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okay not sure how to approach this gently but say that, hypothetically, you own some essential oil sprays purchased from a huge department store chain. and there is a recall because they contain deadly disease causing bacteria that has confirmed deaths and has infected and killed who knows how many people because of how rare and difficult to diagnose it is in the united states:
do not throw out the bottles. do not dump the product in the toilet. do not allow the deadly bacteria into the soil, water supply, or landfills. it is an extreme biohazard. do not throw it out. do not throw it out. do not open the bottles.
put on gloves, double bag it tightly in resealable bags, put it in a cardboard box, and give it back to any of the chain’s stores. disinfect everything in the room where it was used while wearing gloves. wash sheets and blankets on hot. consider using bleach.
84140411420 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lavender & Chamomile
84140411421 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lemon and Mandarin
84140411422 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lavender
84140411423 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Peppermint
84140411424 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Lime & Eucalyptus
84140411425 Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) Gem Room Spray Sandalwood and Vanilla
these products are being recalled for burkholderia pseudomallei contamination, which causes melioidosis. it can infect pets.
without early treatment, melioidosis caused by the bacteria in these products has a higher than 40% mortality rate. it can easily kill you and will hurt the entire time even if you survive. treatment takes several months and involves intensive intravenous (IV) antibiotics and potentially surgery. there is a high rate of recurrence, long term injury, and disability even with survival. this is not a condition with simple diagnostics or treatment, this is not a painless condition, this is not a condition that is easily survived, and survival involves spending weeks to months in a hospital. in the best case scenario, with immediate diagnosis and treatment, mortality rate is 10%. it can cause growths on organs, septic shock, sudden paralysis, solidification of the lungs, pneumonia, sepsis, joint infection, bone infection, and so much more.
melioidosis can also remain latent for decades after bacteria exposure.
the bacteria infects people through inhalation, cuts in the skin, and ingestion. since this is an air spray, that is very bad. this is a bacteria so deadly that it and related bacteria have been used in war. do not fuck around with this
Fellow epileptics, I have some fantastic news for you. There’s an add-on that makes the internet safer for us. It’s called Epilepsy Blocker. The creator had me test it out, give feedback, he made adjustments, and it works great. It may even help those with migraine disorders that are triggered by the same thing that messes with those of use with photosensitive epilepsy (mine is a case of being absurdly sensitive).
This is the only add-on I’ve encountered made specifically for those of us with epilepsy. It’s not a well known add-on, but I hope to see that change.
Also reminder for autistic people who don’t feel pain and cold signals to do a quick evaluation on if you’re uncomfortable and check if you should bundle up or take some medicine for the headache you didn’t realize you had
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Your friendly haunted house employee giving you a seasonal reminder of:
-if you go to a haunted house and you aren’t scared, the actors don’t need to know. Just move along
-stop coming to haunted houses drunk and/or high. You make everyone uncomfortable and will probably get dragged out by security
-if you know that you have a FIGHT response to fear, please don’t come. Or keep your hands in your pockets. Stop hitting employees please.
-the haunted house is not the place to flirt, grope, try to kiss, or otherwise be rancid to employees and/or the animatronics. Everyone in the cast and crew WILL talk shit about you until you’re dragged out by security.
-speaking of not touching, don’t touch props or scenery! Stop it!!!
-most haunted houses do NOT allow pictures or videos. Stop it. Phones in your pockets ffs.
-most importantly: if you need to leave a haunted house because you’re scared, most places WILL have some kind of “safe word” with emergency exits. Don’t put yourself through a miserable time because you think you aren’t allowed to leave. Please, we will understand. Once you say you need to go, no ones going to be trying to scare you, we just want to get you out of the house so you’re comfortable.
Haunted houses should be fun! Don’t be the reason that they aren’t.
