The transparent jellyfishes which are always ready to attack, is the most worried problem in the water of visitors coming to the beach.
At the time during the April to August, visitors who come to the beach in Halong, Cat Ba, Nha Trang, Vung Tau, need to be careful because this is the season of the itchy jellyfish. When a jellyfish stings you, you feel quite hurt and itchy. As you find out jellyfish sting, you have to quickly leave the water to avoid severe shock leading to drowning.
Diving in Nha Trang
Jellyfish stings are often swelling, a little hot around the wound. It is not very worried about some mild cases, but it will be more dangerous when you have a severe headache, and muscle spasms. Therefore, the wound should be washed as soon as possible with seawater to clean all the inactivated toxic cells (Do not washed with freshwater or hot water because it makes the wound worse). Any remaining tentacles should be removed by rubbing to take them out of the wound with some objects like spoons edge, shells, knives, ... After that apply the shaving cream and an ice pack will also reduce pain and inflammation if one is available. Vinegar and other alcohol-based substances are now discouraged as they activate unfired stinging cells, while urine also makes things worse.
Swimming in Halong Bay
If the stinger still have pain, it is necessary to take aspirin. In the more serious cases (hard breathing …), call emergency and go to the hospital immediately.
Visitors should bring along some kinds of drugs for itch, heart, diarrhea and antibiotics to protect themselves in some emergency cases.
According local tradition, we can use the chewed morning glory in the sea to apply in the jellyfish stings, this wound will be better soon.
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