Phuket

Tim26swe · #1 12-02-2005, 20:54

When i was in LOS I got a wound on my foot from wearing bad shoes and walking alot. The wound would not heal as when im back home.The wound was gaping open and skin would not recover.

Has it got something to do with the humidity in the tropical air?

Also thoose moscito bites did not disappear in a long time. took weeks back home for legs to look normal again.

Can it be the farang- immunity system not designed for that moist air?

How does the wounds heal up at you who have lived there under longer periods?

IreMark · #2 12-02-2005, 21:22

Best advice is to go see a doctor about this

LivinLOS · #3 12-02-2005, 22:51

Infections in the tropics (not just of cuts but throats etc) do seem to be a bit harder here and take a little longer to clear up... For skin abrasions and cuts swimming in the sea (salt) seems to really speed up recovery..

If it wont heal and have tried normal antiseptics, antibiotic powder is pretty potent stuff..

Also if you think asia is bad try Africa, everything just seems out to kill you, insect bites or a splinter can turn into giant puffy infections is hours / days..

Petter · #4 12-02-2005, 23:24

Same thing has happend too me.
Last time i was getting help from the pharmacy up at c&n.
I had too tace a cure with antibiotic powder for 7 Days,no alchol !!!!
He told me this was important because it could go into the blod.
My foot was big as a elephant.

He also told me that it was importent that i used diffrent shoes and always
washing them after beeing at beach etc if you have wounds.

Your system is not used too Infections from the tropics,diffrent bacterias.
The immunity system need longer time to get control.

That was what he told me

jimholio · #5 12-02-2005, 23:31

Yep i read about that somewhere aswell. Go see a doc ASAP if it's infected you need antibiotics.

andy50 · #6 12-02-2005, 23:42

same for me ,the mossie bites take ages to heal and sometimes there is puss ,also i have an ingrown toenail which became infected too
and a throat infection real bad (i think it was from tounging one of the b/g-s too much )(the things you do when your pissed!) i noticed that in the pharmacy they have iodine this is fantastic for infections (not to drink though!)

eric-the-viking · #7 13-02-2005, 00:47

i remember the ifrst visit to los ,i had a terrible wound it took months to heal and even now i still have the odd tminge.
oh my poor aching heart it has never been the same since

gregor200 · #8 13-02-2005, 01:08

Your wound stays wet due to humidity. Therefore look for a nice room with good A/C and stay in the room for one or two days, depending how fast your healing system works. After your wound is crusted, you can go out again. Or use some baby powder to keep it dry, when you go out, and change after return.
Since thai girls like to stay in the room during day, it is no problem having a female companion during this ordeal. What can you do together, playing games, looking TV, learning Thai, maybe something else ?

andy50 · #9 13-02-2005, 02:22

hide the sausage?

marc26 · #10 13-02-2005, 02:59

when i got in my motorbike, i went to hospital everyday to get my cuts cleaned. i know this doesnt help you know, but in the future and for everyone else, i suggest doing this, it is not expensive at all and my cuts were really bad and they fixed them up nice.
also, why is it that mosquitos come after farangs and not thais. is our blood different, im serious. ill be slapping away and the thais will just be sitting there

river · #11 13-02-2005, 03:08

The best way of dealing with wounds in the tropics is to apply some mercurochrome to the wound hurts like hell but seals it from infection.

My mate took most of the skin off his back in a bike accident took three of us to hold him down while we applied the stuff and he was screaming bloody murder but he never got infected and he didn't have to go home.

Agent007 · #12 13-02-2005, 10:16

When I was working in a ski resort in Switzerland, I had the same problem, seemed to take forever for a cut to heal on my hand. I guess what happenned to me was the reverse climate to you. So maybe climate does have a lot to do with it!