Recently, in India, an 8-year-old boy was bitten by a poisonous snake, and the boy was in a hurry, but he bit the poisonous snake to death, and finally went to the hospital for examination, but nothing happened.
A weak little boy actually killed a poisonous snake, what is the situation behind this? And how can there be nothing after being bitten by a poisonous snake?
How terrifying is the Indian viper
When it comes to poisonous snakes, everyone first thinks of the country of India, which is known as the kingdom of poisonous snakes.
There are many types of poisonous snakes here, the number is huge, but also Indian cobra, Indian ring snake, round spotted viper, saw-scale viper, these four poisonous snakes are the most terrifying, any bite by a poisonous snake, will be paralyzed, dizzy, nausea and vomiting, and even foaming at the mouth, soon will make people die in pain.
The poisonous teeth of poisonous snakes are generally divided into three categories: tube teeth, posterior groove teeth, and anterior groove teeth.
The fangs of tubular teeth are generally very large, and the inside is a hollow pipe structure, which will collect the venom secreted by the glands behind the eye, and the venom will be ejected through the pipe through the contraction of the muscles.
The fangs of the back groove teeth generally grow in the mouth, and it is difficult to find when folded, like a non-poisonous snake that cannot see the sharp teeth.
The anterior groove teeth are similar to tube teeth, but the difference is that the teeth are smaller, making it difficult to identify whether they are non-venomous snakes.
And this time the poisonous snake that was bitten to death by the little boy is the Indian cobra, which belongs to the anterior groove tooth class, which is also the world's famous poisonous snake king, once bitten by it, there will be muscle paralysis throughout the body, lightheadedness, difficulty breathing and other symptoms, it only takes tens of minutes to cause death due to heart failure.
The external features of the cobra are still very obvious, its neck is like a fan, flat and expanding outward, and the markings behind the fan are hanging on it like glasses, and the pattern under the eyes is curved like a smiley face, mysterious and full of confusion.
The Indian cobra can reach 2.25 meters in length, and its winding force and mouth bite force are amazing.
Back-bite to kill poisonous snakes
Just a few days ago, an 8-year-old boy in India Deepak was playing in his yard, but unexpectedly a cobra suddenly hit his back, and the cobra quickly wrapped around Deepak's arm to block his movement and bite him fiercely on the arm.
"The viper wrapped around my arm, and I wanted to get rid of his restraint as soon as possible, but it became tighter and tighter, and it never flung off, and it was useless to hit the ground, and he bit my arm, and I was very uncomfortable and desperate."
It can be seen that the cobra still has a very good set when dealing with the enemy, they will first block the enemy's action, and then quickly bite the enemy, paralyzing the enemy and unable to move.
But what the viper didn't expect was that Deepak responded with a tooth for a tooth and suddenly bit down on the viper, and the boy was also desperate, constantly tearing and biting the viper. In the game of mutual bites, the boy finally bites the poisonous snake to death.
But his family knows that even if he subdues a poisonous snake, but being bitten by a snake will make his child's life difficult to save, so Dibak's parents quickly took Deepak to the local hospital.
However, after the doctor's examination and diagnosis, Dibak did not have snake venom, and there were no adverse reactions and symptoms of poisoning, and the doctor still injected Deepak with antivenom in order to prevent accidents.
Later, listening to expert analysis, the cobra at that time did not actually release toxins, one possibility is that the snake has sprayed too much venom in recent days, and the gland that produces snake venom has not had time to secrete and synthesize new toxins, so there will be empty bites.
Another possibility is that this cobra may be a pet raised by someone nearby, and the fangs have been extracted, so the snake venom is not injected into the body after being bitten by the snake, which is a dry bite.
But this situation is still rare, many people after being bitten by cobras, there will be different poisoning reactions, and even loss of life, so this time the world is also a blessing in Deepak's misfortune.
The average person is not so lucky
An old man in Guangxi was on the way home, just happened to meet a long snake on the opposite side, so the old man picked up the stone next to him and smashed it to the poisonous snake, but who knew that the stone not only did not hit the snake, but aroused its anger, chasing the old man all the way, biting and poisoning the old man to death.
