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If you are bitten by a pout ... hot!

pout brava (Trachinus lineatus), common in the south coast of Galicia, is a small fish 10 to 15 cm in summer rises to the seashore where the water covers them little more than a meter, remaining partially buried in the sand. The area has a first dorsal fin cut with poisonous spines, and its rear part a short spur robust and equally poisonous. The bite produces a sharp and intense pain that radiates rapidly to the affected limb, may persist for 12 to 24 hours, causing swelling, numbness and pallor.

This is the procedure to follow in case you get stung by a pout:

First clean the wound with cold saline to drag the remains of integument and sting, causing local vasoconstriction which reduces the amount of venom into the blood. Not recommended for application of tourniquets. The injury must be explored thoroughly to integumentary remnants are preventing the barb, which contain poison glands and can perpetuate the poisoning.

immediately immersed the injured limb in hot water about 45 º C for about 30-90 minutes, which destroys the toxin of the pout, which is thermolabile. In case you do not have hot water on hand is recommended to use hot beach sand. Should take some oral pain medication to relieve pain. Sometimes it is so intense that require a local infiltration with novocaine, or regional anesthesia with lidocaine or bupivacaine. The

injured limb should be at rest and a little high. We should avoid the use of cold, corticosteroids and antihistamines do not seem to have great advantages. The use of muscle relaxants can be helpful.

Source: Official College of Pharmacists of A Coruña