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Severe dyspnea due to jellyfish envenomation
Michael Armoni1, Melly Ohali, Emile Hay
1Pediatric Emergency Department, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon 78306, Israel.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|April 17, 2003
Abstract:
During the summer, jellyfish stings are the most common envenomation situations encountered by humans in the marine environment. The more people swim, scuba dive, or snorkel, the more necessary it is to know what should be done immediately, how life can be saved, how to prevent early and late complications, and how to facilitate convalescence in the event of jellyfish envenomation. We describe an atypical case of a 14-year-old boy with severe dyspnea due to upper airway obstruction caused by a jellyfish sting to the face and outline a practical approach to the treatment of jellyfish stings.