Sujanitha Vathulan, Sivansuthan Sivapalan, Luckshman W Venkatesh, Gnaneswaran Rajendramani, Jeyakanth Thangarajaha, Gunarathna Upala
1 Consultant Physician, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
2 Senior Lecturer Grade II, Department of Zoology, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Trop Doct. 2017 Jul;47(3):221-226. doi: 10.1177/0049475516684341. Epub 2017 Jan 6.
We carried out a descriptive study over one year on 62 fishermen stung by jellyfish while fishing. Most were aged under 60 years. The timing of the sting was mostly between midnight and 4am (32%). Clinical symptoms were mainly localised pain and burning (80%), itching (67%) and shortness of breath (42%). Almost all patients received antihistamines (97%) and steroids (87%). None of them needed intensive care; they needed only 1-2 days in hospital. Jellyfish identified in fishing nets were Catostylus mosaicus, Cynea capillata and moon jellyfish.
我们对62名在捕鱼时被水母蜇伤的渔民进行了为期一年的描述性研究。大多数患者年龄在60岁以下。蜇伤时间大多在午夜至凌晨4点之间（32%）。临床症状主要为局部疼痛和烧灼感（80%）、瘙痒（67%）和呼吸急促（42%）。几乎所有患者都接受了抗组胺药（97%）和类固醇（87%）治疗。他们都不需要重症监护，只需住院1 - 2天。在渔网上发现的水母种类有马赛克猫眼水母、发形霞水母和海月水母。
