What if I get bitten by a centipede?

Abstract: what if you are bitten by a centipede? Small centipede bite, only in the local redness, swelling, pain. Bitten by a large centipede, it can cause lymphangitis and tissue necrosis, sometimes the whole limb appears purple epilepsy. Some can see headache, fever, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and even dyspnea, convulsions, coma and other systemic symptoms. If you are bitten by a red-headed, black-body, yellow-footed centipede in the Yangtze River valley, the bite will quickly cause severe pain.

Small centipede bite, only in the local redness, swelling, pain. Bitten by a large centipede, it can cause lymphangitis and tissue necrosis, sometimes the whole limb appears purple epilepsy. Some can see headache, fever, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and even dyspnea, convulsions, coma and other systemic symptoms. If you are bitten by a red-headed, black-body, yellow-footed centipede in the Yangtze River valley, the bite will quickly produce severe pain, generally within 2 hours, severe pain in the elbow joint, severe pain in the armpit within 3 hours, and faint pain in the chest within 4-5 hours. But don't worry, it usually does not cause fatal danger, and the symptoms gradually disappear after 4 days.

When bitten by a centipede, its venom glands secrete a large amount of venom, and the venom glands of the cis-palatal teeth are injected subcutaneously into the victim's skin, resulting in poisoning. The bigger the centipede, the more toxins are injected into the stings, and the more serious the poisoning symptoms are. Centipede venom is acidic and contains two toxic ingredients similar to bee venom, namely histamine-like substances and hemolytic proteins. It also contains tyrosine, formic acid, fatty oil, cholesterol and so on. People bitten by centipedes can cause local tissue destruction and lymphangitis, venom also has sensitizing effect, sometimes can cause large area purpura.

Emergency Management

1. Wash the wound with soapy water immediately after the centipede bite, apply cold and wet compress locally, or mash it with Houttuynia cordata and dandelion. Those with systemic symptoms go straight to the hospital for treatment.

2. At 2cm to 3cm of the upper end of the injured limb, tie it tightly with a cloth band and relax for 1 or 2 minutes every 15 minutes. Ice can be applied around the wound, the skin of the wound can be cut open, venom can be sucked out with suction or cupping, and potassium permanganate solution and lime water are used to wash the wound. Those with severe symptoms should be treated in hospital.

Simple treatment

1. Smear the scraped area with the juice of Rhizoma Alba.

2. After igniting with the salt roll of yellow straw paper, blow the cigarette ash on the affected area from the other end of the roll.

3. Smear the injured area with ammonia or toilet water.

4. Rub the wound with egg white or rooster saliva.

5. Wipe with the mucus of snails, slugs and earthworms.

6. Wipe it with cool oil.

7. Rub with garlic juice, mulberry juice and white salt.

8. Mash it with shredded cigarettes and linify it with tea oil.

9. Mash the affected area with fresh live centipede and mix it with tea oil.

10 apply to the wound with lye or onion slices.