Breeds or spider fish are widespread in the Mediterranean for this can happen that by walking in shallow sandy seabed or on the shoreline, you can go to the poisonous spines that are on its back.
Pyllar: Who he is and where he lives
The tricks belong to the Trachinidae family, which includes a small number of species widespread especially in European seas. These fish can be found in the Mediterranean, in the Black Sea, in the European Atlantic waters, up to Scotland to the north and the Canaries to the south, along the coasts of West Africa and in the Chilean waters.
The pitcine live exclusively at sea and on sandy or muddy bottoms, preferably within the first 30 meters deep, even if they have been reported at greater depths, up to 150 meters.
Trace: how to recognize it
The tricks have a sideways crushed, their body appears almost smooth, since they have small cyclioid flakes. The eyes are lateral, high, and allow vision to the animal when it is hidden in the sand.
The less experienced often happens to confuse the protruding eyes of the pitcine for the siphons of the cannollicchi (Ensis Ensis) and therefore, when you put on your hand to collect them, you run the risk of being points from the animal, which uses the poisonous thorns both for defense and offense, also towards the divers.
The dorsal thorns are robust and poison; In rest conditions are lowered, but they are erected as soon as you approach their hiding place or when they hunt a prey. These dorsal spines are connected to a spongy tissue that produces poison.
Trace: the puncture
If you come points, the pain is immediate, but it has its peak after about twenty minutes. The puncture comes from the backbone of the pound, which releases a poison, the tip part will be red and swollen. Other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and fever with a pain that can last several hours extending to the whole limb could also occur.
What to do if you sting a pound
A good remedy to be able to use immediately, if you are points while you are on the beach, it is putting your foot in the hot sand. To avoid ice or cold water that worsen things (even ammonia is not fine). If possible, the wounded part in very hot water must be immersed immediately (37-Max 40 ° C) because the inactive temperature the protein toxins, which are thermolable; If the heat treatment is carried out immediately after the puncture, the pain is quickly attenuates.
The painkillers, on the other hand, are not effective, do not relieve the pain caused by the sting of the pitcine. Although original, albeit original remedies such as turning off a cigarette on the part in which you have been points, apply aceto or urinating on the wound are completely useless (any relief derives from the fact that the urine is hot).
Instead, it is useful to go to a doctor to evaluate, based on the disorders (symptoms) present, the need for local or general care, in particular the application of cortisonic or antibiotic ointments on the wound and a possible anti -ethotanic prophylaxis.
Rolando Tasinato, doctor at Ulss 3 Serenissima Hospital of Mirano (Venice) adds:
In these cases, the pain is really very strong, intense and urente (painful sensation similar to that caused by contact with arroid bodies) and is due to the inoculus under the skin of the toxic substance present in the spines, explains Tasinato. Here are his advice:
To prevent pain and swelling caused by the puncture of spider fish and, in particular, from the poison of its aculeo they create further problems, it is necessary:
Remedies for the pound
To inactivate the poison, it is also recommended to immerse the foot or the area hit in very hot water as soon as possible (the highest possible temperature that allows us to keep the part immersed without incurring burns).
In fact, the spider fish toxin is thermolable, that is, it is inactive to be destroyed at a temperature of about 45 degrees). The very hot immersion in water must continue at least half an hour until the disappearance of pain.
“In the hours following the puncture, some line of fever may appear, especially in younger children, in other cases the persistence of pain, albeit attenuated by the pediluvium with hot water, requires the intake of painkillers and in rare cases, an infiltration of local anesthetic must be carried out on the point of inoculum”, says the doctor.
In any case, be careful … where you put your feet! And remember that entering the water calmly, without running, gives time to the pound to move before the foot touches the sand, reducing the chances of being points.
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Reference sources: Higher Health Istuture
