joaozinho
Registered
Hello,
I was diving in San Andres last week and on exiting the water after a night dive 4 of the 5 in our group were stung by jelly fish. Unfortunately I got stung worse than everyone else, on my foot and on various parts of my lower leg. I experienced the pain moving up through my body and compressing my chest and spent a very uncomfortable night with fever and the burning sensation in my leg.
After the sting I put vinegar on my leg and have been taking antihistamines and putting hydrocortisone cream on the sting area. 7 days have passed and I still have red marks on my leg and foot with little black points. The cream has reduced the inflamation and the stinging sensation has 95% gone.
Has anyone else been stung and how long did it take for the marks to go away? I don't know what kind of jelly fish it was, something medium sized, everyone on the island said they were not serious.
Are lycra rash guards and body skins thick enough on their own to protect you from jelly fish? I don't dive anywhere cold enough to really need a 3mm wetsuit but I'll get one if that's what it takes to stop stings.
Thanks,
Maria
I was diving in San Andres last week and on exiting the water after a night dive 4 of the 5 in our group were stung by jelly fish. Unfortunately I got stung worse than everyone else, on my foot and on various parts of my lower leg. I experienced the pain moving up through my body and compressing my chest and spent a very uncomfortable night with fever and the burning sensation in my leg.
After the sting I put vinegar on my leg and have been taking antihistamines and putting hydrocortisone cream on the sting area. 7 days have passed and I still have red marks on my leg and foot with little black points. The cream has reduced the inflamation and the stinging sensation has 95% gone.
Has anyone else been stung and how long did it take for the marks to go away? I don't know what kind of jelly fish it was, something medium sized, everyone on the island said they were not serious.
Are lycra rash guards and body skins thick enough on their own to protect you from jelly fish? I don't dive anywhere cold enough to really need a 3mm wetsuit but I'll get one if that's what it takes to stop stings.
Thanks,
Maria