Animal bites
It is quite dangerous to be bitten by animals outdoors, because animals have a lot of bacteria in their mouths, which can cause wound infections. After being bitten, there is a greater chance of getting rabies, which is the most dangerous and fatal. If timely and effective treatment is not given, and if it is allowed to develop, the injured person will show more and more restlessness, photophobia, hydrophobia (a strong aversion to water), and even cause symptoms such as paralysis. In first aid, without a vaccine, there is no hope of a cure. Cats, canines, apes, and other animals are highly likely to carry rabies, and even some bats carry rabies.
In addition to rabies, any bite can also cause tetanus, and everyone should be vaccinated against tetanus before setting off on a field adventure. In areas where rabies is likely to occur, a rabies vaccine should be given in advance.
First Aid
After being bitten by an animal, wash the wound thoroughly and rinse the residual animal saliva for at least five minutes to minimize the possibility of infection . Then deal with the bleeding of the wound, wash the clothes that have been in contact with the wound, prevent secondary infection, and bandage the wound. If you have not been injected with any vaccine before departure, after completing the above treatment, you should go down as soon as possible and go to the nearest hospital for a comprehensive examination.
Venomous snake bites
In wild activities, when resting or passing through haystacks, rock crevices, dead wood, bamboo forests, shaded places, riversides, etc. where snakes like to inhabit , should pay special attention to observe whether there are snakes. Under normal circumstances, snakes will not take the initiative to attack humans, but if they accidentally step on a snake or suddenly approach the range of half its body length, it is very likely that it will not escape the consequences of being bitten.
Symptoms after being bitten by a hemorrhagic snake are: burning wound, local swelling and spreading, purpura, ecchymosis, blisters, oozing of serous blood from the wound, necrosis of skin or subcutaneous tissue, fever, Nausea, vomiting, bleeding from seven holes, bloody sputum, hematuria, hypotension, miosis. Convulsions, convulsions, and death within 6-48 hours.
Symptoms of neurological snakebite are: wound pain, local swelling, lethargy, motor nerve disorders. Ptosis, mydriasis, local weakness, palatopharyngeal paralysis, stuttering, salivation, nausea, vomiting, coma, dyspnea, respiratory failure, death within 8-72 hours.
First Aid
The above symptoms generally appear gradually between 10-20 minutes after being bitten. If there is no local pain, swelling, numbness and weakness within 20 minutes, Then it can be judged as a non-venomous snake bite. At this time, it only needs to be disinfected, hemostasis, bandage, and then sent to the doctor for tetanus or anti-inflammatory injection.
