Giant Hog weed

broomy · Jul 28, 2011

Think I may of got some juice from a cut Giant hog weed stem on my right forearm.
I had a mountain bike acident four weeks ago leaving my right forearm badly cut up.
The wounds have almost healed but the skin is very thin in places.
Was clearing out a swim on the banks of the Tees Monday afternoon
Now Thursday where the skin is scared I have some blistering!
I was weating rubber gloves and my arms were covered with a cotton combat type shirt.
I was also wearing face protection.
But it looks like somthings got through giving me a sun light sensitive reaction.
Anybody out there have experience of these burns and what you should do to treat.
Nothing of much use on the internet!

craigytees · Jul 28, 2011

sorry to hear that mate, nasty stuff is all over the place down there. What stretch where u at? i was at sockburn last week and went to croft in the end because the access was that bad! apparently the Angling club say its the council's responsibility, the council say its the EA and the EA say its the Angling club......

yourinmyswim · Jul 28, 2011

The blisters hogweed give you are activated by sunlight - get a big plaster or bandage and get it covered up - this should reduce the long term effects.

Bad Luck

John Howard · Jul 29, 2011

I reported hog weed to the EA some years ago. They turned up sprayed it and cut it down.

I found some more earlier this year so rang the EA again, were they interested.... NO. Seems now its the responsibility of the land owner, it also has to be disposed of in a recognised licensed site.

Peter Jacobs · Jul 29, 2011

Better yet, be on the safe side and make a visit to your local Doctor or A&E Unit at the hospital.

It could well need specialist treatment, not to mention the possibility of Weil's Disease.

waggy · Jul 29, 2011

Heracleum mantegazzianum, giant hogweed - THE POISON GARDEN website

The videos tell it all.

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broomy · Jul 29, 2011

Anyone who fishes the Tees will know that the banks are very overgrown. I would think there are vast stretches between Croft road bridge down to Aisalby cabins that have not seen an angler for years.Its just to much hard work. I was down the bottom of the Low Worsall association water the swim that lines up with the airport main runway hunting barble. There had been nobody there for several weeks. Same with the Stockton Angles Newsham stretch. People fish the first couple of hundres yards but no further. I have been upstream to the end of the Yarm water and have cut out three swims and ended up getting burnt when cutting down the head high weed. Thing is the results have not been worth the effort. The past couple of seasons its either be lucky enough to hit high water. Or stop well into the dark to have any sucess with the barble.

craigytees · Jul 29, 2011

Is the worsall stretch stockton water broomy? was at dinsdale on sun for barbel but no luck. some nice chub tho!

Jeff Woodhouse · Jul 29, 2011

Nasty stuff Giant Hogweed

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Came across some yesterday at my fishery in Oxford, but when I mentioned it to two rangers they didn't want to know. Said anything that costs the council to get rid of must be left or dealt with by someone else. It didn't affect the fishing so it can stay as far as I'm concerned and it isn't my land, it's council's.

Chevin · Jul 30, 2011

Is Giant Hog Weed the same as Giant Hogwort? If so, the sap from the stuff causes blisters and they will leave scars that can take up to a year to clear. Nasty stuff.

barbelboi · Jul 30, 2011

[FONT=&quot]I believe so. The stems leaves and sap contains several photosensitizing furanocoumarins. In contact with the human skin and in combination with ultraviolet radiation, these compounds cause burning of the skin. After a period of about 24 hours flushing or reddening of the skin (erythema) and excessive accumulation of fluid in the skin (edema) appear, followed by an inflammatory reaction after three days. The reaction of the skin will also depend on individual’s sensitivity. Approximately one week later a hyperpigmentation (unusual darkening of the skin) occurs on the affected areas, which can last for months. The affected skin may remain sensitive to ultraviolet light for years.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]All blistering should be treated as a burn and in severe cases medical advice should be sought as untreated blistering can lead to permanent skin damage and recurrent dermatitis.[/FONT]

Chevin · Jul 30, 2011

broomy said:
Anyone who fishes the Tees will know that the banks are very overgrown.

It is interesting you should say that. When I was a kid I had relatives in Yarm and close to them was a business that die something with sheep skins. Perhaps they tanned them, I don't know. Anyway, on their little patch of land by the river there was a huge bed of the stuff. Us kids were well aware of the blistering we got from it and we called the plant "Water bleb". Not very nice stuff and something we learned to treat with respect.

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barbelboi said:
[FONT=&quot]I believe so. The stems leaves and sap contains several photosensitizing furanocoumarins. In contact with the human skin and in combination with ultraviolet radiation, these compounds cause burning of the skin. After a period of about 24 hours flushing or reddening of the skin (erythema) and excessive accumulation of fluid in the skin (edema) appear, followed by an inflammatory reaction after three days. The reaction of the skin will also depend on individual’s sensitivity. Approximately one week later a hyperpigmentation (unusual darkening of the skin) occurs on the affected areas, which can last for months. The affected skin may remain sensitive to ultraviolet light for years.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]All blistering should be treated as a burn and in severe cases medical advice should be sought as untreated blistering can lead to permanent skin damage and recurrent dermatitis.[/FONT]

Yeah, obviously they are the same plant. Thanks for that.

mick b · Jul 30, 2011

I've actually controlled this stuff, dressed in a chainsaw jacket and trousers along with helmet, face shield and ear protecors.
Pushed it over with a pitchfork and sliced off the root at ground level with a specially sharpened graft.
The entire plant was then left to rot in a safe place.

It can be injected with neat Glyphosate and left to die if the plant is in a non-public location.

If you have it on your own water get rid of it because it spreads.

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