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Posted on 8/19/25 at 12:56 pm to GumboPot
Also get to an urgent care immediately and a wound specialist after that.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 1:00 pm to LSU4Life2021
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I am wondering if these victims had the covid shot?
Good point. Because vibrio deaths didn't exist before Covid.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 1:01 pm to jmorr34
Annnnd, we're off!
Posted on 8/19/25 at 1:01 pm to N2cars
Posted on 8/19/25 at 1:04 pm to N2cars
Guess the sarcasm wasn't strong enough.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 2:34 pm to jmorr34
No, I got it. 
Posted on 8/19/25 at 2:39 pm to GumboPot
It almost killed my Dad when he lived in Grand Isle. Scraped his arm on fooling around with his boat lift.
Got sick within 6 hours. My Momma called the neighbor doctor to convince him to go to the hospital. Then he starting running from both ends. With no bodily control. He went to the hospital.
When they got to Galliano the hospital crew was at the door with gurney, I.V’s , bedpan and a battery of antibiotics. They starting running antibiotics as soon as they got him on the gurney. Outside. The doctor had let them now they were coming and gave orders prior.
He recovered after a week and was back catching trout everyday. We are some stubborn and tough men. It was close though. The old man didn’t miss a beat.
Several Doc’s tell me washing with bleach, hibiclens all of the stuff will more than likely do no good. If you stick yourself of get a barnacle scrape you have got it. Washing is pissing in the wind.
Got sick within 6 hours. My Momma called the neighbor doctor to convince him to go to the hospital. Then he starting running from both ends. With no bodily control. He went to the hospital.
When they got to Galliano the hospital crew was at the door with gurney, I.V’s , bedpan and a battery of antibiotics. They starting running antibiotics as soon as they got him on the gurney. Outside. The doctor had let them now they were coming and gave orders prior.
He recovered after a week and was back catching trout everyday. We are some stubborn and tough men. It was close though. The old man didn’t miss a beat.
Several Doc’s tell me washing with bleach, hibiclens all of the stuff will more than likely do no good. If you stick yourself of get a barnacle scrape you have got it. Washing is pissing in the wind.
This post was edited on 8/19/25 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 8/19/25 at 3:02 pm to Bigfishchoupique
I'm wondering if these deaths are people that waited to long to get treatment. I thought that catching it early was the most important thing.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 3:13 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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Several Doc’s tell me washing with bleach, hibiclens all of the stuff will more than likely do no good. If you stick yourself of get a barnacle scrape you have got it. Washing is pissing in the wind.
I would not recommend against washing. If you stick yourself deep with a barnacle or a catfish barb washing may be futile because you inoculated yourself deep. But just a scrape is probably well worth washing before the bacteria can release its toxin in and on your tissue.
But if you get somewhat of a deep cut in these warm waters its probably a good idea to get antibiotics real quick. The faster you can kill the bacteria the less toxin they can release and the less damage to your tissues.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 3:14 pm to Wilson
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I thought that catching it early was the most important thing.
Yes. I agree with this.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 3:23 pm to TooFyeToFly
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Lesson: if you get a cut or open wound while enjoying the Gulf Coast waters, immediately wash the f' out of it preferably with hydrogen peroxide. Don't dab it on with cotton. Pour it on and scrub the hydrogen peroxide in the wound aggressively. If you have no hydrogen peroxide flush it profusely with clean water.
This is honestly excellent advice.
A couple of infectious disease/ER docs on The Hull Truth say to irrigate with clean saline and then use 70% isopropyl alcohol. It penetrates better than Peroxide, or so they say.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 4:35 pm to GumboPot
I'm not even going to lie. My son sliced his arm this summer on oyster shells while we were crabbing. It was pretty bad, lots of blood. All I had on the boat was some rubbing alcohol from redoing the deck. I poured it on his cut to not risk any infection and went straight to hospital for stitches.
I felt terrible for doing that to my kid but then again i wasn't playing any games in 100° weather, hot gulf water, and a cut as bad as it was... That was over 6 weeks ago. No limbs lost. Docs put the 80lb dude on 4 antibiotic pills a day for 10 days.
I felt terrible for doing that to my kid but then again i wasn't playing any games in 100° weather, hot gulf water, and a cut as bad as it was... That was over 6 weeks ago. No limbs lost. Docs put the 80lb dude on 4 antibiotic pills a day for 10 days.
This post was edited on 8/19/25 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 8/19/25 at 5:09 pm to mthorn2
It seems the majority of the stories are the cuts come from something that probably had the bacteria in it and it necessarily just in the water. Whether it big hooks, rocks, crab claw, boat trailer.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 6:53 pm to slidingstop
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slidingstop
Posted on 8/19/25 at 7:17 pm to Honest Tune
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This is downright terrifying to think about.
only if you have a compromised immune system…
Posted on 8/19/25 at 7:22 pm to GumboPot
scary shite Posted on 8/19/25 at 8:05 pm to GumboPot
You can also be exposed to vibrio vulnificus by eating raw oysters. People with weakened immune systems are especially susceptible.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 8:09 pm to GumboPot
I agree. By all means wash.
Posted on 8/19/25 at 8:28 pm to Bigfishchoupique
I never make it a full trip offshore without bleeding, so I keep soap and sanitizer ready, but bandages are useless out there. You generally only hear about it with near and in shore fisherman, though, but mangrove waters can get pretty brown.
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