tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post1496368385632805556..comments2024-03-26T17:58:22.711-07:00Comments on HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb: On hands, and not being creativePaul, Dammit!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-22085393812158323702018-07-23T09:49:41.869-07:002018-07-23T09:49:41.869-07:00Thats beautiful work. I bet your wife will love it...Thats beautiful work. I bet your wife will love it. Captain Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703581646950283186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-27249874751898068302018-07-23T09:48:17.758-07:002018-07-23T09:48:17.758-07:00Will- it's contact dermatitis. Constant exposu...Will- it's contact dermatitis. Constant exposure led to sensitivity, which led to allergy. I can eat fish fine, but the fish oil (and now many oils) cause my skin to slough off, so the open cuts and sores got infected a lot. Plus, stuffing 1,000lbs of bait into 400 traps every day led to a lot of pricks with fish bones, so the little staph infections around cuts worked their way deeper and eventually became persistant cellulitis and hung out between the bones, too.<br /><br /> I completely sympathize about the leaving bloody fingerprints part. Been there, too. <br /> How often do you have flareups even with being cautious? I lose all the callus on my hands whenever I touch fish or certain types of oil (kerosene and diesel), but I haven't had an infection in my hands since I got over the fishing-related stuff. Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2527913791294258201.post-63970379975090094772018-07-23T01:00:25.828-07:002018-07-23T01:00:25.828-07:00Do you have a problem eating fish? Or is it strict...Do you have a problem eating fish? Or is it strictly a skin contact allergy? Did you have an infection that was piggybacking on the allergic reaction caused skin damage?<br /><br />I've got an allergy to aspartame. Obvious reaction symptoms are akin ulcers around my fingers and toes. It could get really bad (leaving bloody fingerprints) before a nephew discovered he had the same problem, and was able to trace it to a recent change to diet sodas. Doctors never figured it out. Amazing how much of the food production is contaminated with that stuff. If a production facility uses it in a product, there is a very good chance it will show up in everything else they make. <br /><br />I also have a general allergy to fish. Doc said it is an allergy to a protein (perhaps an enzyme?) contained in fish muscles. I think this turned up around age 8-10. Discovered that asking waiters in Asian restaurants if there is fish in a dish isn't good enough. Oyster sauce causes a reaction. Doesn't much resemble a fish! I just avoid consuming anything that lives in the ocean, to be on the safe side.<br />At least it doesn't seem to be associated with anaphylactic shock to any notable extent, especially considering the huge increase in the price of an Epi-Pen. I think they were $20 when I first got one around '03, but now they list around $600.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.com