Las medusas son criaturas marinas que tienen un cuerpo casi transparente con estructuras parecidas a dedos llamadas tentáculos. Las células urticantes que se encuentran dentro de los tentáculos pueden causar daño en caso de entrar en contacto con ellas. Algunas picaduras pueden ocasionar una lesión grave.
Elemento tóxico:
Veneno de medusa
Dónde se encuentra:
Los tipos de medusas abarcan:
Melena de león (Cyanea capillata)
Fisalia o carabela portuguesa (Physalia physalis)
Ortiga de mar (Chyrsaora quinqecirrha), una de las medusas más comunes que se encuentra a lo largo de las costas del golfo y del Atlántico
Avispa de mar (Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsalmus quadrigatus); se encuentra cerca de las costas del norte de Australia y las Filipinas
Nota: esta lista no las incluye a todas.
Fecha de revisión: 10/24/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por:Stephen C. Acosta, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, OR. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc
Referencias
Marx J. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006.
Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001.
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