Dr Amir Khan

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9,295 appearances 21 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

Dr Amir Khan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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No Appointment Necessary · The Travel Health Tips Every Holidaymaker Needs · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

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As hot water as you can tolerate, try and bathe the wound in that and that just eases the pain and then it's kind of ibuprofen, paracetamol. voice-verified

They do work to a degree. voice-verified

Nothing's going to get rid of all that pain, but it will just ease it a little bit until it passes. voice-verified

What about something like ice? voice-verified

Can you ice pack it? voice-verified

You can ice pack it. voice-verified

The general advice is hot water rather than cold, cold water. voice-verified

The issue is you don't want to ice it too much because part of your immune response, you want the blood to flow there so your immune system can sort it out. voice-verified

And if you ice it, it causes your blood vessels to constrict and stops that from happening. voice-verified

So hot water is thought to be better in that situation. voice-verified

situation. voice-verified

For most European countries, that is enough. voice-verified

You know, just doing what I've said is enough. voice-verified

If you're somewhere more tropical, where there might be more venomous or more dangerous jellyfish stings, I'm not an expert in those jellyfish. voice-verified

I would always, if your symptoms seem disproportionate to what's happened and you're having a terrible reaction... voice-verified

Or if you just need some help with pain relief, go to the local doctors and they will know more about those specific jellyfish there. voice-verified

It's not about the jellyfish anymore. voice-verified

So, first of all, voice-verified

know you're you're going to have a serious anaphylactic reaction to a wasp or a bee sting and you know that you must do your epi pen which is your adrenaline pen and get medical help you know if you know you're going to have that reaction because some people have life-threatening reactions to bees and wasps if you're not that person for a bee sting the bees leave their stinger in you right that's what kills them because they they put the sting in it hooks it sticks in you and then they try and pull out but the stinger sticks there and off they go without half with their entrails leaving in you and they die voice-verified

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