From jellyfish to sunburn, beach can hurt

Georgetown Times SC ^ | July 29, 2005

[fivekid]

ish ish ishhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Make IT go away!!!!!!

[Eagle Eye]

I think you can sign up of on-line classes.

[starfish923]

Your wife is CHARMING.

I love the pearls.
Are they a gift from you?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

***...Nettles are covered with tiny, nearly invisible stinging hairs that produce an intense, stinging pain, followed redness and skin irritation. The generic name comes from the Latin word, "uro," which means "I burn."...***

Pictures at this site. You might be able to identify your nettle. Nettles

[auntyfemenist]

That info on jellyfish is helpful. I didn't know that, and I am taking my small grandkids to the beach in Florida sometime this month.

[Calpernia]

Ahhh!


That was wrong.

[italianquaker]

good article, i forwarded it to some friends

[dagoofyfoot]

Jellyfish sting.


Ouch!

That's going to leave a mark...


Looks like the result of brush with a small Man-O-War.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Good!

Now my work is done for the day.

I'm off to get some work done.

[WestCoastGal]

"I jump into the water and ended up sitting on one last week. OUCH!"

Wow, ouch is right!

I don't know the reason why the one's I encountered were in pieces but I had red spots all over. I don't remember what we put on them, but the items on the list above all sound good. They also work for fire ant bites.

[toothfairy86]

"What's an ammonia pen?"
Is that when you get a guy to pee on your jellyfish sting?

[fivekid]

Thank-You very much Mrs. C

I see several that I recognize...

I did not mean to hijack your thread.

Sorry:) Again thanks for your link.

[shezza]

We had a lovely vacation on the Gulf in Florida last summer...until an afternoon storm stirred up a bazillion jellyfish. All of my kids got stung in multiple places, and that was wading in the surf barely waist-deep. One little girl near us apparently had a serious reaction because they had to send in a Life Flight helicopter to rush her to the hospital. (I didn't hear if it was from jellyfish stings or a stingray, which were also swimming in the surf only a few feet from shore.) One of my sons still has visible scars from the welts.

Also, a few miles over from where we were splashing about is where one kid was bitten by a shark this summer, again in waist-deep water.

It doesn't hurt to remind people to be careful.

[Smokin' Joe]

We have the nettles you speak of here, too (another reason to wear long pants year round). Someone told me they have medicinal value, but I do not recall what it is.

[fivekid]

Mrs. C posted a very interesting link (#44)

[softwarecreator]

Your wife is very ... ummm ... charming.  Looks a lot like Lee Iacocca in drag ... not that there's anything wrong with that.  Hope she's a good cook.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

No high-jack fivekid.

Thanks for the info.


Now someone needs to give advice about lightening and how to avoid electrocution.

Then there's living in the desert and learning how to drive when caught in a dust strom, or hiking where there will be snakes, and knowing not to get near a cholla cactus!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It doesn't hurt to remind people to be careful.

I agree.

[fivekid]

That is Your job my Dear because You are so very good

at it:)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Not today.

I've stalled long enough.

A painting project is calling my name.