 5 mm
Fisho1
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Update
After the operation to get it out took the bandage off and it looked f@cked. Went to the hospital and it was infected as shit.
Eventually it got better and I was told i was lucky i still have my finger but i still dont have full movement (tendon damage) and feeling (nerve damage) in it
Have photos but i dont want to gross people out.
Again... If anyone gets spiked, dont do what i did haha its defiantly somthing to worry about
PattyT
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This happened to me thursday
This happened to me thursday night. Scaling a snapper the spike went in through the bottom of my right index finger out through the top. Tried to pull it out but it snapped off. Been to the docs to get some antibiotics and seeing a surgeon monday to get it cut out. Painful bloody thing... LESSON LEARNT!
till
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Pretty sure when we were kids
Pretty sure when we were kids my dad snapped off a snapper fin spine in his thumb joint and it was removed 2years later when it went festy.
mikeurnot
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spiked
Got spiked down at Mandurah by a cobbler . Spike did not break but the arm went semi rigamortise from it,
for acouple of days. Never again bloody painfull.
meglodon
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cobbler spike
Two years ago i got spiked by a cobbler and it still brings water to my eyes when i recall the experiance. You can forget all the stories about pissing on the wound site to ease the pair it does not work and all you get out of the venture is a very smelly thumb in my case rushed straight to emergency at mandurah and had a couple of pain relieving needles (which i hate) over 6 hours before pain subsided. Hospitial staff told me thay had had 6 people in with cobbler stings over a 2 week period as mentioned above it is pain with a capitial p
PattyT
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Got it out monday, took them
Got it out monday, took them an hour and a half to remove an 11mm spike. Finger is in a cast and has to be that way for 10 days, hurts like hell! Thank god for endone!!
beachsoul
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In hot water
Hot water is good for cobbler spikings.....The heat neutralizes and breaks down the toxins.I ve seen it work on my brother