is this just the placebo effect?

[alix2.0]

my hands go numb or start to tingle whenever i handle palys.
just wondering if im slowly killing myself or if its just my imagination.

 

[coral keeper]

Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2932141
my hands go numb or start to tingle whenever i handle palys.
just wondering if im slowly killing myself or if its just my imagination.
I think its your imagination. lol

 

[snakeblitz33]

palythoas have a little bit of toxin in them. Be careful when handling them!

 

[scottallert]

when i frag my mushrooms my fingers tingle, but thats why people say where gloves.

 

[nano reefer]

alix, do you use nail polish remover? acetone burns off stuff on your skin, maybe allowing the coral toxins to get in. i know that if i have a cut on my hand the coral can sting me.

 

[alix2.0]

no nail polish remover. my hands arent even dry or cracked. idk.

 

[freeborder_01]

just wear gloves, they are cheap and theres no reason not to
make sure you get powder free

 

[alix2.0]

yeah i have gloves. i get them from the hospital. im just too lazy to wear them.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Originally Posted by alix2.0
http:///forum/post/2936171
yeah i have gloves. i get them from the hospital. im just too lazy to wear them.

Ah, lazy, tisk tisk.
You really should wear them. If they give you that much of a problem when you don't have any problems, imagine how bad it would be if some of the toxin got in a cut or sore?

 

[vishnuborg]

Palythoas contain palytoxin, a kind of organic toxin, which is one of the most poisonous organic compounds on Earth. Luckily they only exude small amounts of it, and you would have to consume a small multitude to actually die from it. People who suffer from allergies to cyanoacrylate and other organic compounds should not handle zoanthus, because they are under higher risk of being allergic. This can result in amputation of a limb.