On Oct 1, 6:26 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article , Sacha writes:

| On 1/10/07 15:44, in article , "Uncle| Marvo" wrote:

|
| I have been stabbed by (I think) A dead Japonica. Again.
|
| Again, my arm has swollen up like a football.
|
| Does anyone know why this happens and what one should do about it (apart
| from spend half a day at the Doc's again, getting antibiotics)?
|
| Get rid of the japonica. I'm not joking. If you have that kind of allergic
| reaction and it's getting worse, not better, I'd avoid that particular plant
| like the plague.

Agreed. And antibiotics are precisely what you DON'T want to take
for such reactions - they aren't as harmful as when used to treat
snakebite, but are still not good.

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

sounds right to me Nick; sounds allergic rather than infection by
bugs;
I remember getting antibiotics for hay fever when I was 7 and I self
diagnosed hay fever later on (I still have it).
Allergies can be nasty as they can get worse and worse each time;
Sacha is right maybe (get someone else to get rid of it even);
otherwise, piriton is over the counter from chemist, elephant strength
antihistamine; stops sneezing in 15 mins and sends you to sleep 15
mins later; if you bloat badly next time, useful to have some handy.