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Sea Urchin

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 10:32am
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Location: Riviera del Sol

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Anyone stepped on one my partner did yesterday we think and is in agony and her foot swollen , cant see any spine to pull out.Its like a pulsing thrombin  pain.

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:22am

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Location: Mijas Costa

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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:22am

Urchin spines are inert, however they can get deeply embedded. At a minimum, using a topical antibiotic on the puncture spot can help. Occasionally the site can get infected, red and stay quite painful. In that case they may have to be surgically removed. Personally have a number from living in Hawaii, mine eventually worked out by themselves, did not really hurt. The urchins there are mostly 'longspine', so many centimeters long. People end up bending them, they are britile and break off.

Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:50pm

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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:50pm

if you can cope with it dripping candle wax on to it means the tiny bits come out when peel off the wax,,,,did this when daughter stepped on one...what was amazing was the huge number of tiny splints but they came off in the cold wax

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