Cantonese people are famous for eating some strange wild animals, but a strange thing happened in a shop in Foshan that specializes in snake soup.
In the shop, men skillfully slaughter poisonous snakes and throw inedible parts such as snake heads in the trash, while his wife buries them.
However, this time when burying the snake head, a snake head inside actually bit the woman fiercely, fortunately, they have operated a snake soup shop for many years, have a certain understanding of snake venom, after emergency treatment, the husband took her to seek medical attention immediately, although the woman had some poisoning reactions and symptoms, but fortunately recovered her life in time.
Also in Guangdong, there is a chef of a restaurant, but not as lucky as this woman, he was bitten by the head of the severed snake, because the treatment was not timely, eventually led to suffocation and death.
So even a poisonous snake whose head has been cut off cannot let its guard down.
Snakes belong to vertebrates, and their neural networks are all over the body, so even if they are cut off, the remaining part is still neuroconscious, which is as short as tens of minutes and as long as several hours, at which time it is still aggressive and the teeth are highly toxic.
In addition, before hibernation and newly awakened poisonous snakes should attract our attention, at this time the vigilance of snakes will be very high, snake venom secretion will be more intense, and snakes at this time are more aggressive.
According to the survey data of the World Health Organization, 5.4 million people in the world have been bitten by snakes every year, and 8~140,000 of them have lost their lives in India. On average, nearly 60,000 people die here each year, more than half of the world's total.
Self-help for encountering poisonous snakes outdoors
Among these types of snakes common in the mainland, the silver-ringed snake generally likes small rivers and rises day and night, so friends who like night fishing should pay attention.
The five-step snake generally hides in the dead grass, so friends who are on an outing or camping in the wild must be careful.
And bamboo leaf green generally likes to wrap around trees. So keep your eyes wide open when picking wild fruits in the wild.
When we go to outdoor camping for road meals or field work, we should pay attention to wearing long clothes and trousers, long rain boots, and anti-bite gloves as much as possible.
In some places where the concealment is high and uncertain, you can sweep the area left and right with a long stick, which can scare away the snakes in the grass, which is also known as scaring the grass snake.
And we can prepare antivenom in the medicine box we carry with us, after being bitten by a snake, you can first rinse the wound with normal saline, then apply the drug, and then use alcohol to disinfect and bandage around the wound, which can fight some snake venom that is not very toxic.
It is also possible to aim a syringe at the wound and aspirate part of the blood, which also reduces the concentration of venom.
But don't follow the TV like sucking out toxins with your mouth at the wound, or cut the wound with a knife for bloodletting, these methods are undesirable, will lead to wound infection and even wound bleeding, which will aggravate the difficulty of treatment.
After being bitten by a snake, you can take out a tourniquet or find a clean gauze and ligate it near the heart end of the wound, so that you can prevent toxins from flowing throughout the body with blood, but it should also be noted that you must loosen the binding every five minutes to prevent local necrosis caused by poor blood flow.
Of course, these are only some temporary emergency methods, if you are bitten by a poisonous snake, you still have to go to the hospital in time to inject antivenom.
In the hospital, we should try to describe the appearance, pattern, body shape and other information of the snake, and the doctor will use this to judge the type of snake, because the toxins are different after being bitten by different snakes, and the poisoning reaction is also different.
Some are blood circulation toxins, and some are neurotoxins, so the species of snakes can be calculated by recognizing the appearance of snakes, so that the corresponding antivenom can be found more accurately.
epilogue
Here are a few rumors for everyone, androgen and androgen, do not work for snakes, including wind oil essence and garlic circulating on the Internet, these can only make snakes avoid as much as possible, but if snakes find prey, these things do not directly stimulate them.
If you are in your hometown in the countryside, try to remove rats as much as possible, because the main food source of snakes is rats, so there are no rats in the home and it will not be easy to attract snakes.
We should still focus on prevention and attention in ordinary times, learn some emergency care measures, and seek medical attention in time after being bitten by snakes.