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Irukandji syndrome is a condition that results from envenomation by certain box jellyfish. [4] In rare instances the sting may result in cardiac arrest and death. [ 5 ] The most common jellyfish involved is the Carukia barnesi , a species of Irukandji jellyfish . [ 4 ]
In 1961, Barnes confirmed the cause of the Irukandji syndrome was a sting from a small box jellyfish: the Irukandji jellyfish, which can fire venom-filled stingers out of its body and into passing victims. To prove that the jellyfish was the cause of the syndrome, he captured one and deliberately stung himself, his 9-year-old son and a local ...
The phrase is derived from the two Latin terms which it is composed of, namely angor and animi.. Angor (different from but related to the word anger in modern English), refers to a great anxiety, [4] distress, [5] or mental anguish [5] often accompanied by a painful constriction and palpitations at the upper abdomen and lower thorax (chest).
The Irukandji syndrome was first discovered after a group of swimmers were stung in the open water near North Queensland, Australia.Victims of the sting reported severe symptoms of muscle aches, back pain, nausea, headaches, chest and abdominal pains, sweating, high blood pressure and difficulty breathing. [3]
Malo kingi or the common kingslayer is a species of Irukandji jellyfish.It was first described to science in 2007, and is one of four species in the genus Malo. [1] It has one of the world's most potent venoms, even though it is no bigger than a human thumbnail. [2]
At least two deaths in Australia have been attributed to the thumbnail-sized Irukandji box jellyfish. [50] [51] People stung by these may suffer severe physical and psychological symptoms, known as Irukandji syndrome. [52]
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In Australia, C. fleckeri has caused at least 64 deaths since the first report in 1883, [17] but most encounters appear to result only in mild envenomation. [18] Among 225 analyzed C. fleckeri stings in Australia's Top End from 1991 to 2004, only 8% required hospital admission, 5% received antivenom and there was a single fatality (a 3-year-old ...