Stings and bites

Stings and bites

Often spend the holidays with a rediscovery of nature. But you're not alone and arrival times may cause strong reactions of the occupants in the year: insects, snakes, etc.. Despite frequent bites and stings are not neglected, however. Four risks are feared. Learn how to apprehend them and know how to react.
Bites and animal bites are very common injuries, which expose mainly four risks:

    * Bleeding (in this case just press on the wound);
    * Infection;
    * Tetanus;
    * The specific action of the toxin or microbes brought directly by the bite or sting.
In addition to conducting regular face a simple wound, it is essential to perform some specific actions depending on the animal caused the wound.
How to react? 
 
Animal Bites
If you are bitten, it is a domestic or wild animal, is to behave the same:

    * First wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water;
    * Clean the wound then gently, with warm water and using a soap and then apply an antiseptic skin not colored (you ask your pharmacist);
    * Avoid touching the wound with your fingers while nursing;
    * Leave to air dry for a few minutes;
    * Finish by placing a precut bandage (sterile gauze or a) and mesh elastic.
Tell the victim to consult his doctor. Attention Rabies is a viral disease fatal. If the victim is bitten in an area where rabies is endemic and where the animal has been captured, the victim must receive a rabies vaccination.
Viper Sting
In France, the only venomous snake is the snake, whose bite is exceptionally lethal. In cases of suspected bite (bite occurred in a wood, two bite marks close ...), do exactly the same gestures as before any animal bite. Immobilize the victim as much as possible (eg it can be transported lying down in a car) and take advice to a hospital emergency room. In no case inject antivenom: adverse reactions vis-à-vis the serum are more frequent than the risks due to the bite.
Animal bites
Insect bites are usually more painful than dangerous. Nevertheless, in an allergic subject, a violent reaction can sometimes be extremely serious. The initial pain is followed by swelling.
Before any injection, if a stinger is visible, remove it with tweezers previously disinfected with alcohol 70 °. Then do exactly the same gestures as before any simple wound or bite. Check tetanus vaccination of the victim.
Before any allergic reaction, call SAMU (15).
Dr.