unbreakable wrote: at least he didn't suffer or anything..
Contact with the stinger causes local trauma (from the cut itself), pain and swelling from the venom, and possible infection from parts of the stinger left in the wound. Injuries to humans include, but are not limited to: poisoning, punctures, severed arteries and possible death.
Treatment for stings includes the application of near-scalding water, which helps ease pain by denaturing the complex venom protein, and antibiotics. Immediate injection of local anaesthetic in and around the wound can help, as can the use of adjunct opiates such as intramuscular pethidine.
Even if the poisonous barb had not of punctured his heart directly, I doubt he'd have not gone through considerible pain.
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