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What to do in case of stings or bites this summer?
Mosquitoes, wasps, snakes, jellyfish, spiders, ticks, scorpions… In summer more than usual, we are not immune to being stung or bitten! But what to do and not to do when it happens?
What to do in case of a jellyfish sting?
Contact with a medusa causes painful stinging lesions (more or less depending on the species), but rarely serious except in people with allergies.
What to do :
– Keep calm
– Rinse with sea water if possible hot without rubbing, to take off the tentacles
– Apply hot sand then remove it with a rigid cardboard such as a postcard or a bank card
– Rinse again
– Disinfect the wound with an antiseptic
– Apply an anti-inflammatory ointment on the wound
– Contact the emergency services if the limb swells, you feel a respiratory problem or general pain
What not to NOT TO DO :
– Rinse with fresh water, as it bursts the stinging cells, releasing even more venom.
– Aspirate the venom
– Touch the dead jellyfish
– Apply a tourniquet
– Rub or scratch
– Seek to bleed the wound