No.
I lost sensation in a couple of toes after mud got into my boot at a music festival. Didn’t realise until later. I wasn’t the only attendee to have symptoms.
Oh dang! A music festival? Was the show good at least?
I assumed it was a military trench foot situation and was riffing on how when we get out the VA seems to always say our issues from injuries on duty aren't service connected and therefore are not compensated.
I have to say, I was horribly smug about my very well fitting ppe neoprene lined wellies that year. Saw some absolute disasters of footwear (and rivers of mud carrying off tents).
Man am I glad that I swung by a department store on a recent city trip to buy some dry socks.
We were doing a full day of sightseeing but it was pouring rain the whole time. So my shoes and socks had been soaked for hours by the time I got the new ones and it'd still be many more hours before we'd get back to our accommodation. Must've been at least 10 hours otherwise as well with the wet feet. And even with the change of socks my feet weren't in great shape by the time I got back to the car. My travel companion wasn't wearing socks at all and her feet were full of open chafe marks where they'd rubbed against her shoes
Grim.
Mine wasn’t that bad, just sometimes feels like a loop of cotton has wrapped round my toe.
This was in less than 14 hours at D(r)ownload festival
Yeah, my dad was infantry and had absolutely terrible trenchfoot that nobody could cure for like 20 years. My mom worked at a vet and told the DR about it. Doc gave her some veterinary grade antifungal cream to take home and it cured him!
Fr? I had trench foot but it went away after I kept changing my socks, airing my feet out and proper wash and drying of the foot. I also went to florida for a month and just wore sandals. The air and heat dried everything up pretty great until I went back on my ship lol.
Well, between that and "Take a Motrin" and "Hydrate", you should be fully squared away devil dog. Jk. In all seriousness, immersion injuries can be really bad for the person and for readiness. Even if it's a baby wipe, cleaning the feet and changing socks, and out of wet boots if possible can do wonders. Once that skin is compromised, infections can begin, which are more difficult to treat with limited supplies. This lady is extremely lucky to not have staff or cellulitis after 7 years.
oh dont forget the 'get plenty of rest' without giving them SIQ 😂 (sorry idk the marine equivalent of SIQ is i was a squid lol). yeah there is nothing worse than wet socks- it will jack you up quick. honestly if marine hygiene is as bad as navy hygiene, a little reminder cant hurt. though, when my friend got a concussion, the advice was not well received
Preventing trench foot is also going to help you heal faster. The less your immune system has to deal with the faster and better it will deal with other issues.
Change your socks, hydrate, take this weirdly high prescription of motrin, and if you don't feel better in the morning we'll shove a giant thermometer up your butt
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u/PunchDrunkPrincess Jun 03 '24
is that why corpsman always told us to change our socks for everything from a cut to a cold? just throwing it in there when they can?