Hey /out/, what should I do if I get stung by a scorpion while camping? I’m often far from medical help, and they won’t sell me antivenom, i already asked a lot of places.I remember hearing about a plant that works against scorpion venom about 15 years ago, but I can’t remember the name. Does anyone know about this or have alternativetreatments?
>>2846272Isn't the Arizona Bark Scorpion the only fatally venomous scorpion in the US? Someone more knowledgeable than me please correct me if that's wrong. I've never been stung, I've had friends that have been stung and they've just been in a lot of pain but otherwise walked it off.
>>2846274The problem is that I'm in Mexico, and even worse, Jalisco, where there are several fatally poisonous scorpions.also pic not related
>>2846272Sounds like you should just die
>>2846272You'll only ever see them at night really. One time I left my boots outside and got stung in the early morning by a smaller Pic rel. Pain lasts a few hours, then leaves a novicaine numb for a week. Walk it off. Best practice is black light to find at night and bug spray
>>2846272Remember that deaths or serious injury from these kind of things are largely limited to the elderly or kids or already sick. A healthy adult will do fine, or at least the odds arent much different than other freak accident odds people accept while out like lightning or trees falling. Just check for them in and around your shit.To answer the medical question, for an /out/ trip all you can really do is bring sting relief cream/wipes to lessen the pain of a possible sting. Or pay for a gps device to have an sos at all times.
>>2846272>what should I do if I get stung by a scorpionPoison's protein-- hot as the hottest bath you could tolerate water over the affected area. Same thing as stingrays. And black light thing per >>2846295
>>2846274Like the other anon said, it's only life threatening if you're a little kid, super old, or weak. The antivenom wasn't commonly available until recently. My wife got stung by one and her doctor basically told her to just suffer. She kept the scorpion as a pet for a while.
>>2846295You should always shake out your shoes or boots in the morning before putting them on. My taught me that at a young age and I remember my first back packing trip I shake out my boots and this big ass black spider fell out the damn thing.
>>2846435>it's only life threatening if you're a little kid, super old, or weakor allergic. in my cunt we have a snake that is somewhat poisonous. been bit once, hurts a lot but didn't kill me. it's more of a infection risk than anything. but for those people who react weirdly to that kind of poison it genuinely fucks them over real good despite it being weaksauce poison.
