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Wilderness: Cone Snail Sting (cont.)

Cone Snail Sting Symptoms

  • Symptoms include intense pain, numbness, and tingling.

  • Symptoms can begin within minutes or take days to appear.

  • Severe cases of cone snail stings involve muscle paralysis, blurred/double vision, and respiratory paralysis, leading to death.



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