Experience of preventing and treating ants in three burning chambers

People in many regions throughout the country have been very confused over the past time because the three-chamber ants appear much and burn people. Therefore, every citizen needs to know how to prevent it.

Learn about ant three compartments

The three ants have the scientific name of Paederus fuscipes Curtis , of the Staphilinidae family (penguin), the Hard Wing. This insect has a slender, long stem like a grain of rice (1-1.2cm long, 2-3mm across), many different colors, looking like ants.

In response to VTC, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Quang, head of the Insects Department, Quy Nhon Institute of Malaria-Parasitology-Insects said that on the body of the ants, there are toxins called Pederin (C ₂₄ H ₄₃ O ₉ N) , has a toxicity of 12-15 times the snake venom but with small contact and only on the skin, it is not enough to cause death as snake venom. Pederin is in animal blood. When the animal is dead and for 8 years, toxicity still exists.

Ants three compartments.

Dr. Nguyen Van Huynh (Can Tho University) children have pederin toxin in a pair of glands at the end of the abdomen to protect eggs when laying off from other natural enemies. So if the animal is rubbed or bumped, the toxin can be excreted, sticking to the skin of the person with a burning sensation, pain.

Where do three-cell ants live?

Three-chamber ants often live in rice fields, grasses, gardens, landfills, construction works . They appear a lot at the beginning of the rainy season and prefer night light. After the rain, flooded water they no longer have residence, should fly into the house under lights, parked on clothes, face towels, bedding, blankets. The three-chamber ants often secrete fluid that can damage human skin if exposed to this fluid.

This species occurs at the beginning of the rainy season when there is high humidity, especially after heavy rains in the beginning of the season . They often live in rice fields, eat brown plant hoppers and are very fond of light, so they often go to lamps with brown plant hoppers in areas where there are many rice fields around.

The poison of the three-chamber ants when exposed to the skin causes skin burns, dermatitis, causing burning like acidosis. Many people who do not know how to use ants to kill hands accidentally use that hand to contact other skin areas that make these places not burned ants still hurt.

Three-chamber ants lesions are usually in the form of erythema, vesicles, pustules, mouth-like sores so called 'kissing lesson' is a unique sign only in dermatitis. exposure by insects.

Clinical manifestations when being bitten by ants:

1. The basic lesions are in the form of red, clustered, streaked, in the direction of waving, slightly rough background, with small blisters or pustules in the middle, with slightly concave areas of yellowish brown, round or oval .
2. Dermatitis usually occurs in open areas of the body such as face, neck, chest, nape, shoulders, arms.
3. The lesion continues to appear even if there is no presence of tricuspid ants if the itch is scratching off the healing skin, especially the folds.
4. Patients with burning sensations in place, lesions on a large scale children can have mild fever, floating nearby lymph nodes.

Disease progression after being bitten by ants:

1. After being bitten by ants, the patients felt tingling.
2. 6-8 hours after the appearance of red rash, red inlaid.
3. The next 12-24 hours appear typical injuries.
4. After 3 days, the lesions began to help burn and flake.
5. After 5-7 days, flake off, but leave it deep for a long time.

Contact dermatitis when being poisoned by ant three compartments.(Illustration).

Handle at home when ants are burned

1. When exposed to the toxin of the three-chamber ants, the exposed skin area may appear erythema and itching. Immediately use a gentle wash of saline to clean toxins on the skin.
2. Then use a pool of water on the affected skin for the purpose of cooling the skin, avoiding blistering.
3. When the skin has a rash, blister like a burn, continue using a topical pool to clean and soothe the skin.
4. If the lesion area appears pus, apply methylene blue solution to the wound for antiseptic, avoiding infection.
5. When the wound is dry, no longer draining, use antibiotic-containing , antibiotic-containing, mild and moderate anti-bacterial topical medications (eg, fucidin-H, fucicort) to apply, help the wound heal.
6. If severely injured, a doctor must prescribe medication with an external topical to prevent the risk of systemic allergies or severe superinfection.

How to prevent ant three burning chambers

Instead of destroying, find ways to chase them out of your environment.

Triple ants are not active insects that burn people and are not insects that transmit disease, so it's not really obnoxious as people are still prejudiced about it.

Moreover, ant three-compartment belongs to beneficial insects , still considered a friend of the farmer. So do not try to destroy the three-chamber ants, but try to scare them away from your environment.

The ways to prevent ants in the three-compartment should be:

1. Keep the door closed so ants can't get into the house.
2. Leave the curtain to cover the light outside to attract ants three compartments.
3. Making insect preventive mesh in windows, air vents.
4. In the evening, do not turn on neon lights, do not sit near light sources.
5. If possible, turn on the balcony light to attract the three ants outside, not to enter the house anymore.
6. When in contact with a three-chamber ant, wear gloves or use soft tissue paper, should not be in direct contact.