National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Republic of Indonesia, Jl. Percetakan Negara No. 29, 10560 Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia.
Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Marine Science and Fisheries, Udayana University, Bukit Jimbaran Campus, Bali, Indonesia.
Int Marit Health. 2021;72(2):110-114. doi: 10.5603/IMH.2021.0019.
Despite the high number of victims every year, Physalia physalis's envenomations in Indonesia are scientifically unsounded. This annual event occurred mainly in Java's southern beaches and the Eastern Bali Islands, which are the most tourist destinations. The lack of scientific reports can lead to unaware and uneducated beachgoers resulting in a high number of victims, which in turn may ruin the economic sectors. Thus, this study aimed to report P. physalis's envenomation and its treatments in the southern beaches of the Special Region of Yogyakarta Province. It was based on the 15 beach lifeguards' and the primary health care units' reports in 2019-2020. The envenomation cases varied among beaches and years, whereas the highest number of cases were reported in the most popular beach (Parangtritis beach). The partial beach closing due to the pandemic COVID-19 caused the number of cases in 2020 was slightly lower than that in 2019. The envenomations' general symptoms were oedema and local pain that were treated with 5% food vinegar and hot water, if available. The severe cases (dyspnoea, nausea, vomiting, and cephalgia) were only reported twice in 2019. They were hospitalised in primary health care units; however, many people still practise the traditional non-scientific treatments, particularly in a chaotic situation.
尽管每年都有大量受害者，但印度尼西亚的 Physalia physalis 蜇伤在科学上尚无定论。这种每年都会发生的事件主要发生在爪哇南部海滩和东巴厘岛，这些地方是最受欢迎的旅游目的地。缺乏科学报告可能导致海滩游客不知情和缺乏教育，导致受害者人数众多，从而可能破坏经济部门。因此，本研究旨在报告 2019-2020 年在日惹特区南部海滩发生的 Physalia physalis 蜇伤及其治疗情况。这是基于 15 名海滩救生员和初级保健单位的报告。蜇伤病例在不同的海滩和年份有所不同，而报告的病例数量最多的是最受欢迎的海滩（巴兰特里蒂斯海滩）。由于 COVID-19 大流行导致部分海滩关闭，2020 年的病例数略低于 2019 年。蜇伤的一般症状是水肿和局部疼痛，如果有 5%的食用醋和热水可用，则进行治疗。2019 年仅报告了两次严重病例（呼吸困难、恶心、呕吐和头痛）。他们在初级保健单位住院治疗；然而，许多人仍然采用传统的非科学治疗方法，尤其是在混乱的情况下。
