{"id":1044,"date":"2023-01-06T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T22:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1044"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:03:48","slug":"bites-and-stings-sea-jelly-stings","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/chapter\/bites-and-stings-sea-jelly-stings\/","title":{"raw":"Bites and Stings: Sea-jelly stings","rendered":"Bites and Stings: Sea-jelly stings"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Sea-jelly stings<\/h1>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\nSea-jellies contain stinging cell that fire on contact with other animals. The stinging mechanism (nematocyst) is at the end of the tentacle and contact with the tentacle causes pain, redness and blistering in skin. Treatment is with removal of any attached tentacles, rinsing with sea-water and soaking in 5% acetic acid to prevent further firing of the nematocyst. Larvae of sea jellies can also become trapped under swim clothing and fire into the skin leading to sea bather\u2019s eruption. Rapid removal of clothing followed by rinsing can help minimize symptoms. Rinsing with fresh water or towelling vigorously can worsen them.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1068\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/> Image 12.10: Sea jelly stings causing linear vesicles in whip-like pattern[\/caption]","rendered":"<h1>Sea-jelly stings<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Sea-jellies contain stinging cell that fire on contact with other animals. The stinging mechanism (nematocyst) is at the end of the tentacle and contact with the tentacle causes pain, redness and blistering in skin. Treatment is with removal of any attached tentacles, rinsing with sea-water and soaking in 5% acetic acid to prevent further firing of the nematocyst. Larvae of sea jellies can also become trapped under swim clothing and fire into the skin leading to sea bather\u2019s eruption. Rapid removal of clothing followed by rinsing can help minimize symptoms. Rinsing with fresh water or towelling vigorously can worsen them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1068\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM-65x44.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM-225x154.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM-350x239.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1779\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-06-at-2.24.09-PM.png 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image 12.10: Sea jelly stings causing linear vesicles in whip-like pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1682,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1044","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1018,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1044\/revisions\/1458"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1018"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1044\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1044"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/pedsdermprimer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}