Dragon fly incident.

[kingrollo]

Yesterday whilst doing a fast descent what looked a dragon fly smashed into my face just above the eyebrow - it made like a cracking noise as it hit me.

Got home about an hour later - no obvious injury - but after a shower etc a couple of hours later it started to swell - and this morning there is a lot of swelling around the eye.

Went to a+e - which wasn't the most confidence inspiring episode to be honest - she reckoned it was a sting gave me anti biotics and told me to take anti histamines - which I will do.

But my feeling is this is an impact injury not a bite or infection ...

Any thoughts.

 

[vickster]

Ice it and see how it is next week. Clearly if it gets worse, go back

 

[Peter Salt]

I was on an outdoor ride last weekend for about 5h - lost count of how many substantial-size insects smacked my glasses. Oversized glasses, one of the best purchases I made.

 

[kingrollo]

I was on an outdoor ride last weekend for about 5h - lost count of how many substantial-size insects smacked my glasses. Oversized glasses, one of the best purchases I made.

Yes I have those.

Fair play to the dragon fly 5mm either way he would have hit my glasses or my helmet ! Some accurate directional system he had !!!!

 

[Time Waster]

Throw a stone in the air and let it hit your forehead you'll get a swelling. Even softer bodies can hurt too. Could it have bitten you as you squished it with your head?

PS do not try the stone thing. As a kid I did it to someone by accident and she got really hurt. Egg lasted over a week. If you want I try that not on me.

 

[kingrollo]

 

[kingrollo]

Does nothing for my boyish good looks !!!!

 

[CanucksTraveller]

It's always hard to tell what you hit at speed isn't it, and it could well be a sting, especially given that the swelling has gone around the eye. I'd not expect an impact with a non stinging insect to swell away from the immediate impact site.

I hit something big a couple of summers ago, I saw a cloud of big black insects ahead, I was doing high 20s mph so the next thing I know I'm through them, one bounced off my helmet with a crack sound and another hit my bicep, it was like getting flicked with a steel ruler! A proper "thwack"! About 5 minutes later there was a red welt on the bicep which I'd expected, but also my hand became really numb, a good foot and a half from the impact. I'm guessing it was a bee sting.
Ice it as Vick says, that'll help.

 

[vickster]

Looks like it could be infected, take all the ABs as directed

 

[kingrollo]

Throw a stone in the air and let it hit your forehead you'll get a swelling. Even softer bodies can hurt too. Could it have bitten you as you squished it with your head?

PS do not try the stone thing. As a kid I did it to someone by accident and she got really hurt. Egg lasted over a week. If you want I try that not on me.

Do dragon flys bite / sting ?

 

[PeteXXX]

If you were doing 30mph down and the dragonfly was bimbling along at 10 mph, that's a 40mph hit.

 

[kingrollo]

If you were doing 30mph down and the dragonfly was bimbling along at 10 mph, that's a 40mph hit.

Im a hero aren't I ?

Can't believe my Garmin didn't warn me ! I mean I had incident protection on ?

 

[Time Waster]

Do dragon flys bite / sting ?

They hunt and sat, certainly some species do, so they have jaws to bite. They're actually quite fearsome predators for their size I believe. Human sized dragonflies would have me hiding from them put it that way!

 

[craigwend]

Do dragon flys bite / sting ?

No, I've become a bit interested in dragonflies as we have a wildlife pond at work and once it warms up there's quite a few. They feed on other small (stingy) insects and from memory don't have what we would call a mouth and no sting, as other probably and sadly impact...

https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/

 

[Time Waster]

You need that garmin radar thingy for that!