It's been a long time so I don't really remember that much. I know that it started turning rashy red very quickly & the only sensation that I had for a couple of days was itching. . It never really bruised but got very swollen & extremely red & super itchy. Then it was painful but I think that most of the pain was swelling related. It itched me like crazy for weeks & when the skin started sloughing of course it was painful.
I got stung on the knuckle & the skin was broken ther in a tiny place from the skelleton of the coral. It swelled, bubbled & blistered. A situation that I don't care to ever repeat. I have a very very healthy respect for that coral now & never do anything near it in my tank without gloves.