Hammer coral stung me...

[Chrisd143]

So I was doing some work in the display and I had a little cut on my wrist, I knew I brushed up against the hammer because it stung like crazy. Now 2 days later its swollen and red and has a little pus starting... What do I do?

 

[GlassMunky]

Put antibiotics on it immediately. Infections are no joke

 

[sixty_reefer]

You need to go and see a doctor asap, someone had something similar a few days ago, he tough it was stung by a catalaphyllia looking for the thread now.

 

[Katrina71]

Agreed. Seek medical attention.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Here’s the thread go and see a doctor @Arylus could you advise plz

Getting stung by an elegance coral

so i got stung, badly. but there is almost no information on the web about what to do and what to expect. so i though i will record it so others may benefit and learn from my mistake. i got stung cleaning the aquarium and my mistake was not wearing gloves, normally this is no problem, but if...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[dank reefer]

Good thing it wasn't Charlie.

 

[Gareth elliott]

You never know what your allergic too, any swollen tissue after 48 hours indicates some level of allergy.
Agree above see a doctor, creams for poison ivy will provide some relief while you wait for your appointment or a single dose of Benadryl.
Triple antibiotic cream can also be applied.
i use my coral dip detol for any scrapes i get in my tank.
There are at least 3 genus’s of bacteria common in our tanks that can cause human illnesses, some requiring few individuals to cause an infection.

 

[dank reefer]

If you have Iodine available you can use some of it as well.

 

[Chrisd143]

Thanks everyone. Its been a couple days and I just cleaned it with peroxide and used neosporin and it's not even red anymore. I was freaking out for a second...

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Glad you are okay brother. No infection I presume?

 

[MichaelReefer]

So I was doing some work in the display and I had a little cut on my wrist, I knew I brushed up against the hammer because it stung like crazy. Now 2 days later its swollen and red and has a little pus starting... What do I do?

If there is Puss, it is infected. Go see a doctor.