Vinegar (3-10% aqueous acetic acid) may be used as a common remedy to help with box jellyfish stings. Clearing the area of jelly, tentacles, and wetness further reduces nematocyst firing. Scraping the affected skin with a knife edge, safety razor, or credit card may remove remaining nematocysts. Immunobased antivenins have been available since the 1970s; administration requires medical personnel and refrigeration and are used in extreme cases as with regard to the box jellyfish.
Put it under hot water 45 degrees for 20 minutes, sounds weird but urine get the poisen out.
dunk the area in alcohol and then cut the stings out :)
It does hurt quite a lot. but it goes away after a little while. when there are bluebottles in the water, its best to stay out of the water. Especially if your allergic!
olive oil and vinegar together cure blue bottle stings
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Jellyfish stings are known to be alkali in nature - therefore, treating the affected area with vinegar neutralises the stings.
Most jellyfish stings are not deadly, but stings of some species of the class Cubozoa and the Box jellyfish, such as the famous and especially toxic Irukandji jellyfish, can be deadly.
most jellyfish stings can not but some such as the box jellfish can
It stings people and that causes alots of death
Vinegar (3-10% aqueous acetic acid) may be used as a common remedy to help with box jellyfish stings.
There are several different poisonous jellyfish. They belong to the box jellyfish species. Some of the most popular are the Chironex Fleckeri, Irukandji, Fire Jelly, and the Morton Bay Stinger.
While jellyfish stings are painful, most are not emergencies. Expect pain, red marks, itching, numbness, or tingling with a typical sting. But stings from some types ofjellyfish- such as the box jellyfish (also called sea wasp) - are very dangerous, and can even be deadly.
Stings of some species of the class Cubozoa and the Box jellyfish, such as the famous and especially toxic Irukandji jellyfish, can be deadly. The sea wasp, a box jellyfish found in Australian waters, can kill an adult human within a few minutes.
Vinegar (3-10% aqueous acetic acid) may be used as a common remedy to help with box jellyfish stings.
All people with jellyfish stings to the leg or foot will need crutches
Vinegar.This also works for some jellyfish stings, they use the same kind of sting. I also heard you could use urine.You can also use red-wine vinegar on bee stings.