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Dispelling a popular myth perpetuated by the television show Friends, using urine on a jellyfish sting is not only a myth but can also be dangerous. In-vitro studies indicate that human urine can trigger toxin release and increase pain caused by various jellyfish species. The most effective measure for treating a jellyfish sting is immersing ...
Natural home remedies and relief for summer pains including sunburn, bug bites, jellyfish stings and poison ivy rash.
Worried about getting stung by a jellyfish at the beach? Here's how to navigate the worst-case scenario.
A few species of molluscs, including octopuses and cone snails, can sting or bite. Some present a serious risk to people handling them. However, deaths from jellyfish stings are ten times as common as those from mollusc bites. [43] Live cone snails can be dangerous to shell collectors, but are useful to neurology researchers. [44]
A venomous spider bite (like this brown recluse bite) can cause a red or purplish rash radiating from the site of the bite. There are only a few species of spiders in the U.S. that can bite humans.
Overpopulation of jellyfish is a concern to humans for many reasons. [9] Jellyfish stings are painful and sometimes deadly to humans. Fishing nets can be overwhelmed with jellyfish bycatch or torn by jellyfish caught in the nets. Jellyfish can clog water inlets to power plants, causing serious problems for power production. Jellyfish can invade ...
Seabather's eruption. Seabather's eruption is an itching dermatitis [1] caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to the immature nematocysts of larval-stage thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata), sea anemones (Edwardsiella lineata) and other larval cnidarians. [2]
Mosquitos are more than just bothersome—they can transmit the malaria parasite (plasmodium, which kills over 1 million people per year globally), and many different viruses that cause ...