China's vast land, diverse climate and environment, naturally also gave birth to a wide variety of wild animals, including a variety of snakes. Snakes are divided into venomous snakes and non-venomous snakes, and among the venomous snakes, there is a type of snake that is very ferocious, they may not be the most poisonous snakes, but if they bite, if they are not treated in time, the body may rot and even need to be amputated, so these snakes have a code name, called: Rotten Meat King.
So the question is, which poisonous snakes can be called "rotten meat kings"? Why do these snakes make the human body rot?
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The reason why the venomous snake is poisonous is because the venomous snake has a venom gland in the mouth that secretes venom, the venom gland and the venom are connected, and the venom is a hollow structure, and the venom will resemble a "syringe" when biting, injecting the venom in the venom gland into the human body, causing human poisoning.
Different snakes, the performance after biting people is also different, such as: silver ring snake is very toxic, but after being bitten by the silver ring snake, the wound is not painful or itchy, there is no bleeding symptoms, etc., but it will be drowsy, fatigue, etc., if not treated in time, many people will die in sleep.
The five-step snake is different, after being bitten by the five-step snake, the wound will not only be very painful, the wound will also bleed a lot, and even bleed. If not treated in time, the bitten person's limbs will also ulcerate, necrosis, and even muscle decay, exposing bones and tendons. If not treated in prime time, there is a high probability that death will result. The Taiping Guangji records that:
"In the five streams of shannan, all are poisonous snakes, black and noseless, and crabs in the grass. Its teeth are inverted, go to the number of steps, straight forward, as fast as an arrow. The stinger is dead, the middle hand is broken, the middle foot is broken, otherwise the whole body is swollen, there is no life, called the viper snake also. ”
Of course, we must say that although it is said in the Taiping Guangji that there is no life if it is bitten by a five-step snake, but now there is a five-step snake serum, as long as the poisonous snake serum is injected in time after being bitten, the survival rate of rescue and treatment is still very high.
After the five-step snake bites a person, the reason why it will "rot meat" is mainly because the toxin of the five-step snake is a blood circulation toxin, the blood circulation toxin component is complex, there is a cardiac toxin, mainly damage the cardiomyocytes, resulting in serious bleeding; there is cytotoxin, causing hemolysis and limb tissue dissolution; there is also anticoagulant venom, which will cause serious bleeding.
After being bitten by a five-step snake, the toxin is able to dissolve muscles and blood vessels, causing massive necrosis of tissue cells. In addition, it will also cause strong bleeding at the wound site, and even blood will flow out of the mouth, nasal cavity and other locations, causing bleeding from the seven tips. More importantly, after being bitten by a five-step snake, the severe pain will make people unable to walk, although there is no "five-step fatal" effect, but if there is no one around to help, the high probability is not dead or disabled, so the five-step snake is called the rotten meat king (of course, there are also the spearhead pit viper called the rotten meat king, their principle is similar).
In fact, from the perspective of toxicity, the five-step snake does not have silver ring snake venom, but the silver ring snake is smaller and the amount of venom is relatively small, with an average detoxification of 4.6 mg, of which 1 mg of venom is enough to cause adult death. Fortunately, the silver ring snake has a gentle temperament and rarely attacks people, so there are not many people who are bitten by the silver ring snake.
The five-step snake is different, it is the most dangerous snake in our country.
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Although the five-step snake venom is not as fierce as the silver ring snake, but the five-step snake is the most bitten poisonous snake in China, according to incomplete statistics, more than 60% of the people who are bitten by snakes in China every year are caused by five-step snakes, and the five-step snake has thus become the most dangerous snake in China.
Liu Zongyuan's "Snake Catcher Says" introduction: Yongzhou's wild snakes, black and white chapters, touch the grass and trees to death, to eat people, no royal people. It's about a five-step snake.
The danger of the five-step snake is that they have a large amount of detoxification, with an average of 214 milligrams, which leads to a higher lethality rate.
In addition, the five-step snake is very fierce, they are larger, and they do not deter people like cobras when encountering danger, but will attack directly. Coupled with their long venom teeth, they are able to inject venom directly into the human body.
More importantly, they are widely distributed in the south of China and are a relatively common snake in the local area, so the probability of encountering people and biting people is greater.
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If you are unfortunate enough to be bitten by a poisonous snake, in fact, you may not necessarily invite the whole village to eat, as long as it is handled correctly, the treatment rate is still very high.
The first is to try to see the species of venomous snakes, or to write down their characteristics, and if possible, you can take pictures for the doctor to identify which snake bit you.
The second is to squeeze out the snake venom as much as possible, but be sure not to use the mouth to take drugs, because if there is a wound in the mouth, the snake venom may cause the other party to be poisoned.
In addition, the five-step snake is not really "five-step" deadly, in fact, even the most poisonous snake in China, the silver ring snake, cannot do five-step fatality, as long as you seek medical treatment as soon as possible and inject the corresponding serum, the survival rate of treatment is still very high.
It is more noteworthy that although China has a saying of "snake wine" since ancient times, it is still try not to drink snake wine, especially if the operation is not standardized, it may lead to snake venom not being completely degenerated, resulting in poisoning of the other party.