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malakaikingston
05-31-2008, 04:11 PM
I just got stung by a spineless urchin 4 or 5 times.

It hurts like hell what do I do!
socalaly
05-31-2008, 04:16 PM
like i just told you http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Sea-Urchin-Sting
:D
malakaikingston
05-31-2008, 04:16 PM
I just got stung by a spineless urchin 4 or 5 times.

It hurts like hell what do I do!

I just remembered in diving we would pour vinegar on it, all I could find was balsamic but it did the trick. All I had was balsamic now I smell like a salad.

For future reference SoCalAly sent me this link.

http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Sea-Urchin-Sting
malakaikingston
05-31-2008, 04:26 PM
like i just told you http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Sea-Urchin-Sting
:D

dude you beat me to it.
Live Water Aquariums
05-31-2008, 10:11 PM
If you didn't have vinegar you could pee on it. Seriously. I don't know about that wiki advice, If you don't get the spines out they can cause a serious infection. I lived in Mex for a while and we would get nailed by longspines surfing regularly. One girl had a few spines she didn't get out of her leg and it swelled up until she couldn't walk, Dissolve my ass!!! She had to have surgery to have the spines removed. This was like 3 weeks after the sting. Not to scare you, a few spines into a finger is nothing like wiping out surfing and landing right on one but still. Watch out.