If you develop symptoms following contact with water containing cyanobacteria, immediately cease any contact with the water.
Rinse your skin with proper water. If this takes place at a public beach, immediately inform the person in charge.
If the symptoms persist or if your state of health worries you, immediately dial the Info-Santè number (811) or contact your family doctor.
Note that the symptoms found below can be brought on by other than cyanobacteria (for example: fecal materials in the water or bather dermatitis).
Through direct contact
- Irritation of the skin
- Irritation of the nose
- Irritation of the throat
- Irritation of the eyes.
Through ingestion
- Stomach ache
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Nausea
More rarely:
- Vertigo
- Headache
- Fever
- Liver damage
- Damage to the nervous system
