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Bookmark or Share- Jellyfish Sting: Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland ClinicIf you have a minor jellyfish sting, you may feel slight pain, itching, burning or throbbing. A jellyfish sting may look like a rash with red, purple or brown patches. More serious jellyfish stings can cause greater harm. You should seek medical help right away if you have more severe symptoms.
- Jellyfish sting: Treatment and first aid - Medical News TodayJellyfish sting treatment begins with assessing whether the sting is potentially dangerous. People stung by potentially lethal jellyfish require immediate emergency treatment.
- Jellyfish stings - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicMost often jellyfish stings cause instant pain and inflamed marks on the skin. Some stings may cause more whole-body (systemic) illness. And in rare cases they're life-threatening.
- Jellyfish stings - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicMost jellyfish stings can be treated as follows: Carefully pluck visible tentacles with a fine tweezers. Soak the skin in hot water. Use water that's 110 to 113 F (43 to 45 C). It should feel hot, not scalding. Keep the affected skin immersed or in a hot shower until the pain eases, which might be 20 to 45 minutes.
- Jellyfish Stings Pictures, Pain Symptoms, Types, and TreatmentWhen the tentacles from a jellyfish come into direct contact with skin it causes symptoms of severe stinging pain, redness, raised welts, nausea, vomiting, or even death. The best treatments for jellyfish stings are Benadryl (diphenhydramine), OTC pain medications, topical steroids, and in some cases antibiotics.
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