The Delta variant changes things about this chart. Delta can present with sneezing, runny nose, and general cold/allergies symptoms. Get tested if you have those. It’s free.
tonight’s informational post (why do i always think of posting when i’m in the shower) is about a medication side effect called akathisia
akathisia refers to an intense need to move your body, and severe discomfort when sitting still. the best way i can describe it is that it’s like the time i took 800 mg of caffeine back in college but multiplied by a thousand. a person experiencing akathisia might bounce their leg, pace, wave their arms, rock back and forth, punch drywall, etc.
the other defining piece of akathisia is severe distress. you do not want to be moving around. it’s not like stimming, where moving makes you feel better. instead, it feels like if you stop, you will explode. it feels like your body is completely outside of your control. there’ve been reports of prisons using akathisia-causing drugs as a form of torture for inmates. it definitely feels like torture.
with akathisia, the restlessness takes priority over sleeping, eating, showering, or doing any other basic task. no matter how tired or hungry you are, you can’t stop to go to sleep or to prepare food, so you just keep pacing and bouncing around, as your brain function deteriorates from exhaustion and hunger. this can lead to hallucinations, mood episodes, or serious physical illness.
the most common cause of akathisia is antipsychotic medication. not just the old first gen ones, but also a lot of the newer ones too. the problem with this is that the kind of person who gets prescribed antipsychotics is also the kind of person who has little sway with doctors. often, psychiatrists (and sometimes sufferers) will mistake akathisia for mania or psychotic agitation, and will then increase the dosage of the medication that caused the akathisia in the first place.
however, if you come in saying “i think i have akathisia” they might actually listen and can give you a plan to switch or decrease medications. there are also medications that can be taken in conjunction with antipsychotics that block the side effects. just saying the name “akathisia” is what worked for me: i spent weeks trying to explain my bizarre restlessness and insomnia->psychosis, got interpreted as manic, and prescribed more antipsychotics that had more side effects. but once i said “i read about something called akathisia and i think that’s what’s happening to me” i was put on medications that mitigate antipsychotic side effects, and now i’m (mostly) stable again.
so yeah, if you can’t stop moving and it’s ruining your life, try looking up akathisia and calling up your psych armed with pubmed articles on it.
i’ve had akasthisia before and it’s exactly as op says! i took my medication at night and then would restlessly toss and turn for hours; i tried taking it during the day and ended up pacing around our porch like an agitated wildcat for The Entire Afternoon
i was blessed by a psychiatrist who knew what he was doing so when i called the office, the convo went:
me: this medication is making me…. uh….. i can’t stop moving, i’m agitated
the receptionist: agitated??
me: NOT violently, just – i can’t sit DOWN
the receptionist, kindly: does it feel like you’re crawling out of your skin?
me: YES!! YES THAT’S IT
but again, as op says – a lot of psychiatrists do Not know how to recognize it. it’s a relatively rare side effect and if your psych doesn’t specialize in psychosis, they might not have seen it before. which can lead to dosages being upped instead of lowered, which becomes straight-up malpractice when the doctor decides to ignore your own testimony due to your psychosis
being on (different) stable medication has saved my life but the akasthisia was so awful that i DID almost quit treatment altogether. so be aware of it and self-advocate as much as you can
these pizzas are in fighting for their lives in the artic rn
Hey, I’ve worked at multiple grocery stores over the years, and these pizzas are no longer safe for human consumption. This frost means the freezer has been turned on and off and on and off a bunch of times, melting and thawing and refreezing over and over. Don’t buy food covered in thick frost.
The generic Adrenaclick will cost $109.99 for two doses, compared with $649.99 for the same amount of drug in an EpiPen. That’s good news, both for financial and safety reasons: STAT reported last year that some parents and institutions had begun filling up syringes with epinephrine as a cost-cutting measure, a DIY solution that could pose great risk to the children who may have eventually needed injections. A more affordable alternative will help ensure safer epinephrine injections.
That’s assuming, though, that the people who need these devices know exactly what to ask for when they’re sitting in their doctors’ offices. Otherwise, they’ll still be stuck with the overpriced product. Here’s why: The mechanism by which Adrenaclick injects the drug is slightly different from EpiPen’s mechanism, so the Food and Drug Administration has ruled that the two are not therapeutically equivalent. That distinction is important because it means a prescription for an EpiPen cannot be filled with Adrenaclick. If you want the cheaper option, you have to have an Adrenaclick prescription.
You must ask your doctor for an Adrenaclick prescription!
I also found a coupon from Impax on 0.15mg and 0.3mg epinephrine injection, USP auto-injectors, which appear to be the generic version of Adrenaclick; these coupons cover up to $100 per pack for 3 packs of these injectors (6 total injectors).
