Jelly Fish Sting??

Hey everyone. So i was on Miami Beach with my 3 years old and all of a sudden she starts screeming. She points to what she said bit her and it was a jelly fish. So i go to the life guard and they put vinegar on it. He said she will be fine and that its no big deal. She did stop crying but when i went to take her a bath she started crying again and saying that it hurts. Is there anything that i can buy to take the pain away? Should i bring her to the hospital? Also when a Jelly fish stings u does it spred? Cause i didnt go near it and i have a few spots on me that feel like a burning feeling on my neck and hand? Please help....
Answer:
if you touched your child where the sting was, you may have picked up some of the stinging cells from her, ice packs will likely be most effective for comfort, and benadryl will reduce the inflammation. As long as she is not having difficulty breathing, taking her to the hospital will result in them doing just what I have told you to do, ice and benadryl.

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Time for the golden shower. You got to piss on it.

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go to the hospital, it could be an allergic reaction to it. the vinegar should have helped it and it definately shouldn't have spread to you

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The peeing thing is a MYTH--it will actually make it worse. Never do that to someone who has been stung by a jellyfish!You should both go to the doctor.

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I live in the Fl Keys, my daughter has same thing here, the lifeguard told her to pee on the tendrils stuck in her legs. VERY odd, but I have since learned that it is the alkali or something that neutralise's the toxin. However, that was immediately when she was pulled out of the water. As some time has passed and it still hurts, take her to the doc, you may get a anti histamine.

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I was stung as a kid when I stepped on one at the beach; my leg swelled almost up to my knee. The reaction was pretty immediate. It was not a normal reaction, I don't remember the explaination or treatment because I was so young... but clearly it's not always just a simple first aid issue. Try to find something like pain relief cortizone cream and see if that relieves her until you can take her to a doctor, avoid the ER if you can but as a last resort it might be necessary. You can't have her suffering.

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Continue placing a cotton ball with Apple Cider Vinegar on the bite twice or more each day. .

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I've also heard that your supposed to wee on someone if stung by a jellyfish but would definately go to hospital too.

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Either put more vinegar on it or use Adolph's Meat Tenderizer (don't ask why, it just works. Something about enzymes, I think). The next time you bathe her use Dial soap (same thing--don't know why, it just works).
Jellyfish stings can DEFINITELY spread--even to you. There are microscropic barbs in the jelly that will latch on to anything they touch.Hope you both feel better.

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You got part of the stinging fluid on you. The vinegar has been used for years. Now don't get grossed out--the other alternative is human urine. Yes someone goes directly on sting not from a bottle that you carry around it must be fresh.

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Was it a light purple colored jelly? That was a man o war and it's probably going to be o.k. but you might want to have it checked out because some people are alergic to the acid they leave on the skin! The life guard did right with the vinegar!If it was one of the larger white jellies, It can be serious.And you need to have it looked at.!

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hi. continue to put vinegar on the sting. when you gave her a bath, it washed off the vinegar. you are most likely getting a rash because you got some of the venom on you when you gave her a bath. walmart also sells jelly fish sting wipes that will stop the stinging immediately.

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Noooooo! Do not pee on it! That is an old wives tale. It won't hurt, but it won't help either. See this link... www.answers.yahoo.com/question...

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