[Pookie]

Fuck Rick Wright, what about Carol?!

[EMMAh]

Originally Posted by Pookie

Woman dies after being scratched by rat

A woman has died from a rare disease after she was scratched by a rat that she was trying to free from her garden bird feeder.

Carol Colburn, 56, ignored pleas from her husband to wear gloves and suffered scratches and cuts to her fingers as she struggled to free the rodent from the wire feeder. Four days later she developed flu-like symptoms, and within 48 hours she was dead.

An inquest heard she had contracted Weil's disease, a severe form of leptospirosis, which is caused by bacteria found in the urine of wild animals.

In most cases of leptospirosis, sufferers experience severe headaches and flu-like symptoms. Weil's disease, which affects around 10 per cent of lepto­spirosis victims, causes jaundice and liver damage, and can be fatal.

About 50 confirmed cases of Weil's disease are reported to the Public Health Authority each year but in 2006 just two people died from the condition.

Marc Cubbon, a microbiologist at the Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton, told Brighton Coroners' Court that humans can become infected if they come into contact with the animal's urine, either in soil or in water, or if they come into contact with the animal's skin and they have an open wound.

He said it was also possible that humans might be able to inhale the disease.

Recording a narrative verdict, Arthur Hooper, the deputy coroner for Brighton and Hove, said: "The public should be made aware of the dangers of leaving food out, deliberately or unintentionally, that might attract animals like rats. If you must come into contact with rats please wear gloves."

What an idiot, you should wear gloves when you're touching or picking up any wild animal. Although good for her for caring for the wild ratatikin.

[Cantankerous]

you should never vacuum rodent feces because it can have hantavirus in it and it will become airborne and if you get it death is a good possibility.


fuck it, i don't care. go and die.

[Pookie]

I take it all back. You are badass.

[Cantankerous]

could have fooled me.

[floatingslowly]

as a (proud) owner of "The Patient's Guide to Viral Hemorrhagic Fever", I fear not the rat feces.

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by EMMAh

What an idiot, you should wear gloves when you're touching or picking up any wild animal. Although good for her for caring for the wild ratatikin.

Her daughter is on television right now, warning people of the dangers of gloveless rat touching!

[terriblecanyons]

Gloveless rat touching... that sounds naughty.

[floatingslowly]

gloveless rats are disgusting.

[Cantankerous]

i'm retiring at 20,000

[Pookie]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i'm retiring at 20,000

I predict you won't live that long.

[schizophrenicroom]

Originally Posted by EMMAh

Schizo, ewwwww! Post pictures.

no pics because it really is gross, but i have this little crescent moon-shaped cut on my finger that's full of dried green ooze. it's neosporin and bandaged and all that now, but it's hella nasty.

[Derek]

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[EMMAh]

Originally Posted by terriblecanyons

Gloveless rat touching... that sounds naughty.

Oh, it is...

I think I mentioned it here, but we got my friend a rat and he lost it in his garage. We were in there a few days ago (three week later) and we fucking found her living in the rafters. She was a little shy at first but now she's back to her little rat self. I was convinced that she'd find a man rat and live the rest of her life as a wild rat does.

[EMMAh]

Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

no pics because it really is gross, but i have this little crescent moon-shaped cut on my finger that's full of dried green ooze. it's neosporin and bandaged and all that now, but it's hella nasty.

That's pretty gross, I've never had anything puss green (that I remember anywys)

Gross story...

When I got my belly button pierced, my friend (who I'm not friends with anymore, by the way) got her's done too. The only different was that shortly after getting them done, her's got ripped out.

It healed and what not (but she didn't get stitches, I would have because it healed open. If you get what I'm saying) and in the summer she got it pierced again. A few days ago she showed it to me and it's fucking all pussy and rejecting.

She said that it was all puffy the day before, so she squeezed it and green puss came out of the middle part (not either hole where the bar goes through!) She also said, "I'm probably going to take it out in a few days." and I was like, "Yeeeaahhhh." but thinking, "Man, you should take that out right the fuck now."

My cookies were tossed everywhere.

[schizophrenicroom]

oh, ew! i was eating, too. i was thinking about getting something pierced soon, but i'm really too wimpy. especially if something like that happened. i'd be a blubbering mess.

[terriblecanyons]

I'm gonna get my eyebrow pierced... I think

[Danny Himself]

 

[EMMAh]

Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

oh, ew! i was eating, too. i was thinking about getting something pierced soon, but i'm really too wimpy. especially if something like that happened. i'd be a blubbering mess.

If it's your belly button you're thinking about, don't worry. Her's only got ripped out because she wore dangle ones all the time, it was tugged a lot before the actually ripping through the flesh.

Also, the reason it got so fucked the second time is before she changed it before it was all healed, and put in a dangle one again haha. Idiot.

Piercings are pretty easy, just take care of them while they're healing and after that they just seem like part of you.

My nose ring is annoying right now though, because I'm sick.

[EMMAh]

terriblecanyons, just don't get dice. They're ugly.