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RedditMayne t1_iy9erc2 wrote

That’s really irresponsible. Irukandji have one of the most excruciating stings on the planet and attending doctors just can’t prescribe painkillers to counteract it because the risk of overdose is too high, forcing the patient to feel all the pain and nausea for hours until it exits the system. In some cases, death might occur.

Here are two marine scientists who accidentally stung themselves.

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Xitobandito t1_iyaa2f5 wrote

Lady started rethinking her whole life path during that episode. Straight up wanted to change careers after

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FoodFarmer t1_iyabb6w wrote

I wonder why they don’t just knock you out

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mitchaboomboom t1_iyaelcq wrote

Because it's dangerous

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MedicalJargon-itis t1_iyahee2 wrote

Why would it be dangerous? People undergo general anesthesia all the time.

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Berlinexit t1_iyaioeh wrote

All the time for certain procedures.

For other procedures it's dangerous and your heart could stop.

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MedicalJargon-itis t1_iyajhfg wrote

I'm a physician and routinely prescribe sedating medications. If I were taking care of a patient in that much pain, they could at least get an amnesic like midazolam. Phenobarbital is also very safe and long-acting for sedation. I understand that this is not really an opiate-responsive pain, but that's not the only possible intervention.

I'm not even an anesthesiologist. I feel like this would be well within their wheelhouse.

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Succulentmeditator t1_iyb1gl8 wrote

As narcotics don’t seem to dent the pain, I wonder if a drug for nerve pain like gabapentin might be helpful.

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driverofracecars t1_iyb205r wrote

>get an amnesic

There are drugs that stop you from forming new memories?

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absentmindedjwc t1_iyb544a wrote

Yeah - it prevents any memory retention until it wears off. People wake up in the operating room after a procedure, but they don't "wake up" until that amnesic wears off in recovery.

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Fit_Access9631 t1_iybyg79 wrote

Sounds like bad rape drug for use in horror movies. Can’t imagine there’s a drug that actually exists that makes you unable to form memories.

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absentmindedjwc t1_iyc2o0l wrote

The commonly known date rape drug flunitrazepam is the same category of drugs - a drug depressing neural activity, causing amnesia and loss of consciousness.

Given that it is far cheaper and easier to administer, I don't imagine it'll be replaced by this any time soon.

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kenxzero t1_iyamwoa wrote

I'd wager its better to die in my sleep than writhing in pain. I'd sign a waver.

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pieandablowie t1_iyacew7 wrote

Interesting how extreme pain and a decent dose of ecstacy seem to manifest in very similar ways, physically

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nomnomnomnomRABIES t1_iybq46w wrote

Why can't they use general anaesthetic?

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RedditMayne t1_iybrtvh wrote

The venom works on a variety of pain receptors, and because doctors can’t predict how, how long, or to what degree the venom will affect a person, putting them under can be a risk. There’s more info in the included link.

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chiefapache t1_iy97d8a wrote

Imagine being a lifeguard, watching the seas, minding your own business and some mad bastard comes up to you and slaps you with a jellyfish to prove some scientific theory.

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asian_identifier t1_iy9btn8 wrote

Imagine being a kid, sleeping in bed, enjoying your dream and some mad dad comes up to you and slaps you with a jellyfish to prove some scientific theory

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thisplacemakesmeangr t1_iy9cjix wrote

Imagine being a jellyfish happily blooping thru the ocean when something kidnaps you and uses you as a club to attack bone filled monsters

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DoYaWannaWanga t1_iy9hpu3 wrote

Imagine being a bone, performing your structural function.

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Micah-10 t1_iy9icks wrote

Imagine happily slapping a jellyfish, only to have a lifeguard come up to you

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mrgonaka t1_iy9idhi wrote

just straight up drops it on his face *plop*

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Mattums t1_iy9e95h wrote

I watched something a long time ago about some people who were researching these tiny jellyfish. They always had protective gear but while taking off their suit there was one stuck to it and they got stung. I remember seeing the woman writhe from the waves of pain it caused. They gave her morphine and it didn’t help. Here

I can’t imagine knowing this and letting anyone go through it, even someone you hated. He did that to his son for science. Awful.

