First aid for burns jellyfish

The consequences of a sting of a jellyfish can be very unpleasant.

The time of holidays and seas. And even the clean sea is always jellyfish, sometimes innocuous, and sometimes poisonous.

Burn jellyfish can result in soreness, redness, Allergy and even high temperature with other effects. To not like this ruined the stay for you and friends, will tell you how to deal with burn and destroy it with minimal losses.

What jellyfish can sting
The most dangerous jellyfish, the blue boats are found in the Japanese sea and the Mediterranean. Their bite can cause paralysis and death. During their invasion of the rescuers put up on the beaches of the red flags and first aid protects from the consequences. So afraid of even the jellyfish when precautions are not necessary.

But in the Black sea there are jellyfish that can hurt, though not as much: kornerot (a blue jellyfish with huge tentacles) and Aurelia aurita (lenticular Medusa fine fringe dumalaw around).

As jellyfish stings
Most jellyfish are capable of stinging poison: they need this for protection and for killing small prey. The venom of the jellyfish is transparent to the person, except those named above.

What to do if stung by a jellyfish
There is a set of rules which it is better to stick with the burn of jellyfish:

out of the water
do not touch the burn with your hands
rinse the burn with salt water and cotton wool, fresh water will only exacerbate the burn
drink plenty of water

What medications will help with the burn of jellyfish
Some burns can trigger a severe allergic reaction. Therefore it is better to have antigistaminnye drugs. The place itself burn is a skin inflammation. It will cope with the creams with aloe Vera in the composition.

How to avoid burn jellyfish
The best protection is prevention.

not to go into the water after the storm
do not touch the jellyfish with your hands
diving at depth far from shore to do with gloves

With the strongly pronounced symptoms of allergies and poisoning, immediately after first aid it is better to consult a doctor. Have a good holiday!

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