Guest guest Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Necessity being the mother of invention, I stopped this infection instantly after having been bitten by a house spider. I felt him the moment he bit me and as I responded, he reeled in his tether string which was suspended over my bed as an escape attempt. As our eyes met, I dispatched him to the Fields of Ambrosia with the clap of my hands. As I entered my morning shower, I noticed a plump red bump on my arm. Upon emerging from my daily routine, I noticed that the wound was now as large as a dime, no longer red but gray, and was suppurating profusely. Knowing that the local ER would take a chain saw to my arm, I decided to merge preparation with opportunity and immediately made a poultice patch from several layers of toilet paper which I placed over the now quarter-sized wound and applied tea tree oil. I then dumped an ounce or two of DMSO in order to drive the oil deep into the tissue in an attempt to block the infection from reaching my blood stream. Next I dumped hydrogen peroxide onto the wad which initiated a catalytic action which produced extreme heating to the degree that smoke wafted off the crude bandage applicator. Surprisingly I could tolerate the burning sensation rationalizing that a moving stainless steel blade would perhaps hurt even more. After a minute or so, I removed the wad and pitched it into the commode. As a further measure, I applied UVC light exposure followed up by a generous application of electric spark produced from a violet ray machine. It worked! The wound healed and now, some 10 years later, there are no visual signs of my brush with impending disaster. Today I carry both tea tree oil and DMSO in my vehicle at all times just in case this happens again and I am away from my lab. Now that I am thinking about it, I will add to my stash a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide and a small pack of Kleenex. Caveat Emptor! Carmi Hazen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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