Guys Please Be Careful In The Sun!

[grampa1114]

Sorry that you had to find out the hard way Joedodge and I hope you feel better soon. Don't forget that it takes some time for those effects to wear off after you stop taking the meds.

 

Grampa

[RanndomUndead]

Or just research the natural cure instead of complying with pharma crud that has 100 ill effects and a side effect of possible help.

Any natural illness has a natural cure, remember that

[Patrick Morrow]

Yeah, danger of sun burn on lakes or sea is much more dangerous than usual. You just have nowhere to hide. Of course, experienced anglers are familiar with it, but I can only imagine that guys who just start fishing might not even think about protecting themselves properly! And of course, bring enough water!

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Hope you feel better man. Not going to lie the past few years, I've been trying to get better about protecting myself from the sun but I don't to good of job.  Last year wasn't so bad because I night fished a lot. The days I did fish in the day time or am I didn't wear much of protection.

Thanks for making me aware again that I  need to do it this year!

[KyAngler_1120]

So I went bank fishing Monday all day and flats fishing with. Buddy yesterday. Wore my uv long sleeves a hat glasses and my buff. Monday I noticed numbness in my hands very mild, and a burning in my index fingers. Then yesterday a horrible burning sensation but nothing obvious appeared. We got back to the boat ramp and I was scorched, I never burn bad im dark completed and grew up in florida. Either way wound up in the emergency room last night for my hands burning so bad I could not sleep or sit still. Found out due to a antibiotic im on its photosensitive and I should not have been in the sun at all. My dr or pharmacist never said anything. I probably should have looked the meds up myself but didn't. Got burn cream and a steroid shot. Good thing I'm off work all week just kinda blew my vacation lol. Moral is guys please please be careful in the sun especially if your on any meds I learned a big lesson yesterday

 

Had a very similar experience after I had surgery for my broken leg. The Dr. had me on strong IV antibiotics post surgery at the hospital and sent me home with several weeks worth of oral antibiotics. My first trip out for 45 minutes resulted in a bad burn. It is important to know the side effects of medications that your on...I learned the hard way too! 

 

Hope that burn heals up soon.

[Calgofo]

While probably the most common, it's not just antibiotics that can cause this. Other drugs can make you more sensitive as well. Also, it warrants mentioning to check your expiration date on your sunblock. Went out a couple of weeks ago and, normally, I apply sun block prior to arriving at the lake. For some reason, this last time I forgot (senility perhaps). I always carry a spare bottle of It in my boat bag as a back up. So, I slather that on and off I go. About mid day I thought I felt like I was getting burned but I thought there wasn't any way since I'd applied my back up bottle. Well, by the time I got back to the truck, I realized I was cooked. When I go home, there was no doubt I was fried. One flaw in my calculus. The bottle of sun block I had kept in my bag as a back up had EXPIRED 6 YEARS AGO. The moral of that story is not only use your sun block but, occasionally you might want to take a gander at that expiration date as well.