Catalog

Physalia sting

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Physalia sting – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2033931884

Envenomation from contact with the marine hydrozoans Physalia physalis (Atlantic Portuguese man-of-war) or Physalia utriculus (Indo-Pacific Portuguese man-of-war), which presents acutely with severe pain distributed like a whip lash with multiple long thin linear urticarial weals which may blister and ulcerate. Systemic involvement with shock, haemolysis and respiratory failure may occur.