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EVER BEEN STUNG BY BOX
FELLYFISH?
YOU KNOW IT HURTS.
WOULD YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR
$100.
CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP
FIND A FIRST AID TRIEMENTD FOR
BOX FELLYFISH STRINGS.
HERE TO TELL US MORE OUR LEAD
RESEARCHER DR. ANGEL YANAGIHARA
AND DR. ISABEL.
OUCH.
FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
STUNG, THEY KNOW HOW BAD IT
HURTS.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, WHAT
ARE BOX FELLYFISH?
THEY'RE A CERTAIN CLASS OF
JELLYFISH THAT HAVE A BOXY BODY
PLAN.
THEY LOOK LIKE A CUBE.
THERE'S OVER 40 DIFFERENT
CORNERS THAT COULD HAVE FOUR
TENTACLES AND SOME HAVE OVER 16
TENTACLES.
John: WHEN A HAWAIIAN BOX
FELLYFISH IS A STING HAZARD FOR
THOSE IN THE WATER.
WE'RE FORTUNATE IN HAWAI'I
THAT'S OUR MAIN SPECIES TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT.
THEY ONLY COME UP FROM THE DEEP
EIGHT TO TEN DAYS AFTER EACH
FULL MOON.
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVE
CYCLE, THEY'RE ABOUT 300 PLUS
FEET BELOW THE SEA LEVEL.
THEY ONLY COME UP EIGHT TO TEN
DAYS AFTER THE FULL MOON.
MOSTLY AFTER THE NIGHT HIGH
TIDE.
FROM ABOUT 2:00 A.M. TO 6:00
A.M.
SOME STAY AROUND IN SOME BEACHS,
BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT'S VERY
SPECIFIC DAYS AND TIMES OF THE
LUNAR CYCLE.
John: I APPRECIATE YOU
PINPOINTING.
THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T BEEN
STUNG, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
HAPPENS?
IT'S REALLY MARKABLE.
THE TENTACLE IS FILLED WITH TINY
CAPSULES AND EACH ONE HAS A
MICROSPOTTIC INJECTION APPARATUS
THAT PENETRATES THROUGH YOUR
SKIN.
DEPOSITING THAT VENOM INTO THE
SKIN AND BLOOD STREAM.
THE VENOM STARTS DESTROYING
CELLS, WHICH IS WHAT CAUSES
IMMEDIATE PAIN.
John: YOU'RE OFFERING FOLKS
$100 TO GET TURNING -- STUNG BY
ONE OF THESE.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
WHAT DOES THIS GO FOR?
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH WITH THE CLINICAL
TRIALS?
IT'S WHEN JOIN PAIR A
PARTICIPATE WITH TREATMENT.
AND YOU MEASURE THE OUT CUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING
VINEGAR FOLLOWED BY HOT PACK.
AND VINEGAR FOLLOWED BY COLD
PACK.
AND STING NO MORE SPRAY FOLLOWED
BY THE CREAM.
WE CAN MEASURE IT WITH THE SAME
TYPE OF -- SORRY TO BE REDUN --
REDUNDANT.
SAME MEASUREMENT.
John: ONE PERSON GETS STUNG
ONE TIME?
TWO TIMES.
IT'S RANDOM.
I SHOULD BACK UP AND SAY THAT
WE'VE SUSPENDED RECRUITMENT FOR
NOW.
WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR OUR FIRST GO
AROUND.
John: OH.
RIGHT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO APPLY
FOR BEING STUNG BY A BOX
FELLYFISH.
WE'LL BE PUBLICIZING THIS IN
THE NEXT ROUND, WHICH IS
NOVEMBER.
John: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME THINGS YOU BROUGHT HERE.
THESE ARE THINGS YOU CAN KIND AT
STORES.
THIS IS A PACK.
A HEAT PACK.
AND YOU BREAK THIS CAPSULE.
CORRECT.
THE ICE PACKS ARE EASY TO DO.
IT CAN BE ICE WATER IN A ZIP
LOCK BAG OR FIRST RESPONDERS
OFTEN HAVE CHEMICAL.
THIS IS MILITARY GRADE HOT PACK
THAT REACHES THE PERFECT
TEMPERATURE AND MAINTAINS IT FOR
45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY USING THESE
HIGHLY SPECIFIC HOT PACKS THAT
GO 42 TO 43 DEGREES CENTIGRADE.
THAT'S THE HOT PACK.
AND THE STING NO MORE SPRAY AND
CREAM IS AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN
ABC STORES.
AND YOB LINE -- YOB ONLINE AT STING NO
MORE.COM.
THIS IS APPROVED AND ON THE
John: AND THEY WORK.
YES.
WOEWE HAVE OVER FIVE HUNDRED CASE
REPORTS.
SO THE DATA IS VERY STRONG.
TO ABOUT A PAIRED COMPARISON
WITH CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT AND
THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ASSESS THE RELATIVE --
Kristine: THANK
John:.
THANK YOU.
RECRUITMENT IS SUSPENDED BUT IS
THERE A WEBSITE SO FOLKS KNOW
WHEN IT'S OPEN?
WE'LL PUT THAT ON WHEREVER
THEY'VE SEEN THE FLIER.
SORRY.
John: WE'LL HAVE SOME