To F.B.I., N.C.I.S., C.I.A., All South Vietnamese & Springvale, Australian Police Department: Bluebottle "Jellyfish" Or Portuguese Man o' War Sting

http://www.planetdeadly.com/animals/dangerous-jellyfish

I was stung in Hampton Beach by a large, soccer-ball sized one, definitely blue-colored, but fortunately I was taking physician- prescribed vitamins and walking three miles/day, everyday, beforehand. It can be serious for the very fragile, pregnant, elderly, or the very young. Mostly its body brushed up against me, more than its legs/trailing tentacles.

I got severely abused, after being stung by that bluebottle/Portuguese Man o' War, which is quite traumatic. If you're in the ocean with an abuser, they'll most likely shove you into the bluebottle, or Portuguese Man o' War "jellyfish" on purpose. That's another case of aggravated assault with a weapon that's happened to me

It did feel extremely painful at the stung, red, slightly-raised site (covering 1/2 of my right calf), but I didn't lose consciousness in the water. It's like being hit by lightning/electrocuted, and the pain was a seven on scale of one to ten. Childbirth without an epidural is a ten, on that same scale. I was only 88 pounds (at 4'11 and 3/4), disabled and abused, which is why it was more severely painful for me.

It seriously hurt (referring to the electrical injury pain) for over two weeks, but the pain started to dramatically fade after one week. Loss of consciousness is a risk with the bluebottle/Portuguese Man o' War "jellyfish," which can cause a drowning death, extended, unconscious state, fever, or severe, life-threatening shock, heart and lung impairment.

The Hampton (Victoria, Australia) tides can bring a large group of them into the shallower areas, 20 feet deep, close to shore, quite rapidly though. Sometimes the tides can be extremely powerful, with a large amount of seaweed-covered, sharp coral beds, that you can be thrown towards, there.

If swimming, wear pool/water shoes, a full wetsuit, and avoid going out without a local lifeguard present. I found that it's safest, as usual, to just avoid swimming in the beach. It's beautiful for late afternoon walks on the shoreline though.

Info links on bluebottle, or Portuguese Man o' War "jellyfish" treatments:

http://www.mydr.com.au/allergy/bluebottle-stings

Irukandji Syndrome (mostly for Northern Australian jellyfish varieties):

http://m.australianprescriber.com/magazine/30/5/117/21/

It's best to see a medical doctor following any jellyfish or bluebottle "jellyfish" sting. The challenge is if you're being abused about seeing your medical doctors, then the abusers will escalate their violence towards you. I took a dose of Aussie Tylenol, called paracetamol, by mouth, then cleaned the sting site.

Everyday, three times per day, I disinfected, then applied an over-the-counter, numbing, lidocaine & hydrocortisone ointment with an antiseptic for insect bites. I took a dose of paracetamol by mouth everyday for a week. It didn't scar, or get too swollen. Some doctors actually treat those types of stings with hospitalization, oxygen, prescription-grade cortisone, lidocaine, and morphine.

The worse thing was being severely abused for it, as a disabled veteran, then punished repeatedly, including by Caucasian police, for telling my V.A. doctor about it. I saw many V.A. doctors, and one Caucasian, female, Princeton University, M.D. even sexually assaulted me there. Sometimes I think it was because I refused the abortion pill she offered me, but I wasn't even pregnant at the time, Focus On The Family. These rapist, hate criminals prey upon Christian homeschooling Moms and those who believe in God, Columbine High School families.