Should I bother my GP near this - or hang on to it until it get better?
I am just back from my holiday and on the closing day, yesterday, I stood on a Sea Urchin and got 11 of its spines embeded within my foot. The life guard/first aider at my hotel managed to achieve most of them out with a needle and tweezers, but 4 be too deeply embeded - is it worth annoying my GP over this - or should I wait and see if they work their channel out.
I also got water contained by my ear in the pool - before I stood on the the deep urchin (really had a good ending day!!). My ear hurts a bit and my hearing is pretty dull in that ear.
Should I see if this settles over the weekend or bother my GP? - I really don't like going to the doctor unless I'm on my knees beside illness.
Answer: One of my friends got a ocean urchin spine in their knee and they developed a huge cyst from it and have to have that removed.
If you do not get them removed from your foot you can develop sarcoidal granuloma (nodular, chronically inflamed tissue) at the injury site. The sarcoidal response is a soft tissue antipathy that serves to dissolve any spine components left behind. It does so by creating an inflammatory response composed of an assortment of cell types. The end result is a dense, nodular collection of inflammatory cells that is to say evident both microscopically and clinically. If left unchecked this inflammatory process can become destructive. The stimulus for sarcoidal granuloma production is faint, but has been suggested to be lesser to remnants of either the epithelial spine covering or associated slime, sand, surface microbes (bacteria, algae, etc.) or spine fragments. .
Depends on the size of the spines, but you really probably need to see a doctor. You obligation to get them out, and you will most likely stipulation antibiotics. If this gets a good infection (cellulitis or osteomyelitis) going, it can be difficult to treat. Why don't you send for your GP and let the nurse know what happened. I'm sure they will know how to tell you whether it will be better to come right in or continue till Mon. If they have you wait, they will relay you what to do in the meantime.
HTH!.
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