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Jellyfish sting

What are jellyfish?

Symptoms of jellyfish sting

Remedies / cures / treatment for jellyfish sting

What are jellyfish?

Jellyfish are free-swimming marine animals with a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell pulsates for locomotion, while their stinging tentacles are used to capture prey.

Jellyfish are found in every ocean at depths ranging from the surface to the deepest trenches. They are often found along beaches, and can also thrive in freshwater rivers and lakes.

box jellyfish

Jellyfish tentacles are covered with small barbed venomous stingers. The stingers can penetrate the skin and release toxins.

Symptoms of jellyfish sting

Many jellyfish have no apparent sting on human skin, others cause a slight burning sensation for a few seconds. Most jellyfish stings are just annoying little stings that go away within an hour. Bluebottles and other stinging jellyfish can cause a painful raised red welt that can remain for hours or days. A few jellyfish such as some species of the box jellyfish in the tropical northern parts of Australia are highly venomous, and without emergency treatment can result in death within an hour.

The venom of the most dangerous species of jellyfish can enter the bloodstream causing symptoms such as difficulty breathing, muscle spasms, racing heart or even heart failure, vomiting, fever and joint inflammation. If stung by a box jellyfish in Northern Australia, urgent medical attention is required.

Remedies / cures / treatment for jellyfish sting

There are several traditional home remedies which quickly relieve the pain and inflammation of a jellyfish sting. The most important thing is to act fast.

If you use any of these remedies, please come back next week (or whenever you have an outcome) and let us know about your experience. Please leave a comment as many people are interested.

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