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Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :

Ants Eat Away Patient's Eye In Indian Hospital

*convulsive shudders of horror*

I think I may have nightmares after reading that... [Angst]

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

Awwwww, no pictures. As upsetting as that is, I am not really all that surprised. The conditions over there are horrendous.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

I'm also not surprised. Ants eat everything here. But yeah, that's really really icky. [Eek!]

Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :

Ugh, I'm curious to see pictures but I thank G-d there aren't any because I'd be too interested not to look and then once I looked I'd regret it immediately. I don't think I'll ever go to that country after reading that, though.

Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :

That's really nasty, but on the otherhand, I'm strangely intrigued by really gross things, so I think it's kind of cool. But that's just me.

Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :

And I mean "cool" in a vague "that's so not right" kind of way.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

[ROFL]

Um, yeah, Evie, I think I get your drift.

Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :

Really, I don't know why I clicked after reading the headline - obviously the contents would be the opposite of good. But now I can imagine feeling all the little legs....and the pincers!

I knew conditions in India are horrible, but I never imagined anything like *that* happened! [Frown]

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
It’s not uncommon for ants to attack diabetic patients.

Uh, yeah, actually, it is. I take care of diabetic patients all the time, and none of them have been attacked by ants. Unless India has some seriously crazy ants, in which case, they need to call in an exterminator.

Thanks for the grossness.

That may be more gross that the story about the man who had 50 maggots in his ear, but for a genuinely repulsive photo, scroll down to just about the bottom of that link.

Maggots. [Angst]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

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Unless India has some seriously crazy ants, in which case, they need to call in an exterminator.

They do, and I don't think it would help... Yeah, that's horrid they didn't do anything, though. Ouch.

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

Well let's see. There was a topic on this one earlier this year.

Life be quite different over there.

Sometimes a little prodding is needed.

These are just a few examples to support.

Posted by Theaca (Member # 8325) on :

Interesting... most likely nurses wouldn't be allowed to lift off a bandage from a post op wound, particularly of the eye. I think usually the surgeon does. At least here in the USA. (Tante might have a different view?) Of course nobody in America would be expected to have ants under the bandages so merely looking at the wound wouldn't help much in ordinary situations, other than checking for drainage/bleeding. Here in the US I believe the proper thing would be to call the surgeon on call and explain the patient is in severe pain. Most likely the surgeon would just order more medication. That wouldn't help much actually. The proper course over there? Dunno. Ick.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

If the ants in India are anything like the ants in Sri Lanka, this is seriously not that surprising. We have a lot of different kinds, and some of them deliberately bite human flesh. When they infest an area, they don't take no for an answer. We get them everywhere, and it's a constant battle with the ants.

As far as I know, except for our bathroom, we have no infestations in the house. Oh, and the termites trying to build a nest on the wall. But leave one piece of anything out, and you'll have a trail of hundreds of ants coming from three different directions to feed on it.

Outside, there are probably a hundred ant nests either in the yard, on the gated wall, or on the house or in the foundations or the walls. They're everywhere, and there's NO WAY to get away from them. The entire country is an infestation.

I hate ants. Hate hate hate hate hate 'em.

And seriously, I doubt that India's any better.

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

[Eek!]

Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :

I once saw a picture on Snopes where a man had maggots infested in his brain. I didn't sleep that night. And because of my damned curiousity, I clicked on Tante's link and now I'm going to have a disturbing day. And now I'm getting all itchy just from reading those articles. I hate bugs.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

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Originally posted by Theaca:
Interesting... most likely nurses wouldn't be allowed to lift off a bandage from a post op wound, particularly of the eye. I think usually the surgeon does. At least here in the USA. (Tante might have a different view?)

The standard practice is for the surgeon to change the first dressing, unless that task is explicitly delegated.

I see home care patients, some of whom have the original surgical dressing intact. If a patient was complaining of severe pain at a surgical site, I would call the surgeon to advise, and ask if I should assess the wound. If the surgeon was unreachable, I would peek under the dressing to see if there was something obvious that would require the patient to obtain immediate medical attention. Ants feasting on a wound? Call 911!