Edit: The actual video I was referring to was posted by u/RedditMayne

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StrikeMePurple t1_iybytxb wrote

I used to live by the ocean that had these little fuckers in there during the rainy season, no one swims then, and also because crocodiles but mostly jellyfish. The scary thing is, they are completely invisible in the water. When someone gets stung although very rare, there is no mucking about, stretcher to the ambulance straight to the airport you're on a 3 hour flight to the city, on another ambulance to the hospital, all in agonizing pain that is if you've survived until then. Welcome to Australia friends.

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SubatomicPeen t1_iyclx8c wrote

"Amongst other things, he established that their toxin would not discharge on a synthetic surface and so wore pantyhose when collecting specimens, a practice now adopted by lifesavers at risk of jellyfish stings."

What even 😂

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Landlubber77 t1_iy8sqb7 wrote

> One of the symptoms caused by envenomation from this particular species of jellyfish, however, is the subject denying that they are suffering from any symptoms, and therefore it was difficult to determine if they were in fact suffering from the syndrome he sought out to prove would be caused by the sting.

Lol, one of the symptoms is denying that they're suffering from any symptoms? This seems dubious.

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InappropriateTA t1_iy8tzc1 wrote

Shit, I am not suffering any jellyfish sting symptoms. I must have Irukandji syndrome!

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TillyTheToucan t1_iy92n41 wrote

Gaslighting as a symptom is savage

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JohnBeamon t1_iy9e9u2 wrote

Denial of Irukandji Syndrome symptoms has been successfully treated with Ivermectin in several studies.

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leadchipmunk t1_iy8v8xy wrote

Where is that quote from? I don't see it in OP's link.

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phosphenes t1_iyaoy9t wrote

No recent revisions to that wiki article, no Google hits for that line, nothing even similar on other pages about irukandji syndrome. They made it up as a (moderately funny) joke, or it's a reference I don't get.

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lordyeti t1_iy8t0ba wrote

That's exactly what irukandji wants you to think!

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onemany t1_iy9f1ee wrote

He stung his 9 year old son. What a dick.

He deserves to be stung on his ball bag.

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BiBoFieTo t1_iy8v98a wrote

Nothing says love like scientific experiments on your kids.

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whatproblems t1_iyaws3e wrote

i’m so confident i’ll risk my life, the next generation and some random dude over there!!

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[deleted] t1_iy9fnsm wrote

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ozzian t1_iy9tniy wrote

That’s what the bunyips want you to think…

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2giga2dweebish t1_iya3gr5 wrote

Nah, just go south and you'll be right. Too cold for all the dangerous shit down here.

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krusty556 t1_iyck2ct wrote

Mate that's where the big ones are. What do you think caused the great Australian bite?

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Zacherius t1_iyajsg4 wrote

Theorized as the worst pain known to man. As one stung swimmer said, he wished he was stung by another (far deadlier) box jellyfish because the pain goes away in a couple of hours, or you die.

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on_ t1_iy9va4z wrote

Scientific’s name? Dr Mengele II

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DrownedAmmet t1_iy9noam wrote

He needed a control, so he didn't sting everyone else on Earth

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Glacial_Self t1_iyarfd4 wrote

That'll fuckin do it, mate. Hope he gets some weird award for shittiest parenting that contributes to science.

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BandDirector17 t1_iybc1bz wrote

Sounds like the story of Abraham, Isaac, and the angel, just modified a little, and at the beach.

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bluetheslinky t1_iybl4l3 wrote

Except no godly voices spoke and everyone ended in pain an dborror

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TheLyingProphet t1_iyci692 wrote

so exactly the same gotcha.

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bluetheslinky t1_iycmt53 wrote

Nah, no one was subjected to torturous pain in the story (well maybe the lamb that got sacrificed in the kids stead). My point was that there was no one to be like "wait no, stop, don't actually hurt anyone" in the scientists case, and way more people resulted injured.

How is it exactly the same? (If you're gonna say "because it's imaginary and it never happened, and therefore god couldn't speak to anyone to say that because God doesn't real", please remember we're talking about this referring to it as a STORY.)

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Luckcrisis t1_iycl2v2 wrote

I will admit, that parent does get creative with discipline. If you don't clean your room, it's the jellyfish for you!

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speakeasy-aus t1_iy9zx1b wrote

Little bastards are out now where I live 🤬

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BanVegans t1_iyatvny wrote

Annnddd... Father of the Year Award goes to...

Not this guy.

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Romanian_ t1_iybt410 wrote

It's in the name, dumdum

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frugwa t1_iycgd5z wrote

Ahhh Australia

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