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TOPIC: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
 

Daddy Clay
Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
Those slimy jellyfish can sting the ever loving crap out of you. And they are all over the place on the beaches where we take our vacation. A bad sting can ruin a whole day for your kid, or even a whole vacation. One simple way to alleviate the pain of a sting is to apply urine. Which seems cool, until you are on a public beach with a screaming toddler in serious pain. Are you really going to whip it out and pee on your kid? (Vinegar also works, but who packs salad dressing in the beach bag?) What would you do?
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concretin_nik
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
Dig a hole ala Joey Tribbiani. Seriously, I guess I'd try to get to a restroom... but I really don't think I COULD pee on a crying child... It also seems like adding insult to injury, even if it's supposed to help…
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mommylori
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
I just saw a show on this the other night. Not only does vinegar work, but mustard (since it contains vinegar) also works. They suggested throwing a couple packets of it in the bag. It's cheap & easy. They also have a really neat product that actually protects your skin from the jellyfish & it repels them away in the water. I cannot remember the name of it, but I'm sure you could Google it.<br><br>Ok, so maybe I can't 'whip it out' however I would definately pee on my son if it would alleviate his pain. I tend to not care what other people think when it comes to protecting my son. Besides, all they'll get is a nice view of my butt as I squat down to do the deed! :-P 'nuff said!
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rudegato
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
We are non ocean faring folk, so it doesn't come up, but if you're super worried i would say just take an old sport bottle full of vinegar and leave it in the van... or bag if it's spacious enough.<br><br>Plus there's no telling if your pee would be acidic enough to work unless you had some lithmus paper on hand... and then your making a weird situation even weirder...
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poserdad
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
Wow, great question...<br>My first inclination was: YES!!! of course, it would be a great excuse for payback for all the 'fountains' that happened while changing diapers.... But, then my 'reasonable' adult mind kicks in and points out to me, that responding that way (especially in written form on a forum post) might motivate a CPS visit.... hmmm.<br>So, my real answer is: Do what you can with what you have. You packing vinegar to the beach? Then use it. Mustard? great..... 7 other willing siblings + Mom & Dad? If that's what it takes to 'relieve' the sting.... as long as it is not on the face.... :-|
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hunter
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
of cource growing up in FL it was pretty common heck my dad peed ln me once or twice
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robmonroe
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
I hope that is meant to be my dad peed ON me once or twice not IN...
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dadnorth
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 10 Months ago
While I was taking my SCUBA course, we learned that meat tenderizer works really well on jelly fish stings. I haven't tried it, but it's a powder and comes in a bottle small enough for any beach bag.<br>If you don't have that, then I guess filling a wide-mouth, sport's drink bottle with urine to apply to the stings would be my next option, ( doing this in the washroom, not on the beach of course).<br><br>P.S. Male urine poured around in your garden also keeps a lot of critters away from your vegetables.<br>Remember we are Men! The world is our urinal.<br><br>Mark your territory!
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805daddy
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 9 Months ago
You're awesome! I am now going to use this thread as my excuse.
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805daddy
Re: Jellyfish Stings: Would You Use Urine? On Your Kid?
3 Years, 9 Months ago
Don't urinate on a wound. It is bacteria and you're placing it on a punture wound. In Hawaii, that is the common thought with sea urchine spikes. When I was a kid, we just packed on some mud or tight wet sand. Oh, the tip for sea urchines: 1 - DON'T try to pull the spikes out! 2 - soak it in vinegar. 3 - watch one or two kid movies and it they will be gone in a day or two.
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