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Reader Stories: Jellyfish Sting Experience

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Have you been stung by a jellyfish or Portuguese man of war? How did you treat the sting? Did the treatment work? Here's your chance to share your experience with other people and to get ideas for treatment options in case you ever get stung.

Share Your Sting Story

Man of War Sting Experience

The tour guide put vinegar on the stings (wiping one way) then applied ice and fresh cold water. Once we got to land we soaked her arm in the warm sea water. That nite she slept with cold compresses …More

Man of War Sting

Cont. My back hurt sooo bad, it was anguishing. The pain was much worse in my back than the sting in my hand. No hospitals near by (I was on an island). Two hours of intense pain passed and it wasn't…More

Jellyfsh Sting Experience

This is what my mom did and what happened and how much school I missed.my mom got vinegar and sprayed my hand and i was all better after 9 weeks of missing school my cuzin was laughing my santariko u…More

Jellyfish Sting First Aid

Instantly we soaked the area in white vinegar and then placed meat tenderizer on the skin mixed with more vinegar. He began to have instant relief from the pain. The swelling started to subside and t…More

Myrtle Beach Jellyfish Sting

He felt the sting immediately, so the first thing we did was to get him out of the water. We used a piece of shell on the beach to scrape the remaining bit of tentacle off of his arm and then had him…More

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