Do you want small painful splinters of glass piercing into your skin? Cause this is how you get small painful splinters of glass piercing into your skin.
Well that and making sweet love to raw carbon fiber…
I knew a guy who lost a foot after getting a fibreglass splinter in it which caused an infection. And he wasn't even working with fibreglass, one of his neighbours was, he was just picking up his mail while wearing only socks.
Moral of the story: don't fuck around with fibreglass.
How did an infection from a small wound lead to an infection serious enough to require amputation? Maybe I'm being naive but I can only imagine you have to ignore it quite badly for that to happen...
Rare flesh eating bacteria. There was even talk of chopping off his whole leg at some point and there were multiple operations to get it all out. In the end he was quite happy to only lose his foot.
The underlying problem was that the fibers had entered his body and were mobile, so almost impossible to remove, even in multiple operations. Any secondary problems they caused, such as those bacteria, kept getting worse.
So no, the fibers themselves were definitely a large part of the problem.
Fun fact: the bacteria isn't rare, it's actually quite common. You'll almost certainly get some in any cut you get!
What's rare is the infection not being fought off naturally. Were I a betting man (I am) I'd say the bacteria had formed the same kind of colony that makes surgical implants such risk factors around the fiberglass.
Tl;Dr because of how phagocytes work (completely engulfing the pathogen) anything that gives a bacteria colony a hard surface to grow on makes it much, much harder for your immune system to eradicate.
120F in attic and of course we have to snake cable 3 stories up and 3 down, or some other shit.. fiberglass insulation and nails inches above head. Sweating pores open every square inch of body. Not playing Civ. Itching for days. Fond Summer memories. Miss you dad.
I just had to replace the motor in my attic fan. I dropped the socket wrench and the head I was using fell off and got swallowed up into the fiberglass insulation. I'll never see it again.
Hahahahah I'm tearing up lol right now. That's the exact type of shit man... And now no socket wrench and a forever hole every time you open the set and I'm sure it's a common size bc ofc it is.
19 Comments
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 41 pts · 30d
Do you want small painful splinters of glass piercing into your skin? Cause this is how you get small painful splinters of glass piercing into your skin.
Well that and making sweet love to raw carbon fiber…
toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online · 17 pts · 30d
If you haven't made passionate love to insulation you haven't lived
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 30d
The warmest glory hole
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 30d
Suddenly socks and slippers makes sense now
Overspark@piefed.social · 24 pts · 30d
I knew a guy who lost a foot after getting a fibreglass splinter in it which caused an infection. And he wasn't even working with fibreglass, one of his neighbours was, he was just picking up his mail while wearing only socks.
Moral of the story: don't fuck around with fibreglass.
FishFace@piefed.social · 10 pts · 30d
How did an infection from a small wound lead to an infection serious enough to require amputation? Maybe I'm being naive but I can only imagine you have to ignore it quite badly for that to happen...
Overspark@piefed.social · 16 pts · 30d
Rare flesh eating bacteria. There was even talk of chopping off his whole leg at some point and there were multiple operations to get it all out. In the end he was quite happy to only lose his foot.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 30d
Sure, but that has nothing to do with the insulation. Any wound could have caused that.
It's like saying "don't go to the movies cause my cousin got pregnant after going on a date!"
Overspark@piefed.social · 15 pts · 30d
The underlying problem was that the fibers had entered his body and were mobile, so almost impossible to remove, even in multiple operations. Any secondary problems they caused, such as those bacteria, kept getting worse.
So no, the fibers themselves were definitely a large part of the problem.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 7 pts · 30d
Fun fact: the bacteria isn't rare, it's actually quite common. You'll almost certainly get some in any cut you get!
What's rare is the infection not being fought off naturally. Were I a betting man (I am) I'd say the bacteria had formed the same kind of colony that makes surgical implants such risk factors around the fiberglass.
Tl;Dr because of how phagocytes work (completely engulfing the pathogen) anything that gives a bacteria colony a hard surface to grow on makes it much, much harder for your immune system to eradicate.
FishFace@piefed.social · 1 pts · 30d
Oh right that makes sense yikes
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 30d
I love the fact we don't have a better alternative material to insulate houses with in the US. I guess it's marginally better than asbestos at least.
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 30d
Worth 70 even, tops
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 30d
Don't lowball me, I know what I've got
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 30d
120F in attic and of course we have to snake cable 3 stories up and 3 down, or some other shit.. fiberglass insulation and nails inches above head. Sweating pores open every square inch of body. Not playing Civ. Itching for days. Fond Summer memories. Miss you dad.
GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 30d
I just had to replace the motor in my attic fan. I dropped the socket wrench and the head I was using fell off and got swallowed up into the fiberglass insulation. I'll never see it again.
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 30d
Hahahahah I'm tearing up lol right now. That's the exact type of shit man... And now no socket wrench and a forever hole every time you open the set and I'm sure it's a common size bc ofc it is.
fubarx@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 30d
As with most things, you just have to nail the one appreciative customer.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social · 3 pts · 30d
Unless you work in prostitution or crucifixion, its usually ill advised to nail your customers