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Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby Dave_5280 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:42 am

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby jeromeL » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:11 pm

I thought peeing on it was the popular remedie, never heard of pouring salt water over it.
In the keys the locals suggested using meat tenderizer.

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby BWD » Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:33 pm

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby POACHER » Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:02 pm

Who would've thought drunken tourist urine wasn't the remedy?.........

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby dylan* » Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:52 pm

Lifeguards here all have an anti-sting spray that works really well, I'm not sure exactly what kind it is. Something vinegar-based, I believe.

Had to ask them to spray me down a few years ago when I somehow got a man o' war tentacle inside the back of my wetsuit... looked like I had been given a few lashes from a whip.

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby topmick » Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:52 am

I guess it depends on the jelly/individual, I have tried vinegar & find ice alleviates the pain much quicker from my own personal experiences.

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby LetsFlyaKite » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:44 pm

Just be a man and tough it out, and it will eventually go away

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby Bille » Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:11 pm

LetsFlyaKite wrote:
Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:44 pm
Just be a man and tough it out, and it will eventually go away
OH Hell NO ; meat tenderizer and vinegar, will make it a Lot
easier to deal with a sting. We had those Lil buggers in the Chesapeake Bay
near Maryland where i grew up ; i know all about them. OUCH !!

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Re: Popular jellyfish sting remedies make it worse

Postby kiterocky » Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:22 pm

Do not use ice... Need hot water to deactivate jelly poison...


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