I have a serious medical question, can you please answer?

Question

I am still freaked out about what happened to me yesterday. It was really late and I was hungry, I went to the kitchen to find a snack. I picked up an open pack of trail mix; I did not know it had been there since Easter. While I was eating it I felt one kind of powder in my mouth, then I noticed it was on my hands. I continued eating, but shortly after, my face and arms were itching and felt like there was something crawling on them. I got up from my computer and turned on the light, then sat down to and looked to see what it was. It wasn’t powder, it was hundreds of tiny (by tiny I mean you can barely see them) red-orange ants. immediately I took off my shirt and through it (I have always been afraid of ants because of a mistake I made when I was younger, I climbed a large ant hill in Louisiana, I had to be hosed down and taken to the hospital), then the worst part, I notice they were coming from my trail mix, that I was eating. I sprayed lysol and bleach on my floor and clothes.

I imeditly took a shower after that.

I imeditly took a shower after that.

Is there any medical problams that can result from accidently eating hundreds of fire ants.

One other thing is, there were a lot of ants, i think some are missing, whare are they, that is making me very worried. I do have a hard wood floor, did they go throught the floor? Will they be back?

Yes i am serious, i may joke around on hear a lot, but this is not funney, that would be sick to joke around about something like this.

Um...if i knew it was that old, (or infested with ants) do you realy think i would have eaten it?

Answer 1

not that i know of ... try asking your parents of what to do or go see a doctor... but idont think they were fire ants.. ive seen them before i know what you're talking about but i dont know what kind of bugs they were but i know that they werent fire ants.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

That's sad. I ate a whole candy bar bought at the grocery store and it had cockroaches in it. (How did I know, I bought three of them, and when I opened the second one for my hubby, he saw them! I was too late). And when I was younger I ate some donuts my grandma left on the stove and the little (they call em in Texas pis ants) were all in them. And I was laughing one time and I swallowed a fly. I felt the fly wiggle all the way down.
I don't think the ants have done you any harm. I hope you did the follow:

Drank a lot of water or liquids to flush your system. Kind of like emptying you temporary files on your computer.

Taking the bath would help with any swelling and so will taking Benzedrine.

If you really start to swell call a doctor.

As for you ants remaining around. They most likely will head back to where they can find more food. Just keep nuke em with the spray you used and eventually they will go outside.

Answer 4

Lot of issues there. First, I doubt they were fire ants, because fire ants bite and it REALLY hurts, so you would have noticed it. Any ants that you did eat would have died pretty quickly from your stomach acid. There is probably an ant nest somewhere in your house or just outside that they can access through the floor boards. Their scouts will likely be back so you might want to put out some ant poison. It sounds like these are sweet eating ants (there are different kinds). You can buy a specific poison that they love, take back to their nest, and shares with the rest, thus killing them off.

And oh by the way, EEEWWWWW!

Answer 5

You just got a little extra protein in your diet. Consider it revenge for what the ants did to you as a kid. Little kids eat bugs all the time and no harm comes to them. In some countries, chocolate covered ants are a common snack. Don't worry, you won't get sick.

If you're worried about the ones that got away, call Terminex or your local exterminator to check things out.

No, the ants cannot lay eggs in your stomach as one uneducated answerer said. Only the queen lays eggs, and the ants as well as any eggs will have instantly perished in the acids of your stomach.

Answer 6

Wow, that's sounds like that was a freaky incident! Jese well I'm sure u'll be fine. People eat bugs all over the world. Plus they were just ants, not poisonous frogs. I think u'll be fine.
And about where they all went.....If they're that small they may have gone through the screen in a window, or gosh who knows.....I would vaccuum ur carpets though, just to be safe.
And LOL, don't keep old food around maybe? :)

Answer 7

D*mn dude, it must suck to be you. Next time, don't just randomly grab into a mystery bag of trail mix without looking at what you're eating, goofy!!! If you feel sick, go to the doctor, and call an exterminator, for gods sake, unless of course you want to wake up in the middle of the night with a thousand fire ants having lunch on your balls.

Answer 8

Oh, dear me!! Michael, you're fine. Those ants left through the opposite door that they came in. You've had a good dose of protein. Do you have any swollen areas from bites or anything like that? If you do, get some benedryl; that'll dry them up. You didn't mention that. Get an exterminator to fumigate soon. Talk to you later.:)

Answer 9

I would call your doctor and ask. I really have no idea. I don't think they can make you sick or anything, since the stomach acid is worse to them than they are to you, but because they were crawling all over you, you may want to get checked out in case you're allergic or something. Good luck!

Answer 10

The most important thing to do right now is to call your local pest control.



After an inspection, they may put a tent over the house for several days. It actually works very well, with little aftereffects.


I once had a similar termite problem and it was solved efficiently and professionally.






Good luck. =)

Answer 11

If you haven became seriously ill by now, your fine.. they're all probably either screaming "help me!" in your stomach acid or long gone.
Besides, remember that in some countries ants are considered a nice snack.