Summer holidays are around the corner and most people are already booking tickets for their next beach holiday. However, experts are revelations to be careful with Irukandji Jelifish – which can cause a highly painful and potentially fatal situation with its sting.

There are many examples of these highly toxic box jellyfish – known for their transparency and small size – pricking people enjoy sea water. On Instagram, a user described how his holiday Cairns was reduced to Australia when her lover suddenly started experiencing back and chest pain and became breathless after a short time in the sea. He later found that he was experiencing the symptoms of Irukandji syndrome.

And since there is no antidot for Irukandji sting, the young man had to ride the hospital in two days.

Irukandji can cause sting cardiac arrest

However, according to experts, not everyone is so lucky because the impact of sting is often very high on the heart and body of the average person. Doctors say that sting may lead to a deadly heart arrest with other symptoms like other symptoms:

• Fierce headache
• backache
• Muscle pain
• Chest and abdominal pain
• nausea
• vomit
• Sweat
• Worry
• High blood pressure or hypertension
• tachycardia

Fulflene edema or an abnormal buildup of fluid in the lungs, especially in air bag, causes respiratory withdrawal and low oxygen exchange

Doctors say that symptoms usually improve in four to 30 hours, but it may take up to two weeks to solve it completely.

How does jellyfish sting lead to cardiac arrest?

According to experts, in some severe cases, jellyfish sting causes heart arrest due to the release of toxins that disrupt heart function, including muscle cramps and potentially, heart failure.

Jellyfish tanks inject the venom, including a variety of effects, including:

Cardiotoxins

These toxins disrupt heart rhythm and function, which is potentially leading to the arrest of the heart.

Neurotoxin

These can cause muscle cramps and paralysis, which can contribute to respiratory failure and death.

Hemorrhagic

These toxins can cause breakdown of red blood cells, causing hyperkelemia (high potassium levels in the blood), which can also disrupt heart function.

Treatment for jellyfish sting

Similar to other stings – first aid for a jellyfish sting involves flushing the area with vinegar to neutralize tental stinging equipment. According to doctors, for people with cardiac issues, nitroglycerin – a common drug can be used to reduce the risk of pulmonary edema and reduce hypertension.

In addition, antihistamines may benefit from pain relief, but in most cases intravenous opioid analgesia are required. In addition, phentanel or morphine is used to relieve pain.

Many doctors also recommend using magnesium sulfate or appsom salts for the treatment of erucandji syndrome after successfully used in one case. The evidence, however, suggests, according to a later report – a series of three patients failed to show any improvement with magnesium and is mostly used for experimental status.

Where are Irukandji Jellyfish found?

Experts say Irukandji Jelifish is mostly distributed in warm water along the northern coasts of Australia – especially in the coral ocean with Queensland – with some species that occur in the tropical Atlantic, Indian and parts of the Pacific Oceans.

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