Hi there. I came across this site and am wondering if any of you can help me or point me in the right direction.
In May 2009, in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico I was walking on the beach, in the wet sand further up from the waves, and felt a sharp stab into my 4th toe on my right foot. It felt like a shard of glass went into my foot but when I bent down there was no blood and barely a mark and the toe was not that painful. I walked right near where local children had been digging very deep so I am thinking they may have disturbed one that was burrowed and I stepped on it. Little brats!! We continued back to the resort and I rinsed my feet and the toes on the right side immediately went numb. A few minutes later, I started to feel very spacey and stoned and then within a few more minutes, the left side of my head and face went numb. I raced to the doctor at the resort, who said my symptoms were mostly due to anxiety and treated me with steroids. I had this tingling and numbness throughout my entire body. We were due to go back home that afternoon and I did not want to go to a Mexican hospital but now regret that I didn’t go as I naively believed that I would get better help in Canada. So not the case!!!! I am not sure if this was THE event that led to my slow spiral down, or if it was just a trigger and something else is at play, but it seems that I have never really been the same since I got stung. Through my research and my symptom presentation, I believed that it might have been a scorpion, but I did not see it so I do not know for sure. My strange symptoms continued and were very debilitating for about a month afterward. My hearing became very sensitive, I had insomnia and body jolts, pain in the feet and legs, but no real swelling. To this day, I still get pain into the foot and that toe and am now experincing muscle twitching, burning pain, tingling and numbness in my arms and legs, and other freaky neurological issues. I have contacted different people and they say that a scorpion sting would not cause these chronic long term effects but my symptoms are very similar as to the day I was stung. I am wondering what your opinions are and if anyone can recommend someone to talk to. I have read about people complaining about lasting effects and wonder if some people might have problem getting rid of the scorpion toxin? Any thoughts would be helpful, and very much appreciated!
In May 2009, in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico I was walking on the beach, in the wet sand further up from the waves, and felt a sharp stab into my 4th toe on my right foot. It felt like a shard of glass went into my foot but when I bent down there was no blood and barely a mark and the toe was not that painful. I walked right near where local children had been digging very deep so I am thinking they may have disturbed one that was burrowed and I stepped on it. Little brats!! We continued back to the resort and I rinsed my feet and the toes on the right side immediately went numb. A few minutes later, I started to feel very spacey and stoned and then within a few more minutes, the left side of my head and face went numb. I raced to the doctor at the resort, who said my symptoms were mostly due to anxiety and treated me with steroids. I had this tingling and numbness throughout my entire body. We were due to go back home that afternoon and I did not want to go to a Mexican hospital but now regret that I didn’t go as I naively believed that I would get better help in Canada. So not the case!!!! I am not sure if this was THE event that led to my slow spiral down, or if it was just a trigger and something else is at play, but it seems that I have never really been the same since I got stung. Through my research and my symptom presentation, I believed that it might have been a scorpion, but I did not see it so I do not know for sure. My strange symptoms continued and were very debilitating for about a month afterward. My hearing became very sensitive, I had insomnia and body jolts, pain in the feet and legs, but no real swelling. To this day, I still get pain into the foot and that toe and am now experincing muscle twitching, burning pain, tingling and numbness in my arms and legs, and other freaky neurological issues. I have contacted different people and they say that a scorpion sting would not cause these chronic long term effects but my symptoms are very similar as to the day I was stung. I am wondering what your opinions are and if anyone can recommend someone to talk to. I have read about people complaining about lasting effects and wonder if some people might have problem getting rid of the scorpion toxin? Any thoughts would be helpful, and very much appreciated!
