Recently, a patient from The People's Hospital of Beihai City, Guangxi Province, came to the smoking area downstairs to take a break when the patient was resting in the dormitory of a unit on Weizhou Island. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the dormitory, he actually sprang out of the roadside flower bed and bit him. That night, the man was sent to the local health center for emergency treatment.
The next day, back in Beihai, he went to the Municipal People's Hospital for treatment, when the patient's bite had already appeared significant swelling. Doctors immediately injected him with antivenom and have been safely discharged from the hospital. According to incomplete statistics, since June 1, the emergency department of the hospital has seen more than 40 patients who have been bitten by snakes, so everyone should be careful when going out, and being bitten by snakes is not a trivial matter. Just like the bamboo leaf green this time, don't look at it looks good, but the toxicity is not small.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > what is bamboo leaf green</h1>
Bamboo leaf green, also known as green bamboo snake, scorched tail, red tail green, etc., is one of the common poisonous snakes in China. This snake is very beautiful, the body is emerald green, the head is triangular, and the tail is partially red, so many people raise it as a pet, of course, the poisonous snake as a pet will generally get rid of the venom glands. Their distribution range is very wide, in the south of China can basically see the figure of bamboo leaf green, they like to live in mountain woods or wet mountain streams next to the weeds, bamboo forest.
Bamboo leaf green is a nocturnal snake, generally preyed at night, they mainly eat frogs, lizards, birds and other small animals, so in the city, they always appear in the grass on the side of the road at night, green vegetation can make them perfectly hidden from detection. This snake is very powerful, it can eat for more than 5 months after eating, but it is still healthy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > how toxic bamboo leaf green is</h1>
Bamboo leaf green, like the five-step snake, soldering iron head and other venomous snakes are pipe tooth venomous snakes, they rely on their own tube teeth can quickly inject the venom from the venom glands into the body of the prey. The snake venom of Bamboo Leaf Green is similar to that of the five-step snake, and both contain blood toxins, so after being bitten by it, it will be extremely painful, have a strong burning pain, and also endanger the human heart and blood vessels. After the same general bamboo leaf green bite, doctors mostly use anti-pit viper serum.
However, from the perspective of fierce toxicity alone, the toxicity of bamboo leaf green is much more than that of the five-step snake. Among them, the most toxic white-lipped bamboo leaf green, its toxicity is about 20 times that of the five-step snake, even the weakest fujian bamboo leaf green, it is about 3 times that of the five-step snake, so its toxicity is still very fierce. After being attacked by it, people will soon develop symptoms of poisoning such as nausea and abdominal pain.
But any poison that is not done in sufficient doses cannot cause too much harm, and the same is true for Bamboo Leaf Qing. Although it is a tooth-toothed venomous snake, its detoxification is pitifully small, which is a shame for the viper family. Among them, the detoxification amount of white-lipped bamboo leaf green is only 17 mg, and the Fujian bamboo leaf green is even less, with an average of only 8 mg. The average detoxification of five-step snakes is 176 mg, a difference of dozens of times between the two, so although their toxicity is fierce, the probability of biting people is not high due to the small dose of venom. However, bamboo leaf green is widely distributed, so it is also common to be bitten by them.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > bamboo leaf green bite incident</h1>
When Zhao Mou of Kunming, Yunnan Province, was cutting grass outdoors, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his hand, and he pulled the grass open to see that there was actually a bamboo leaf green hidden inside. So Zhao immediately tied the near-heart end of the injured little thumb with an oak tendon to slow down the venom entering the body, and then took this bamboo leaf green to the hospital for treatment. When he arrived at the hospital, Zhao's palm had already appeared red and swollen, numb symptoms, fortunately, the doctor gave him anti-snake venom, and finally Zhao was successfully discharged.
Because bamboo leaf green is beautiful, many people keep it as a pet, but sometimes it is very dangerous to keep poisonous snakes. A 14-year-old boy in Shenyang was bitten by his own bamboo leaf green, and the boy's mother immediately led her son to the hospital, however, the hospital did not have anti-snake venom. Seeing that the boy's symptoms were getting more and more serious, the whole arm, wrist, palm, and five fingers were all red and swollen, and the skin temperature rose sharply, and finally the doctor gave him an anti-pit viper venom serum, and then turned the corner.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > why there are so few antivenoms</h1>
We can often see that some patients go to the hospital and find that there is no antivenom in the hospital. A man in Suzhou was accidentally bitten by a snake when he "brewed wine with a viper", and finally died of organ failure because the hospital did not have a corresponding antivenom serum. Why? Shouldn't this life-saving thing be available in hospitals? There are many reasons for this.
The production process of antivenom is complex, time-consuming, small in volume and short in shelf life. To obtain antivenom, snake venom is first collected, then the snake venom is frozen and dried into a powder, and injected into the body of the experimental horse in batches at doses from low to high. When a certain dose is injected, the horse serum is mixed with snake venom and injected into the mouse, and if the mouse is still alive, there are enough antibodies.
About ten liters of horse blood are then collected, plasma and blood cells are separated, and the blood cells are re-transfused back into the horse's body, and the plasma is purified to be the antivenom stock solution we need. Generally speaking, it takes 9 months to make an antivenom, and the shelf life of the drug is only 3 years or less. High cost, low profit, naturally less production. Take bamboo leaf green, the domestic special bamboo leaf green serum is very small, generally with anti-pit viper serum for treatment, on this some hospitals have not yet, can only be provincial and municipal hospitals can be possible.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" what to do if you are bitten by a poisonous snake ></h1>
If we are accidentally bitten by a snake, we must remember what snake is biting us, even if we don't know it, we must remember its physical appearance characteristics, so that after going to the hospital, the doctor can give you the matching antivenom for the first time. And before going to the hospital, call to ask if there is any antivenom we need, don't run in vain, waste treatment time.
And keep your composure and don't exercise vigorously, so as not to speed up blood circulation and let the venom spread faster. If you are bitten in the wild, rinse the wound with clean water, such as mineral water, pure water, etc., and then use a bandage, rope or tear the clothes into a cloth strip, and ligature the proximal end of the poisoned area, with a tightness that can insert a finger. Do not tie too tightly, too tight can easily cause tissue necrosis. Then go to the hospital in time for treatment.
So everyone should pay more attention when going out at night and don't get bitten. And if you encounter bamboo leaf green, people do not provoke you, we do not kill it at will, after all, it is included in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals with Important Ecological, Scientific and Social Values Protected by the State", which belongs to the national "three haves" protected animals, and it is fined for unprovoked injury.