Wilderness & environmental medicine
Portuguese Man-o'-war (Physalia physalis) Envenomation in a Child: First Confirmed Case in Malaysia.
Jubaida Paraja, Khairun Nisa Sulaiman, Mohamad Hamim Mohamad Hanifah
Published: 202510.1177/10806032251393141
Abstract
We report the first confirmed case of Physalia physalis (Portuguese man-o'-war) envenomation in Malaysia, involving a 9-y-old boy who sustained a sting while swimming off Labuan Island. He experienced sudden, intense burning pain in his right forearm…
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