What if I get stung by a beautiful jellyfish? Is it poisonous? Can it eat?

When playing in the sea, people may be stung by beautiful jellyfish. It is said that they feel like an electric shock and feel numb all over. They can be found in tropical waters, temperate waters, shallow waters, oceans about 100 meters deep, and even freshwater areas. What if I get stung by a jellyfish? Is it poisonous? Can I eat jellyfish?

Are jellyfish poisonous?

Poisoned by jellyfish stings. There are stinging cells on the surface of jellyfish tentacles and perioral tissue, and the stinging cells contain stinging wire sacs that store venom, which can inject venom into human or animal bodies through stinging wire sacs, which produce a variety of biological toxic effects on cardiovascular, blood, nerve, muscle and so on. Jellyfish toxin has lethal activity, hemolytic activity, cardiovascular toxicity, hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity, enzyme activity and so on. Rash, redness, swelling, pruritus, pain, low blood pressure, even dyspnea, fainting, shock and death can occur after being stung.

What if I get stung by a jellyfish?

1. Remove the tentacles: first of all, if the tentacles of the jellyfish are still hanging on the skin, try to remove them, but make sure that the injured person does not move, wear gloves to remove them under certain conditions, or gently separate the tentacles from the skin with thick clothes, tweezers, sticks, etc.

2. Rinse with sea water: then rinse the stinging area with sea water to inhibit the activity of unemitted thorn cells on the skin, such as fresh water has the opposite effect. Any move to change the salt concentration balance of the solution inside and outside the thorn cell may stimulate the thorn sac to eject and release more venom.

3. Scraping cells: if possible, use a knife or something like a razor or card to gently separate the prickle cells from the skin, and smear them with shaving bubbles or soap foam before shaving. Rinse again with sea water, vinegar or salt water solution after scraping.

4. take medicine: finally, let the stung area dry naturally, take some antihistamine drugs such as diphenhydramine, or apply hydrocortisone cream, wash the open wound every day in the follow-up treatment, and apply antibiotic ointment to prevent bacterial infection.

Can I eat jellyfish?

There are many kinds of jellyfish, some jellyfish can be eaten, some jellyfish can not be eaten, and jellyfish like the sea moon jellyfish in the jellyfish family can be eaten. You can't eat anything else. After being pickled, jellyfish is a delicacy on the table of many people, but it should not be eaten too much. The umbrella of the jellyfish is the sea stinging skin that we usually eat, and the tentacles of the jellyfish are the sea stinging head. We usually buy the red one when buying the jellyfish skin, which is relatively delicate and delicious.

What do jellyfish eat?

Jellyfish are carnivorous, feeding on plankton, small crustaceans, hirsutes and even small fish. Due to the mechanical and chemical stimulation of food, polyps stretch their tentacles and release thorn sacs to wind, paralyze and poison the catch, and then put the food into the mouth.

Is jellyfish a jellyfish?

Jellyfish is a kind of jellyfish, jellyfish is divided into the jellyfish family under the jellyfish family. Jellyfish includes jellyfish and other jellyfish, jellyfish is the largest jellyfish, but also a kind of edible, other jellyfish are not edible, only jellyfish and jellyfish can be eaten. Jellyfish is not only delicious meat, but also unique taste, and it also has a high nutritional value, so jellyfish has become a delicacy on modern cutlery.

What are the most poisonous jellyfish?

1. Box jellyfish: each tentacle of the box jellyfish has enough toxin to kill 50 people and can stop human cardiopulmonary function within 3 minutes. At least 5567 people have died of this animal since 1884, causing a higher death rate than snakes, sharks and saltwater crocodiles.

2. Monk hat jellyfish: the deadly toxins secreted by the monk hat jellyfish are the tiny stinging cells in the tentacles. Although the toxins secreted by a single stinging cell are negligible, the toxins accumulated by thousands of stinging cells are as intense as any poisonous snakes in the world today.

3. Sand jellyfish: the adult umbrella diameter of sand jellyfish is 25-60 cm, with a maximum of nearly 1 meter. the surface of the outer umbrella is smooth, the glue layer is thick and hard, and its stinging cells are highly poisonous. after being stung, the skin is red and swollen, painful and itchy, severe shock, and even death.

4. Lion bristle jellyfish: lion bristle jellyfish is a kind of creature that can cause death, but it seldom moves where humans go in and out. The stinging cells on the tentacles contain poison needles and sacs containing venom, and the venom enters the human body and quickly paralyzes and dies.

In short, when we are stung by jellyfish at the seaside, we must start to save ourselves in time, and pay attention to our own situation at any time, and should be sent to the hospital as soon as necessary. If a child is stung, you should pay more attention.