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With regular household vinegar or I would recommend a product called StingMate...it has 5% acetic acid, the doctor recommended level to best provide 1st aid relief for jelly stings. Used it myself; have seen it used on others...works every time...good luck and keep your sunny side up. BL
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By the time a sting victim reaches a doctor, it is too late for any topical treatments. Vinegar does nothing at any time to relieve any pain. It should only be used to inhibit further envenomation from adherent box jellyfish tentacles, as it will disable further firing of their stinging cells. If you are not in Australia or the south Indo-Pacific region, then do not use anything but seawater to help remove tentacles, since even vinegar has not proven to prevent further stinging in any non-box jellyfish species. The important thing in any major envenomation is to treat for heart or respiratory failure.
A doctor would provide life-support, anti-vemom (only in the case of Chironex fleckeri, at this point), and analgesic treatment. He would laugh at StingMate. That is quackery.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoBeyond initial first aid, antihistamines such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl) may control skin irritation (pruritus). Ice or fresh water is not usually applied to stings, since they may cause nematocysts to continue to release toxin. Immunobased antivenins have been available since the 1970s; administration requires medical personnel and refrigeration and are used in extreme cases as with regard to the box jellyfish, Chironex.
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Is chlorine bad for a jellyfish sting?
I had jellyfish sting that was a week old and I went swimming and now the stinging is back and extremely bad itching as well. I would reccommend no chlorine on the jellyfish sting
Can a sea anemone kill a jellyfish?
No. A sea anemone and a jellyfish would not meet. If they did meet, the jellyfish would sting the sea anemone and kill it.
Do jellyfish sting hair?
Jellyfish cannot sting hair because hair cannot be penetrated by the jellyfish's tiny stinging 'barbs.' However, the barbs can easily pierce skin and inject the jellyfish venom/poison into the skin and this makes the 'sting.' So it is not a good idea to put a jellyfish on your head, because it just might be able to sting your scalp! Now that WOULD be painful!
Is a jellyfish sting poisinous?
Not really but i would recommend to be taken to a local hospital emiditaly!
How would a jellyfish catch a fish?
jellyfish have tentacles hanging down and streaming behind them in the ocean that have poisonous stingers on them, and other tentacles that grasp prey that has been stung and pulls it up into itself.
Can cephalexin be used for bee sting infections?
Cephalexin is popularly used to treat infections contracted from injuries. A normal bee sting would only require cleaning and pain medications. If your bee sting becomes infected, then see a doctor who might prescribe you with Cephalexin.
Who would win in a fight between a box jellyfish and a toucan?
Jelly fish because they have a lot of tentacles that can sting.
You have been stung by a jellyfish about a week ago it is really itchy?
If you got stung by a jellyfish and it is itchy for over a week you should really consider going to the emergency room immediatly! What you have is very uncommon and has only happened to several people. Normally, the sting and swollen stuff would be gone in 3 days after the sting. Ask your doctor if this is rare and needs a special treatment. Feel better soon.
How can you tell if a jellyfish gets mad?
when it stings you! lol. Well there simple creatures, the only reason they would sting is if you are aggravating them, they feel threatened, or think your food. um...you can't it has no face, but it probly would sting you.
How an you treat a wasp sting and a bee sting?
baking soda and water mixed together until it looks and feel pasty then rub it on the area. That's how you treat a bee sting-but when, at the exact time, you are stung by a bee you must try your best to get the barb out-because it contains poison. I suggest not to do this by tweezers because that squeezes more poison into your body. A knife, or ask a doctor to help, would do better.
What other acids to treat abee sting?
A bee sting should not be treated with anything acid since it would not help alleviate the pain or reaction.
Who would win in a fight a lion or a jellyfish?
A lion would win the fight because 1.) it is bigger, 2.) It is stronger, and 3.) the lion has claws. Although the jellyfish can sting, the lion, as I said, is stronger. But, if the battle takes place in water, there is a chance that the jellyfish would win the battle because it has a home-court advantage.
