Attracting bees to attract butterflies to be "bitten"? Memorize this first aid knowledge

Recently, when more than 20 villagers in a region of Guangxi went up the mountain to visit the grave, they were attacked by a group of horse bees, resulting in many injuries at the scene, and 1 person was stung by the horse bee more than 80 stitches and died on the spot.

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In the spring, the weather is getting warmer and sunny, cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, pear blossoms... The competition is fascinating, not only attracting many small partners to play in the green, but also attracting a lot of bees, horses, bees, red fire ants and other insects to go out to feed, if you accidentally "narrow road encounter", you must remember these first aid knowledge.

How to avoid being stung by bees?

In the wild, common attacking bees are bees and wasps, which all belong to the same phylum and the same order of hymenoptera, but belong to the bee family and the wasp family, and the size and toxicity of the wasp family are much larger than those of the bee family, which is more likely to cause severe bee stings.

The venom of the bee family is mainly polypeptide, acidic, only the worker bee (female) has stings, the spines have barbs, each worker bee can only sting once, and the venom sac remains and continuously releases toxins after stinging.

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Because once a person is stung, the little bee will die, so the bee generally does not take the initiative to attack people. When we go out to play, we should pay attention not to wear brightly colored clothes, and do not spray strong perfume, if there are some flying bees around, it is best to stand still and keep calm, let them fly away on their own, do not wave their hands to clap, so as not to let the bees mistakenly think that they are attacked, and then sting us.

If you are accidentally stung by a bee, do not be too nervous, bee venom will generally cause a slight local reaction, such as pain, swelling, congestion, burning sensation, we need to pull out the stinger left in the skin as soon as possible.

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For minor stings, try cold compresses, wash the sting with water or soap, or take painkillers to relieve the pain, which usually disappears within a few hours or 1 day.

However, if there is fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, coma and other phenomena, and even laryngeal edema, breathing difficulties, confusion and other anaphylactic shock phenomena, you must seek medical treatment in time.

What should I do if I get stung by a horse bee?

Horse wasps, also known as wasps, wasps, is a kind of poisonous, widely distributed, fast-flying, a variety of insects, they have social behavior, to live in groups as the main way of life, when they feel infested, easy to launch swarm attacks.

Wasp family venom is protein-based, weakly alkaline, spines without barbs, can repeatedly sting humans and animals, more toxic than bees, aggressive, nest protection desire is also stronger than bees.

After being stung by a wasp, local swelling and pain are obvious, and symptoms such as dizziness, nausea and vomiting, facial edema, dyspnea, irritability and even cause anaphylactic shock, liver and kidney failure, coma and death. People who are allergic to bee venom can cause severe systemic reactions even in a single sting.

When encountering a honeycomb on the road, you should take a detour, don't be curious to get closer, and don't poke the honeycomb randomly, so as not to disturb the wasp, if you accidentally provoke the wasp, you should run against the wind or lie down, and protect your head and neck with clothing, don't run wildly, so as not to chase the wasps.

(Horse honeycomb / image source: Figureworm Creative)

If you are accidentally stung, if the poisonous thorn is pulled out first, the wound can be rinsed with running water or a weak acidic liquid such as vinegar, the wound can be rinsed with ice to reduce the pain of the sting, and then use a cream containing antihistamines, anesthetics, corticosteroids or a mixture of the three to apply, observe for half an hour, if you find that there is difficulty breathing, thick breathing sound, with wheezing and other allergic reactions, you need to go to the hospital immediately for treatment.

Stay away from such small mounds

Although sometimes, in order to show that the needle does not hurt at all, we will say "just like an ant bite", but if this ant bites, the seven-foot boy may not be able to help but shed tears of pain.

As a dangerous invasive alien species, the red fire ant is native to South America, the earliest entry into the mainland is in 2004, when the first discovery of this species in the mainland Taiwan region, by September 2004, Wuchuan City, Guangdong Province also found the figure of the red fire ant, and now the red fire ant has spread to 435 counties in 12 provinces across the country.

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The red fire ant is nicknamed "Invincible Ant", so you can see how powerful it is. Different from ordinary ants, there is a large amount of venom in the venom sac of red fire ants, once bitten into the person, the venom will be injected into the skin, the bite will have a strong burning sensation at the wound, and even cause redness and swelling throughout the body to cause shock, and in severe cases, they will die.

In recent years, there have also been frequent reports of red fire ants injuring people, such as children being bitten while playing in the park, farmers being bitten while working, and even citizens walking in the community will be bitten.

(When encountering this kind of "mound" to avoid, it may be the nest/image source network of red fire ants, invaded and deleted)

When bitten by a red fire ant, do not scratch, so as not to lead to secondary infection, you can first rinse the bite place repeatedly with soapy water, keep the wound clean, and use cool water or ice cubes to apply cold compresses to the bitten part.

If people are allergic to the toxic protein in the red fire ant toxin, there will be confusion and shock, fainting, about 0.2% of patients will cause systemic convulsions and acute kidney failure symptoms after being bitten, so if there is a history of allergies, or serious reactions after being bitten, be sure to send to the hospital in time.

In short, after the weather is getting warmer, all kinds of insects are also active, when everyone goes out to play, pay attention to protect themselves, encounter bees, wasps do not panic, keep calm and let them fly away, protect their sweet snacks, do not spray their own incense, easy to "attract bees to attract butterflies", if there is an allergic reaction after stinging, you need to seek medical treatment immediately.

(The little bee is also for stuttering, why should the migrant worker be difficult to work with the bee/ Source: Figureworm Creative)

Edit: Dr. Spring Rain

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