URGENT!!!-Foxtail in vagina... (gulp)

It is totally embarassing, and stupid, but please, if anyone knows what i should do tell me. i went for my long run, and right before i started i peed in weeds and must have gotten it stuck in me right then! then i went and ran the 20 miles and did not realize it until i showered and pulled the stick part out, but the "feather-like things", i think must still be in there. do i sit in water(cold/hot), vinegar, let it fall out, go to the ER???? PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!! :O

Foxtails that have progressed no further than surface lesions are ordinarily removed and the lesion treated with antiseptic and bandagedif necessary. Once a foxtail has passed beneath the skin, dogs are often treated with systemic antibiotics, and the foxtail either allowed to encyst and degrade, or in the case of actual or imminent organ damage, removed surgically (surgical removal can be problematic, since foxtails cannot easily be imaged by x-ray or ultrasound).

This is from Wikipedia: I have no idea, just trying to help--can you cut it out? Or maybe call your primary physician?

If you think it's inside you I would go see someone.

Sorry this probably isn't much help, but I would definitely see my doctor or go to the ER.

This is NOT meant to freak you out, but I read online..."Muscular movements (or air flow, in the case of nostrils) can cause the foxtails to continue to burrow through soft tissues and organs, causing infection and physical disruption, which in some cases can result in death." NOT saying that's likely to happen here, but you might want to go to a doctor or ER soon just in case...they'll be able to remove all traces of the plant and tell you about any aftercare that is necessary. Good luck!

thanks you guy. this is what i was afraid of hearing. i am going to go to the ER in a few hours when my mom gets home. im a bit too embarassed to go by myself. :(

Good luck! I'm sure you'll be fine!

I'm so sorry, you'll be fine just don't panic.

:D (everyone needs a smile)

Wow, sorry to hear that. I would go right now because the longer you wait the worse it will get. Call your mom and go to the ER as soon as possible. Good luck too you

Thanks you guys! i went to the ER, but they did nothing but a pap smear, and i am only 16! it was extremely embarassing and fruitless because they could not do anything anyways. but at least i know for future reference. ;D

Wow...and I thought getting poison sumac down there was the worst that could happen from peeing in the woods.  (Happened to me a few years ago...WORST WEEK EVER).  Glad you're doing better!

Glad it all worked out.  This is TOTALLY something that would happen to me!

Glad to hear your doing well, thanks for posting your status up because i'm sure  we were all concerned

:D

Whaaat?!?  How did you not know there was something "in" you especially something pokey like a foxtail?

Glad you're okay but my sides hurt from laughing.  Poor thing.

no offense, but thats got to be one of the oddest post i've ever seen...

I was thinking about you. Glad to hear that you are doing better....that was  a scary one!

Yea Margie, i am totally with you on that one! how unlucky do you have to be to have that type of thing happen to you! i guess that would be me. yeah, all better, and i am so glad that it is over! whew

Note to self: Squat over dirt and away from any type of plant.

Glad everything went ok, I would've completely freaked out. >.<

Poison sumac must have been awful!
I'm immune to poison ivy, but was quite amused when a guy with me got some on his sensitive bits and replied 'you're supposed to be checking for that'

we weren't peeing though...

and this is why I dont pee in the woods. Minus the fact that Ill probably pee on myself anyway. Seriously I dont know how to pee in the woods. Kudos to you for knowing that.

my grandma taught me to pee in the woods. =D

Are you sure that the stick didn't just find its way into your pants while they were around your ankles?