Lion's Mane, Yamabushitake · 2019 · Case Reports
Medium relevanceLion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) envenoming presenting as suspected decompression sickness.
Hericium erinaceus
Cognition & nerves
Key points
- Lion's mane jellyfish stings are usually characterised by local inflammation, especially weals
- Systemic symptoms are not widely described although there is a well known fictional description of a fatal reaction to envenoming
- We describe five divers presenting with suspected decompression sickness, where the probable diagnosis was jellyfish envenoming
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Lion's mane jellyfish stings are usually characterised by local inflammation, especially weals. Systemic symptoms are not widely described although there is a well known fictional description of a fatal reaction to envenoming. We describe five divers presenting with suspected decompression sickness, where the probable diagnosis was jellyfish envenoming.
Citation
Trevett A, Sheehan C, Wilkinson A, Moss I (2019). Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) envenoming presenting as suspected decompression sickness. Diving and hyperbaric medicine https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm49.1.57-60 PMID: 30856668
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