The Discomfort Thread
May 10th, 2015 at 5:32:23 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5055 |
I have grown immune for the most part. Chigger bites cause an irritated area but I don't even know I have them unless there are a whole bunch. If I have been out, I can look for them and yep there are a few, but they just don't bother me in the numbers I usually get. Mosquito bites don't leave a mark anymore. And poison ivy I don't worry about much. The vine has to rub good against my skin to get a reaction. My wife, on the other hand, is a walking target for all this stuff. Her skin [technically that's an organ] reacts to all that stuff and the whole organ, so to speak, can get going over any multiple site condition. She can get a rash from ordinary vines that aren't even poison ivy. Insect bites, even the no-see-um tiny ones, torture her. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
May 10th, 2015 at 5:37:17 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Generalized hypersensitivity reaction is sometimes amenable to dietary treatment: Vitamin B's, turmeric tea, garlic, onions. |
May 10th, 2015 at 3:04:43 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5055 | I confess, cocktail hour has become my 'rheumatism medicine' well into my cups now. Trying gin again but again concluding bourbon is more effective. Cutting down on the Aleve which has had side effects, more on that later. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
May 10th, 2015 at 3:34:13 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Vodka is the best, bourbon has too many impurities from the wood casks it's aged in. Really messes up the liver. Vodka is pure grain alcohol, can be made from potatoes too. Bourbon is vodka before it's aged. Learn to like vodka, you won't regret it. That's why the alchies always drink vodka, not because it's cheap, but it has a lot milder hangovers because of the lack of impurities. Beer and wine hangovers are the worst. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 10th, 2015 at 4:06:30 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
From my youthful indiscretions, I pronounce cheap wine as the worst hangover. It must be true. Wine is usually the last form of alcohol, barring the rubbing and Listerine, any store bothers to lock up. They know.. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
May 10th, 2015 at 5:12:01 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | i swear I have no idea why you want to self medicate "rheumatism" with alcohol. There are so many avenues open to investigation: genetics, synovial fluid infections, biofilms, connective tissue properties. This would give treatment ideas that are much more likely to be effective than "go get drunk". Microbeers without additives make it hard to have a hang over. Rustic wines are more healthful than the "scared whiskey" sold now. |
May 11th, 2015 at 4:43:58 PM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
I have heard that going the other direction and applying a hot compress (like as hot as you can stand), actually breaks up the venom molecules, and speeds your body's breakdown of the invaders. I worry about squeezing, as you could send the juice the other way, deeper into your tissue, and possibly directly into your bloodstream. |
May 11th, 2015 at 5:30:24 PM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5055 |
Fleastiff is questioning the use of alcohol? What? Do I remember posts about boozy gambling jaunts ... or am I confusing Fleastiff with somebody else? In any case, I might be turning a corner. Explanation soon. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
May 11th, 2015 at 6:05:36 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Maybe I should just fill my pockets with ice cubes before I go outside. There might be flaws in this, I have to think it through. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 11th, 2015 at 7:11:04 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
Boozy gambling jaunts is one thing, but rheumatism suggests boozy gambling joints in your skeleton. Now as the Sheriff said about alcohol in a famous Asian Western, Bad Day at Black Rock, "its good for what ails you" but it is usually referred to as palliative care and neither treatment nor cure. |