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[Scotty91]

lad well 31 year old aparently bean stung in a bad way with a weva fish and 999 was called for paramedics

[The Jester]

Nasty , hope he's ok....

[garyp]

Was a bloke with his kid on Warkworth caught one on Sunday when we were there, luckily Jim spotted what it was and told him what to do. The bloke was actually touching it as well to get it off the hook.

[Kris H]

My mate caught two on a spinner on Saturday morning off Blyth pier. Nasty little buggers!

[kopite2k06]

Seen one caught on Friday on blyth had to tell the lad as he was about ta touch it never seen someone move so quick ha ha

[stevenswales]

aye its true!

i was on there with a mate fishing for plaice when the ambulance went past us.

kinda surprised he didnt take someones head off with the size of his trace it had to have been 8ft long!! lol

we started on the end but soon moved after seeing some of the fancy casting!!!

[g4jnw]

The thing is not to panic with a weever fish sting, there has only been one recorded death in the uk and that was in 1933 and was multiple stings and the victim possibly had underlying health problems.
Panic makes the sting worse, immerse the limb in as hot water as the victim can take (without scalding) and this should relieve the pain.
Then calmly take him/her to A&E

It is a very painful sting and pain can last up to 2 weeks, its always worth getting checked out incase one of the spines are still left in as these can cause infection - hope this helps

[stevenswales]

The thing is not to panic with a weever fish sting, there has only been one recorded death in the uk and that was in 1933 and was multiple stings and the victim possibly had underlying health problems.
Panic makes the sting worse, immerse the limb in as hot water as the victim can take (without scalding) and this should relieve the pain.
Then calmly take him/her to A&E

It is a very painful sting and pain can last up to 2 weeks, its always worth getting checked out incase one of the spines are still left in as these can cause infection - hope this helps

good advice!

ones question: where would you get the hot water if your a few miles from the nearest kettle or hot water tap?

[davidhayley1945]

the thing is not to panic with a weever fish sting, there has only been one recorded death in the uk and that was in 1933 and was multiple stings and the victim possibly had underlying health problems.
Panic makes the sting worse, immerse the limb in as hot water as the victim can take (without scalding) and this should relieve the pain.
Then calmly take him/her to a&e

it is a very painful sting and pain can last up to 2 weeks, its always worth getting checked out incase one of the spines are still left in as these can cause infection - hope this helps

the thing is there is no hot water on the end of a pier as the sting swells up within 10 minutes,a lot of anglers carry antiseptic wipes in there boxs so wrap up in one ,if gets worse go to a/e,been stung three times showing r/m that there not tiny whiting,the swelling went down after half hour,its the same as bees and wasp stings some people suffer moe than others.davy.

[g4jnw]

good advice!

ones question: where would you get the hot water if your a few miles from the nearest kettle or hot water tap?

HaHa obviously you don't carry a flask of tea like me then!

[g4jnw]

the thing is there is no hot water on the end of a pier as the sting swells up within 10 minutes,a lot of anglers carry antiseptic wipes in there boxs so wrap up in one ,if gets worse go to a/e,been stung three times showing r/m that there not tiny whiting,the swelling went down after half hour,its the same as bees and wasp stings some people suffer moe than others.davy.

Antiseptic wipes yep also carry those, good advice on those, stung 3 times ouch, been lucky myself as i normally just cut the line.

In my job seen quite a few stings and bites of all descriptions even a dog with a barbed hook through its tongue - good old NHS treat anyone - lol and his dog

[stevenswales]

HaHa obviously you don't carry a flask of tea like me then!

not in the middle of summer i dont!!

[lingking]

not in the middle of summer i dont!!

nowt better on a scorcher of a day than a good cup of tea,works for me,better than any cold drink

[codseeker]

nice cup of scad

[lingking]

nice cup of scad

nowt to beat it trev,and especially if its made for ya