# Jellyfish remedy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-remedy/553098>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-remedy/553098 "2010-09-08T20:39:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jonsdad77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@jonsdad77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonsdad77)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-remedy/553098/1 "2010-09-08T20:39:22Z")

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Is it true that peeing on your jellyfish sting will relieve the pain? How? Will anybody’s urine suffice, or only one’s own? And who was the schlub who first thought, "Ow! Shit! That hurts like hell! Hey, maybe if I take a leak on it … "?

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**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-remedy/553098/2 "2010-09-08T21:02:33Z")

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From [this](http://firstaid.about.com/od/bitesstings/f/07_JellyfishPee.htm) the answer would be no.

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**Author:** ![jonsdad77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@jonsdad77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonsdad77)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jellyfish-remedy/553098/3 "2010-09-08T21:37:20Z")

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Sounds good to me – thank you very much!