American soldiers in the Middle East were terrified of poisonous snakes and scorpions

For American soldiers stationed in Iraq, there are things that even frighten them more than enemy fire, which are poisonous snakes and desert scorpions.

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A bite from the indigenous venomous snake in the Middle East , may at first feel harmless, but a few days later, it will cause a common state of clotting disorder, heavy bleeding on many parts of body.

Desert cobra

'Its bite harms secretly. A soldier could see no worries, but two days later, he would die , "said Tom Hudak, a snake expert in Rochester, New York, on the ABC news agency.

Small scorpions use a deadly tail to stab the victim twice in a row. The first time will make the victim feel painful but not dangerous to life. But the second injection will make the victim suffocate quickly. Meanwhile the black snakes in the desert can paralyze the victim, suffocate to death.

These dangerous animals, according to ABC, live heavily in the Iraqi border, northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Scorpions with curved tail contain deadly poison.

According to a study two years ago by the American College of Emergency Physicians, every year more than 100,000 people from the US military and civilian workers as well as military forces Internationally working in venomous areas living in Afghanistan. But there is not enough guidance and support for antitoxin treatment for military hospitals in Afghanistan.

The RT revealed that, even if the US Food and Drug Administration agreed to bring effective antitoxin to Afghanistan, it would not be effective. Because these drugs often treat only snake bites in the United States.

If RT were bitten by any of the 13 venomous snake species in Afghanistan, a soldier could hardly identify which snake it was.

Poisonous snakes, scorpions haunt soldiers on the battlefield.

So, for a long time, the US has had a big 'underground' dependence on Iran's toxic resistance studies. In January 2011, the United States spent US $ 35,650 on Iranian antidote to treat poisonous snake snakes, Oxus cobra (Central Asian cobra).

Tom Harkins, an entomologist who collaborates with the US Army's Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, expressed his desire to have special antidotes and special protective clothing for soldiers. from insect bites.

To minimize the risk of snakebite, Tom Harkins also advises that the military should keep the camp area clean, remove rodents, as they can be prey to attract reptiles like snakes.

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