If injured while building a reef tank counts... I cut my finger wide open in two places on a drill bit about six weeks ago. Seven stitches and a bunch of embarrassment, but it's all good now.
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Ibuprofen +1
Hydrocortisone - Bad idea, this could make it worse as it thins the dermis
Avoid Neosporin (triple antibiotic) if cut is deep (use polysporin or plain bacitracin ointment)
If pain persists, you can always buy a product that contains lidocaine otc (Aspercream is a good choice as some formulations contains aspirin to help with pain absorbed through the skin. If unable to find you can use this....
You can also do a makeshift ointment: Crush using a mortar and pestle (bottom of a glass works too) Ibuprofen 200mg 15 tablets/per 1 oz and suspend it in Aquaphor, Petroleum Jelly, or Eucerin Cream. Apply it directly and rub into skin around the wound every 2 hours until the pain subsides.
The rash is from leaving your arm in the water to long or not rinsing it immediately after. If you have sensitive skin this will probably happen all the time.I have been tagged by bristleworms, sliced by a tang, and slightly electrocuted. I am sure there is more but I have been reefing for 1/3 of my life and I can’t even remember what I did last week lol. I also occasionally break out in a rash on my forearm after tank maintenance, I haven’t figured out why and it is random. I think we should change it from “no” to “not yet” lol.
The rash is from leaving your arm in the water to long or not rinsing it immediately after. If you have sensitive skin this will probably happen all the time.
Beautiful shot! Sorry for the ruined snorkeling!I slipped and fell in Hawaii while walking across some rocks to get from one tide pool to another (Stupid move on my part they were wet and covered in algae). Had a pretty nasty gash on my hand and some scrapes on my foot but I went immediately back and washed it all with soap and water and applied antiseptic and bandaids and it never got infected. Ruined my snorkeling for the day though.
It happened here:
Do you have sensitive skin? It only happens to me every once and awhile from all the nitrates/nitrites/ammonia/salt. Sometimes it can be to much for your skin to handle so you break out in a rash clears up in an hour your fine.I work at an LFS and when I am at work my arms are more often wet then dry, wouldn’t I constantly have a rash then lol? It is totally random and only happens every so often. It clears up within an hour usually.
I've always wondered what being stabbed by a lionfish is like.Don't know how many times I've cut my fingers on sharp edges moving rocks and corals around. Been stabbed by Lionfish a couple of times. Had a big female Percula who would hover when cleaning and dash in and bite the skin at the base of my fingers and actually draw blood ;Rage Inhaled salt dust mixing a barrel of salt. Rashes on the inside of my forarms from Euphylia and BTAs. Pulled muscles moving big tanks. By far the worst has been getting infections cutting or scraping hands or fingers dealing with rusty and broken hose clamps in tight spaces.