How to treat when you have a bite

A quick and effective way to deal with a bite will help keep the victim alive. Sometimes in the house you appear centipede with scary shape. When unfortunately a centipede bite, if not handled promptly can cause poisoning and sometimes lead to death. So how should we handle it when we have a bite?

Centipede is a toxic insect, the centipede has a pair of claws in the mouth area containing toxins, when biting poison will follow the strokes into the victim's body and cause headaches, fever, nausea, convulsions and kidneys is comatose. The bigger the centipede, the more toxin is pumped into the body after each bite and can be life-threatening if not treated promptly.

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Some cases when the bite is infected

Case 1: The centipede only causes skin allergies, then it goes away.

Case 2: After the bite, the victim's body feels dizzy, tinnitus, even vomiting and convulsions. This proves that toxicity has penetrated deep into the body and is very dangerous.

Symptoms of poisoning when infected with a centipede

All centipedes have venom, the degree of poisoning depends on their size, number of burns (once or many times)

Symptoms in place : 2 teeth marks, from mild to severe

  1. Severe pain, redness, puffiness, can cause shallow necrosis at the bite that lasts several weeks.
  2. Causing muscle weakness in place
  3. Itching
  4. Anesthesia
  5. Edema
  6. Lymph nodes
  7. May cause bleeding but transient.

Systemic symptoms :

  1. Fever, fatigue, body aches.
  2. Rapid breathing, cough, sore throat
  3. Inflammation of the lymphatic system, lymphadenopathy
  4. Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea,

Time to appear symptoms

As soon as the bite is painful, then gradually reduce but the swelling may last 1-2 days. Most of the symptoms in the place gradually diminish within 1-2 days. Symptoms of whole body if there are 4-5 hours.

How to treat when you have a bite

For case 1: The bite marks only a small wound, no toxins are pumped into the body. We can use a little bit of wind oil to apply to the wound.

For case 2: The victim has been poisoned by centipedes and toxins in the body causing poisoning.

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There are many drugs for effective treatment of bites. Dao people often use 2 medicines to apply to the bite, that is: chicken or snail saliva (snail on land or underwater can be used).

In fact, chicken is the death of centipede. The chicken has many mysteries in relation to centipedes in particular, to the universe and people in general. The most important 'killer' role of chickens for the centipede is its drool. Chicken drool can neutralize centipede's venom and digest the centipede into delicious chicken food. So chicken drool has become a very effective antipyretic remedy.

How to use medicine

When you have a centipede bite, first take a cloth, string or look for something that can be tied to the top of the bite (squeeze the rod) to limit the venom to the heart. Then catch a chicken immediately, use the finger of the throat to get the saliva and apply it to the bite bite. Doing so two or three times the pain will subside. If there are no chickens, it is necessary to find snails instead of snails and centipedes also have a mysterious relationship.

Some tips or treatment when you have a bite

  1. Garlic crushed to cover, very quickly all aches and pains.
  2. The chrysanthemum flower seeds are chewed or finely crushed, and drink the juice with residue on the centipede bite.
  3. One-armed vegetables are washed, crushed, crushed, placed on the bite of the centipede.
  4. The bears are washed and crushed to cover.
  5. Sesame seeds a small pinch, crushed, covered in the wound.
  6. Peppermint leaves are washed and crushed to cover.
  7. Bitter melon seeds are washed, pounded to cover or add a little vinegar and then put it in the mouth, swallowing water slowly, covering up the pain.
  8. Taro stalks are stripped of shells, finely crushed, mixed with coconut oil and lime residue to eat betel nut, covering the bite, very quickly.
  9. Using lemon or garlic basil crushed, mix with coconut oil and lime to chew betel on the bite.
  10. Chilli leaves are crushed, covering the wound until the pain is gone, the day is 1-2 times until it is gone.

My father often said: prevention is better than cure. Thus, in the home should remove all items such as brooms, old furniture, carpets, wet cloth out or put up high . to avoid centipedes nesting. Do not allow children to play in a damp place with lots of furniture, brick old tiles that are prone to bite. And in particular, it is necessary to perform a general cleaning around the house, filling the sewer to kill centipedes.