Marine animals are both beautiful and dangerous. When some marine animal clings and bites you, jellyfish and other marine animals make you feel painful, can cause serious complications such as: skin inflammation, skin necrotic, muscle and nerve paralysis or cause heart problems, etc.
- Quickly wash the wound by clean sea water to release toxic cells which are not activated (do not wash by fresh water or hot water, you will make the wound be worse).
- Remove tentacles or body of marine animal
- Mix a solution with ratio: 10 water : 1 ammonia, vinegar, soda or seasoning powder. Then, rubbing to the wound(if not available these chemicals, you can use lemon to rub to the wound)
- Use knife or other things which have edge (spoon, ice cream stick,etc) to shave the affected area.
- The wound which are cause by jellyfish, it is usually redness, causes intense burning pain. When you have a wound like that, you shouldn't move much to avoid touching the injured area. Ice on the wound started within 1 hour will reduce the pain. After the injured area is dry, treating by cordicosteroid, antihitmine or rubbing anesthetic cream in 4hours/once in few days
- Find medical help if you: allergic to sting, be stinged on face or neck, the situation becomes more serious (eg, dyspnea).
Wish you have an enjoyable sea trip.
Dat Vu
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