Now in the middle of summer, the weather is hot, swimming for many people can both relieve the summer heat and exercise the body, two birds with one stone. Especially in coastal cities, the beach will certainly be a lot of people to play every day. If you are swimming in the sea, you must pay attention to jellyfish. This is a beautiful and dangerous creature, because it stings people to secrete toxins. So how to prevent jellyfish stings?

How to prevent jellyfish from swimming at the beach

Jellyfish are poisonous mainly for self-preservation, after all, jellyfish are particularly good-looking, seemingly harmless and non-threatening, it is inevitable that other species will be attracted to attack. Jellyfish have stinging cells on their tentacles, and inside the stinging cells are venomous, anesthetic substances that can be seriously fatal.

Because the venom secreted inside the tentacles of the jellyfish has a certain anesthetic effect, so when a person is stung by a jellyfish, the moment he touches it, there will be a feeling of electric shock, and the whole body will be numb. Then you will feel tingling, burning or itching, followed by red spots, pimples, blisters, blisters, petechiae and ecchymosis in the sting area. If you are stung in many places all over your body or if the jellyfish is highly toxic, you will experience chills, fever, abdominal pain, fatigue, sweating, tightness in the chest, foaming at the mouth, drop in blood pressure, difficulty in breathing, pulmonary edema, and in severe cases, death.

How to deal with a jellyfish sting

First, you should quickly leave the area where the jellyfish are present, use tweezers or other tools, or wear protective gloves to remove the tentacles left on the skin and inhibit the release of toxins, and remember not to use your hands to touch the tentacles or the sting site directly.

Afterward, you can rinse the affected area with an alkaline wash, such as sodium bicarbonate, soapy water, or alum. In the case of small stings, cold and wet compresses can be used, such as cold compresses, trichlorhydrin and nitroalum lotion. If the sting area is large, accompanied by chest tightness, breathlessness, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time for emergency treatment, can not miss the rescue time.