To: SWAMPSNIPER
I looked at the picture. It is a piece of jewelry, probably gold plated. If the wearer is allergic to the underlying metal, probably zinc̣ (pot metal) or copper and I am allergic to both, it would have the visible reaction. I did jewelery repair in my youth and one thing I was able to do is remove rings from swollen up fingers. There is a tool for it and a tiny saw wheel if the remover can't be used. It is not difficult.
18 posted on
02/22/2015 5:27:35 AM PST by
arthurus
(it's true!)
To: arthurus
I’ve got a magic dremmel tool that can get that ring off.
19 posted on
02/22/2015 5:28:43 AM PST by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: arthurus
It may have started as an allergic reaction, but the swelling has set off a cycle of edema thats cut that fingers blood supply off and its getting gangrenous. The idiots need to cut the ring off with a ring cutter or a dremel tool etc.
I see this all the time in the ER. My worst nightmare is the new fad for Titanium rings, they are nearly impossible to cut off.
27 posted on
02/22/2015 7:15:57 AM PST by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
To: arthurus
“Allergic to the metal” ...........thanks that would explain why I can’t wear pierced earrings anymore.
29 posted on
02/22/2015 7:28:04 AM PST by
Ditter
To: arthurus
And on occasion research isotopes and radioactive scrap have found their way to a metal salvage operation, and been incorporated into new items.
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