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  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been bitten to hell by whitetails: they take ages to heal but the whole necrosis thing is wildly overblown. It’s been found in most cases the “necrosis” was actually caused by something else - diabetes, staph, etc etc. If you have diabetes, mild concern (as always) but don’t get paranoid to hell over a whitetail bite.

    • jaybb3rw0cky@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Huh, the more you know! I worked with a guy who got necrosis from a white tail - but he was definitely a candidate for pre-diabetes so that could explain it. And look, it wasn’t that bad, maybe like a pinky nail-sized hole? But still, I can deal with a lot of things. Spiders, nope. Not a fan of something so small being able to damage me like that.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        Perfectly reasonable for random things to give you The Ick, but don’t let it drive you unreasonably nuts - get it checked, then it’s sorted and all happy makings.