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Jellyfish in Greece are not as common as in neighboring countries but still in some resorts you may encounter their large clusters.
18.01.2018
Хотя присутствие медуз в море, по понятным причинам, неприятноfor tourists, but still the jellyfish does not come out of the water to the shore. Be sure not to forget that the sea is native to them house, and we spend in the water at most 1-2 days in total for the whole vacation, and that we are in their territory, and not on their own.
It is a mistake to assume that jellyfish are found only in dirty sea water. The increase in the number of jellyfish in the seas is due to increase in water temperature, and sometimes (in some versions) and with rainy spring. Besides, jellyfish don’t have many natural enemies such as dolphins, turtles and some species fishes. But the jellyfish themselves are not averse to eat fish caviar.
The migration route of the jellyfish is highly dependent on sea currents, and since they are very slow, they cannot fight strong therefore it is impossible to predict exactly which Greek beaches or when they appear.
What does a jellyfish burn look like?
There are jellyfish, whose touch to the body leaves traces in video burns, redness, blister or others inflammatory processes.
In place of burns there may be a striped trace with a lesion. skin and the appearance of puffiness, but fortunately, everything quickly passes behind a few days.Although the burns pass quickly, some people react more violently to the touch of jellyfish, however, in most cases of serious complications.
First aid if stunned jellyfish in Greece
The affected area should be washed only with marine water (to remove tentacles with poisonous stinging cells that may remain on the skin), in case of a strong pains put ice (ice cubes, necessarily wrapped in cloth), and go to the pharmacy to buy medicinal drugs.
Help can be done with saline or alcohol with vinegar. (vinegar should be diluted with water at a ratio of 50:50).
Folk recipes recommend urination (wetting) on painful part of the body. We are still believe that the 21st century, when there are a number of drugs, it makes no sense to resort to this old fashioned method.
If the affected area causes discomfort, you should take antihistamine (against allergic reactions, which can be purchased at a pharmacy without a prescription). In Greece, a pharmacy You can buy a cream based on ammonia.
If the burn surface is larger than the open palm, or symptoms do not go away, be sure to consult a doctor.
What to do if you are burned by a sea anemone
When we go to the sea to Greece, we usually ask about jellyfish or sea urchins, but do not even suspect that there are animals whose A “bite” can be very painful.
Unpleasant pain can be caused by otmorsky burns anemones (anemones), which are very similar to flowers of different sizes. Anemones are not a plant, although they are similar to them, but belong to a class of animals that jellyfish, and have similar poisonous cells.
Anemones are usually attached to stone or sand. Live like singly or in groups, and they can often be found on shallow water.
When you touch the anemone itself, the burn is very similar to the one that caused by the jellyfish. After a few minutes, the skin appears red-orange marks that may remain on the body and hurt from 24 hours to several days.
Several tourists who rested on the island of Evia, told that they had an unpleasant and painful meeting with anemones. Fortunately, all the consequences quickly passed.
First aid if you get an anemone burn the same as for the scalp of jellyfish.
