If you get injured by a stingray, don't panic. And certainly don't mix up stingrays and jellyfish. Your best first option when injured by a stingray is not to urinate on the wound. Instead, pay attention to where the injury is on your body, according to Healthline. If the stingray managed to catch you in a dangerous area, like on your neck or chest, you should head straight to the hospital. Similarly, if you start to feel any allergic symptoms, like a swelling in your throat, you should head to the E.R., since you may be allergic to stingray venom.
However, if your injury, like most stingray injuries, has occurred on your foot or leg, and you feel no allergic symptoms, you can begin to treat the wound yourself, according to the National Capital Poison Center. First, be sure to wash the wound thoroughly, to prevent infection. Then check the wound to see if any bits of the stingray's barb got left behind in your wound. Once you've thoroughly cleaned the area, you might find you are experiencing some lingering pain from the stingray venom. In that case, try soaking your wound in hot water. This treatment has been shown to help alleviate the venom-related pain. Stingray wounds usually heal relatively quickly — within a few days or weeks.
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