What if I get stung by a scorpion? How to relieve pain quickly? (with treatment method)

Scorpion, also known as the whole worm, is poisonous. Scorpion venom is a protein neurotoxin. If a person is stung by a scorpion, it can cause redness and swelling, severe pain and convulsions, and serious ones will die. So, what if I get stung by a scorpion? How to relieve pain quickly?

Scorpion is a general term for the species of arachnoid scorpions in the phylum Arthropoda of the animal kingdom, and spiders also belong to arachnida. Their typical features include an elongated body, claws, a curved, segmented and stinging tail (rear abdomen). Scorpion is completely carnivorous, and very few species eat a small amount of plant feed (such as whole scorpion) and feed on invertebrates such as spiders, crickets, small centipedes, larvae of many insects and nymphs and even small geckos.

Scorpions have hibernating habits, usually in the middle and last ten days of April, that is, after waking, they begin to hibernate slowly in early November, and the activity time for the whole year is about 6 months. During the day, scorpions usually come out from 8pm to 11:00 after sunset and return to their nests at 2am to 3am the next day. This kind of activity is usually in the warm, windless, dry night, but rarely comes out in windy weather.

Symptoms of being stung by a scorpion:

At the end of the scorpion, there is a hook-shaped thorn connected with the venom gland, from which the venom enters the wound. Scorpion venom contains toxic proteins, mainly neurotoxins, hemolytic toxins, haemorrhagic toxins and toxins that constrict the heart and blood vessels.

Generally speaking, large areas of redness and swelling and sharp pain often occur at the site of scorpion stings, and the symptoms disappear after a few days in mild cases, while chills, fever, nausea and vomiting, muscle rigidity, salivation, headache, dizziness, lethargy, night sweats, rapid breathing and other lesions may occur in severe cases, such as convulsions, visceral bleeding, edema and so on. After children are stung, serious cases can die of respiratory and circulatory failure.

What if I get stung by a scorpion? How to relieve pain quickly?

First of all, don't panic and fear mentally after a scorpion sting. According to relevant reports, there are more than 600 species of scorpions in the world, of which only a few are highly toxic, and people are at risk of being killed once they are stung, and most of them are not fatal, among which the East Asian scorpion bred in China is not fatal, so many scorpion breeders do not deal with them after they are stung by scorpions.

But in any case, it is best to take measures to deal with scorpion stings, just in case.

After being stung by a scorpion, if the scorpion poison needle is broken in the stinging place, the poison needle should be pulled out first. In addition, you should squeeze outward with your fingers around the wound to squeeze out part of the venom. You can also suck the venom by mouth to prevent it from spreading.

Then, begin to apply medicine to the stung area to remove the poison and relieve the pain. Scorpion venom is an acidic venom, the use of alkaline substances and soapy water can appropriately relieve pain.

There are 10 common application methods to relieve symptoms:

① local cold compress, apply the affected area with ice water to prevent spread and relieve pain.

② smeared the affected area with soapy water to neutralize the toxin.

③ smear the affected area with wind oil essence or cool oil (universal oil).

④ smeared the wound with 0.1% potassium permanganate.

⑦ was mashed with 10 grams of aconite and mixed with edible vinegar to smear the wound.

⑧ smear the affected area with 3% ammonia or 5% sodium bicarbonate.

⑨ uses salt therapy, dripping salt saturated solution to the wound, especially 2-3 drops of saturated saline into the eye to stimulate the conjunctiva, which is effective in the treatment of stings.

If there are individual people in the drug smear treatment after the symptoms can not be alleviated, but the emergence of systemic symptoms, such as dizziness and headache, systemic fatigue, or even a drop in blood pressure, foaming at the mouth, breathing difficulties, etc., should be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately.

Inject antiscorpion venom. General hospital anti-scorpion venom. This is a key drug to get rid of scorpion venom, and anti-scorpion venom is actually a protein antibody, just like a person who has tetanus can quickly relieve symptoms by injecting tetanus antitoxin.