Hay Dude
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So yesterday was a day like any other warm season day. Its either farming hay, mowing fields, stacking barns, trucking hay.
This time it was field mowing. I had 4 fields to mow from 3 to 15 acres each. Got started at 6:30 AM and all went well. As I was finishing up the 4th field, I noticed my arms were itchy. I was in my Kubota M-126X and pulling my Deere CX-15 mower and theres a lot of dust & chaff floating around. Even though I was in a cab, I opened the doors to get in and out several times. By about 5:30, I drove back to the shop and put everything away.
I was stunned to see my arms were covered with what looked like hives or some kind of allergic reaction, which I have NEVER had. I thought it was some kind of poison ivy or sumac, etc.
It was actually growing while I was looking at my arms and legs. Then my left eye began to swell shut! The red patches turned to felt lumps with an almost liquid filled appearance. YUK
Jumped in my truck and drove straight to the local clinic. They took me in quickly and ended up giving me a steroid shot and making me stay until about 7:30. Went home and showered and it began to subside. 90% of it was gone this morning. Now its all gone!!!
Called our dermatologist this morning and she is supposed to get back with me later.
I did not eat anything different, I did not use a different laundry detergent. Im very healthy overall and my wife calls me the town blacksmith :laughing:
But seriously, no medications or underlying conditions.
Any ideas what it might have been? Anyone else ever get a similar reaction?
I was thinking I mowed some kind of weed that reacted with my immune system.
This time it was field mowing. I had 4 fields to mow from 3 to 15 acres each. Got started at 6:30 AM and all went well. As I was finishing up the 4th field, I noticed my arms were itchy. I was in my Kubota M-126X and pulling my Deere CX-15 mower and theres a lot of dust & chaff floating around. Even though I was in a cab, I opened the doors to get in and out several times. By about 5:30, I drove back to the shop and put everything away.
I was stunned to see my arms were covered with what looked like hives or some kind of allergic reaction, which I have NEVER had. I thought it was some kind of poison ivy or sumac, etc.
It was actually growing while I was looking at my arms and legs. Then my left eye began to swell shut! The red patches turned to felt lumps with an almost liquid filled appearance. YUK
Jumped in my truck and drove straight to the local clinic. They took me in quickly and ended up giving me a steroid shot and making me stay until about 7:30. Went home and showered and it began to subside. 90% of it was gone this morning. Now its all gone!!!
Called our dermatologist this morning and she is supposed to get back with me later.
I did not eat anything different, I did not use a different laundry detergent. Im very healthy overall and my wife calls me the town blacksmith :laughing:
But seriously, no medications or underlying conditions.
Any ideas what it might have been? Anyone else ever get a similar reaction?
I was thinking I mowed some kind of weed that reacted with my immune system.
