Posted on 08/21/2022 6:29:04 PM PDT by simpson96
A woman in Houston says she was sent to the hospital after touching a napkin on her car door that was apparently poisoned.
Erin Mims was at a Houston restaurant celebrating her birthday on Tuesday afternoon with her husband, but when the couple went back to get in their car, a napkin was on the door, according to FOX 26.
Mims said that she threw the napkin away and didn't think much of it.
"I just threw it out," said Mims. "I opened the door with the tips of my fingers. I asked my husband, did you put a napkin in the door? And he said no."
Erin Mims was at a Houston restaurant celebrating her birthday on Tuesday afternoon with her husband, but when the couple went back to get in their car, a napkin was on the door, according to FOX 26.
The woman went back into the restaurant and washed her hands before getting back into her car, but said that her fingers began to suddenly tingle, and then the symptoms became progressively worse.
"Maybe five minutes, my whole arm started tingling and feeling numb. I couldn't breathe," says Mims. "I started getting hot flashes, my chest was hurting, my heart was beating really fast."
When she arrived at the hospital, doctors ran urine samples, blood tests, as well as a CAT scan, and said that her vitals were all over the place.
"The doctor came in, and told me it wasn't enough in my system to determine what it was, but said it was acute poisoning from an unknown substance," Mims said.
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Going back in the restaurant to wash her hands may have saved her.
A heads up to Freepers in Houston.
I’m skeptical that such a small and short duration exposure could cause so many symptoms and yet remain undetectable in blood or urine samples.
But they should check how much life insurance has been taken out on her and whether the husband has a mistress.
Isn’t fentanyl supposed to work that way, just a tiny touch . . . ? Police now regularly carry some sort of antidote in case they accidentally come in contact with it, and there was a public alert (I forget where) not to pick up any folded-up bills seen laying on the sidewalk because they may contain fentanyl. Thanks China!
I believe there has been a case of a police officer who had to be hospitalized after touching the outside of a bag containing fentanyl.
Couldn’t they go back and retreive the napkin?
I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is you don’t have to buy long term bonds. The bad news...
Novichok.
Russians.
Calling bs on this whole story.
Some kind of scam
Interesting medical analysis....
Okay, so she touches a piece of paper of unknown origin and feels she needs to go back into the restaurant to wash her hands? A lot of effort for something that minute.
It sounds to me like she had a panic attack at worst or is trying to pull some scam.
Russians.
Nope. Lots of warnings to not touch things attached to your car, even money. She obviously knew of the danger because she went all the way back in the restaurant to wash her hands.
Yeah. She asked husband if he had put napkin in car. He said, no....based on her description, her husband didn’t seem to be actively assisting. Where did she throw the napkin?
Sounds like a combination of some neurotoxin, cocaine analog, and opiate (carfentinil). Could have been a gaslighting by husband or paramour of husband.
She didn’t mention a toxicology screen. How did doctor know there wasn’t enough toxin in blood? Doesn’t sound like a very thorough exam. Did they giver her narcan? Intravenous sugar? What kind of food did she have? Very strange set of circumstances and actions.
Someone with COVID could have blown their nose on the napkin, after all!
I picked up an article of clothing at a school to turn it in to lost and found, and then noticed the garment, and then my hand, had a burnt plastic-y smell, so I dropped it and then immediately rinsed my hand off in alcohol-based hand sanitizer. My hand tingled and went numb, it lasted for maybe 5-10 mins, but then those symptoms went away and nothing else happened.
Isn’t fentanyl supposed to work that way, just a tiny touch . . . ?
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This article answers a lot of questions:
Can you overdose from fentanyl from having it touch your skin?
https://health.osu.edu/community-health/health-and-society/can-you-overdose-from-fentanyl-touching-your-skin
Excerpt:
Should first responders, such as law enforcement officers and paramedics, and other health care workers be concerned about being exposed to fentanyl by coming into contact with users?
First responders and other health care workers provide critical services in stressful and often dangerous conditions. However, exposure to fentanyl by touching is unlikely to harm you, and fear of fentanyl exposure may actually prevent you from doing important work.
Our nation’s leading toxicology experts have concluded that “the risk of clinically significant exposure to emergency responders is extremely low” and accidentally getting fentanyl on your skin is “unlikely to cause opioid toxicity.”
“[First responders and health care workers] who may encounter fentanyl or fentanyl analogs should be trained to recognize the signs and symptoms of opioid intoxication, have the opioid overdose reversal medicine naloxone readily available, and be trained to administer it and provide active medical assistance,” the American College of Medical Toxicology has said in a statement.
In the unlikely event of such poisoning, naloxone should be administered to those with objective signs of hypoventilation or a depressed level of consciousness, and not for vague concerns such as dizziness or anxiety.
“Isn’t fentanyl supposed to work that way, just a tiny touch “
No. That was a myth started by the media. The article in the other comment elaborates on the facts.
We may never know what the toxic substance was in this case if they didn’t preserve a blood sample for higher grade testing.
Yes. A few weeks ago I read about a lady who picked up a dollar bill off the ground and it had fentynal on it. IIRC she died. But it just a little can kill you.
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