Hamann Carsten R, Hamann Dathan, Richardson Clare, Seeburger Jack
Medical Student, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, USA.
Trop Doct. 2014 Apr;44(2):106-7. doi: 10.1177/0049475513515215. Epub 2013 Dec 11.
Box jellyfish are highly venomous and numerous possible treatments for envenomation have already been reported in the published literature. The hand of a 55-year-old scuba diver was stung in the Gulf of Guinea resulting in two crops of coalescing vesicles with intense pain and lymphadenopathy. Traditional therapies such as hot water, cold packs and acetic acid were ineffective. Symptoms were rapidly relieved after the application of a lemon-oil emulsion balm. Treatments for jellyfish envenomation generally aim to either denature the jellyfish venom or prevent the discharge of the venom. Lemon-oil emulsion therapy has not yet been reported in the published literature but may be an economical and novel treatment for box jellyfish envenomation.
箱形水母剧毒，已发表的文献中已报道了多种可能的蜇伤治疗方法。一名55岁的潜水员在几内亚湾手部被蜇伤，导致出现两批融合的水疱，并伴有剧痛和淋巴结病。热水、冷敷袋和醋酸等传统疗法均无效。涂抹柠檬油乳液膏后症状迅速缓解。水母蜇伤的治疗通常旨在使水母毒液变性或防止毒液释放。柠檬油乳液疗法在已发表的文献中尚未见报道，但可能是一种经济且新颖的箱形水母蜇伤治疗方法。
