Recently, a man swimming on the shore of Haicang Bay in Xiamen was bitten by a fish, and the tendons and nerves of his fingers were bitten off!
Speaking of that experience, Ah Yong (pseudonym) still has a lingering feeling, "I threw the fish away fiercely, it bit my thigh twice, and I will never swim in Haicang Bay again!" Because of the fish bite, he was hospitalized in Xiamen Haicang Hospital for 7 days, and was diagnosed with two tendons and one nerve in his finger.
The reporter saw that the little finger of his left hand had two ring-shaped wounds, like two red rings. Ah Yong said with certainty that his finger had been bitten by a fish while swimming. "When I found out that my finger was bitten, I threw the fish away fiercely, but I didn't expect it to bite my thigh twice, which was too fierce."
At that time, the situation was urgent, he did not see the appearance of the fish, it felt only the size of a palm. "Fortunately, it was the finger that was bitten, otherwise it would have been more dangerous." Ah Yong said that he covered his injured left hand with his right hand and swam tens of meters hard before returning to the shore.
The place where Ah Yong's accident occurred was in the sea area of Haicang Bay near Cape Nine, and insiders said that the sea area was full of dangers, and drowning accidents often occurred in previous years, "if you swim slowly, you are easily attacked by fish."
There are still many people swimming in the sea area where the incident occurred.
However, there are still a group of swimmers who often gather there to swim. Lao Huang is one of the group, he said, after the Dragon Boat Festival, some swimmers are often bitten by fish or stung by jellyfish. In most cases, the fish run away with a bite, but they are not particularly badly injured.
"The most common thing you encounter when swimming in the sea is jellyfish." Lao Huang said that many jellyfish flocked to swim enthusiasts and passed by, directly stung people's skin. "A lot of people will be 'swept' by jellyfish, and the places they touch, like rashes, are also a bit like allergies, especially uncomfortable. Some people rush to the hospital, and some people are more indifferent and go home to apply the ointment. ”
Stung by jellyfish (courtesy of netizen Cape Brother)
Lao Huang said that some fish are very fierce, and one bite leaves four tooth marks. He slowly summed up a rule that if you slowly swim back to the shore, you are easily attacked by fish, "so I always pounce hard back to the shore, there is a lot of movement, the fish have not attacked me." ”
Doctor: If you are bitten or stabbed by a fish, you should see a doctor in time
Zhu Zhao, an attending doctor in the department of orthopedics at Haicang Hospital, said that both wounds on Ah Yong's left little finger were very deep and were probably bitten twice, resulting in the breaking of two tendons and a nerve.
Xie Wensheng, chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics of Haicang Hospital, reminds:
When swimming, if you are bitten by a fish or stabbed by a spinal spine of a fish, you should seek medical attention in time, otherwise you may be infected with Vibrio vulnificus. He said that when a woman was handling live fish at home, she was stabbed by a fish thorn and stabbed her finger, and at first she did not care, nor did she disinfect it well, and then her fingers repeatedly broke and pus, and her skin became black and necrotic. After being hospitalized, the doctor cleaned up the necrotic lesions, and after anti-infection infusion treatment and acute skin grafting, the woman saved her fingers. "The reason her injuries were so serious was because she was infected with Vibrio vulnificus."
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Bite or blowfish only attack people when they are threatened
What is this animal that can bite a person so hard?
Zhu Jialin, author of "Xiamen Eating the Sea" and an expert who is well versed in marine fish in southern Fujian, said that the wound on Ah Yong's finger was curved and there were two places, which should have been bitten twice by the same fish. Extrapolating from the shape of the wound, it is likely that the biting person is a pufferfish.
Zhu Jialin said that the puffer fish in this season is almost the size of an adult's palm, and its bite force is very strong, biting the finger, it will indeed cause a certain depth of wounds. "At present, it is in the fishing moratorium period, and the puffer fish in this season is more active in the offshore, the sea area of Haicang Bay is connected with the mouth of the Jiulong River, fresh water and seawater meet, and the water body is rich in nutrients, becoming the most favorite sea area for puffer fish to feed."
According to the survey data of swimming animals in Xiamen Bay in the spring of 2020, fishermen caught a total of 45 species of fish in Xiamen Bay, of which there are three species of pufferfish: the moon-bellied thornfish, the transverse oriental pufferfish, and the double-spotted oriental pufferfish. Ma Chao said that the pufferfish is known to everyone in Xiamen, its temperament is fierce, can bite off the fishing line, fish hook, but it does not belong to the animal that bites people, the reason why it is aggressive is because it is threatened.
In addition to being bitten by fish, the legendary "silent killer in the ocean" must also be understood.
Vibrio vulnificus
Vibrio vulnificus, also known as Vibrio marineis, Vibrio marinearum, is known as the "silent killer of the ocean". After a person is infected, once shock occurs, the mortality rate exceeds 50%. There are generally two ways to infect the human body: one is wound infection, if the wound is exposed to seawater containing this bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus will multiply on the wound; second, eating raw seafood may also be infected, and gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain will occur.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that if you are injured swimming in the sea, you still have to seek medical treatment in time!
Source: Xiamen Daily