{"id":35352,"date":"2013-10-15T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/?post_type=dan_divers_blog&#038;p=35352"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:22:41","slug":"lionfish-stings-in-divers","status":"publish","type":"dan_divers_blog","link":"https:\/\/world.dan.org\/es\/safety-prevention\/diver-safety\/divers-blog\/lionfish-stings-in-divers\/","title":{"rendered":"Picaduras de pez le\u00f3n en buzos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>En el congreso de la Sociedad M\u00e9dica Subacu\u00e1tica e Hiperb\u00e1rica (UHMS) de 2013, el Dr. Dar\u00edo G\u00f3mez, uno de los m\u00e9dicos colaboradores de DAN, present\u00f3 33 casos de buceadores picados por peces le\u00f3n en Cozumel a lo largo de un periodo de tres a\u00f1os. La mayor\u00eda de los buceadores heridos (21) participaban en torneos de captura selectiva de pez le\u00f3n y fueron picados mientras manipulaban la captura; siete intentaban capturar el pez y solo cinco fueron picados accidentalmente. Todos fueron picados en la mano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El pez le\u00f3n es un hermoso pez originario de los arrecifes tropicales de los oc\u00e9anos \u00cdndico y Pac\u00edfico, que en las \u00faltimas d\u00e9cadas se ha extendido hasta el Atl\u00e1ntico. Se trata de un depredador que se alimenta de muchas otras especies y, al carecer de enemigos naturales en el Atl\u00e1ntico, es un&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertdiver.com\/Lionfish_Spread_Unprecedented\">amenaza para el ecosistema del arrecife<\/a>. Por ello, en muchas zonas los buceadores han organizado torneos de pesca con el objetivo de reducir las poblaciones de esta especie invasora. El pez le\u00f3n tiene espinas venenosas que utiliza para defenderse. Algunas estimaciones sit\u00faan el n\u00famero anual de picaduras de pez le\u00f3n en 50 000 en todo el mundo, cifra solo superada por las de las rayas. La cifra parece muy elevada, pero el hecho de que el pez le\u00f3n se mantenga con frecuencia en acuarios dom\u00e9sticos y de que los buceadores lo persigan deliberadamente puede explicar este n\u00famero. DAN ofrece&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertdiver.com\/Lionfish_Tournaments_Safety_Tips\">consejos de seguridad para buceadores<\/a>&nbsp;que tengan previsto participar en estos torneos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las espinas del pez le\u00f3n provocan una&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/education\/stories\/lionfish\/glossary.html#v\">venenosa<\/a>&nbsp;picadura que provoca un dolor ardiente que puede durar varios d\u00edas y que puede ir acompa\u00f1ada de sudoraci\u00f3n, dificultad respiratoria y otros s\u00edntomas, entre los que se incluye incluso la par\u00e1lisis. El veneno es una combinaci\u00f3n de prote\u00ednas, una toxina&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/education\/stories\/lionfish\/glossary.html#n\">neuromuscular<\/a>&nbsp;y una&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/education\/stories\/lionfish\/glossary.html#n\">neurotransmisor<\/a>&nbsp;llamado&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/education\/stories\/lionfish\/glossary.html#a\">acetilcolina<\/a>. La toxina se desnaturaliza con el calor, y la inmersi\u00f3n en un ba\u00f1o de agua caliente (114 \u00b0F, 45 \u00b0C) es una medida de&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertdiver.com\/Marine_Envenomations_Vertebrates\">primeros auxilios recomendados<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todos los pacientes de la serie descrita fueron tratados sumergiendo la mano picada en un ba\u00f1o de agua caliente (sin que llegara a quemar) y con f\u00e1rmacos antiinflamatorios no esteroideos (AINE). Todos los pacientes respondieron bien al tratamiento con agua caliente. Adem\u00e1s, se les aplic\u00f3 un tratamiento de la herida y se les recomend\u00f3 que se sometieran a profilaxis antitet\u00e1nica. No se notificaron complicaciones. La picadura no pareci\u00f3 disuadir a los buceadores de participar en torneos de pesca del pez le\u00f3n, ya que nueve de ellos fueron picados m\u00e1s de una vez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten en cuenta que la picadura del pez le\u00f3n puede tener consecuencias m\u00e1s graves en ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os y en adultos con enfermedades card\u00edacas o con el sistema inmunitario debilitado.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionfish are incredibly poisonous with a burning pain that can last for days. 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