The 45-year-old man was rescued by a biologist who was on the same flight, but more fear than harm.
“My mind is full of good memories”Loïc said in an interview with the Ouest-France newspaper when a French family flew from Dakar to Nantes on Saturday after a pleasant stay in Senegal.
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Only here: An hour and a half after takeoff, Loïc Xavier’s son-in-law grabs his backpack and goes to take his medication. The 45-year-old man was stressed by the turbulence. He reached into his bag and felt a “violent puncture in his finger” and saw a scorpion.
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“I saw myself leaving”
Taken from an intense pain in the arm, ” intolerable “ in his words, Xavier has his blood pressure taken. His stepfather says he “then presented with high blood pressure, leaving us to fear the worst”.
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Fortunately, a biologist on board was able to provide first aid to Xavier. Analgesics and anti-inflammatories have their own role. “In this case, like scorpion venom, it is often a cardiac shock, which can be very serious for frail or elderly people”underlines the biologist.