Stung by ray

[ronin_man]

^ agreed ^

Glad you are feeling ok but shouldnt you have it checked out by a doctor? You wouldnt want any left over stinger barb in your hand. Watch the youtube video here.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34420

cool vid. never seen that one before

 

[xxblwn408]

Bro Royalray-You my friend have some balls of steel! If I got stung, I would be headed straight to the ER!

 

[Zoodiver]

Just to touch on some of the questions posted in this thread....

Getting tagged a second time can be WORSE than the first. The idea of the sting being less and less each time is incorrect.

This injury looks like what I'll call a 'dry' tag. If the barb of the ray has been damaged or stripped (just the bare barb, with no sheath), the toxin is much less - if any at all. This looks like a straight puncture from the barb with no real reaction from the introduction of the toxin they carry.

Hot water is the right course of action. the toxin's venom is based on a complex protein which will breakdown when taken over it's temp range. The hotter the better, and go as long as you can. 30 - 45 - 60 minutes even. The longer you leave it in hot water, the more you break down the toxin.

It is a MUST to have the wound cleaned by a medical professional. If there are barb fragments in the cut, you won't know until it's too late. I've been surprised when cleaning out some of mine at what is found even after we thought it was flushed very clean. No point in risking losing a hand/foot/other part that gets stung.

 

[YSCagro]

New year New experience.....Get well soon!!

 

[sebarau]

Hey jeffery.. get well soon ya... ..
bro kamisan.. the article was taken from MFK..posted in that forum for awareness.

 

[kwee_king]

Hi,

when i try to transfer a ray yesterday, accidentally got stung when packing them into plastic beg. about near 1" stung into my hand, the sting action is like scorpion sting, the ray that stung me is about 30cm. although i press out the blood immediate and also dip my hand into hot water, still suffer extreme pain for about 3 hours. but pain did not spread to upper hand like other people describe. only pain around the place got stung. anyway.... was happy after 3 hours when looking them swimming in my tank. they are innocent. hehe.......

some reference of what i do after get stung :

1. press the hand immediate to prevent blood flow to other part of body.
2. try to squeeze out the blood as much as possible
3. use a cloth to tie up the elbow part, to prevent blood circulation to other part of body.
4. dip the part got stung into hot water for 20 minutes, as hot as you can stand. ;-)
5. after this, untie the cloth.

th pain will last 2-3 hours after this.

hope this story help. the photo of my hand that got stung. ;-)

ps..... BRO u better take care!!
need me to or anot call me i will come and catch it

btw how are the new Ray doing now?

 

[killerlexus]

lets see a pic of the hand today.

 

[Miguel]

How are you today????

 

[BlackDiamond]

Glad you're fine after got stung...Used to got stung one time, but rays is abt 9" only. I did the same as you suggest, but not in the hot water. I had Paracetamol with Antibiotic drugs instead.....After one day, I was o.k....Hope not to happen again...Great experience.....

 

[killerlexus]

i want to see if his hand is dark purple and blue and all swollen up. i cant believe that deep of a stung didnt cause any harm and he didnt go to the hospital.