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Health

Injuries and poisonings

Human bite: symptoms and signs

The danger lies primarily in the fact that a severe allergic reaction can develop, which will lead to a serious condition, and even death. Adverse effects, danger to life develops in the event that anaphylactic shock, angioedema develops. 

Consequences after a gadfly bite

Among the most adverse and dangerous complications and consequences that develop after the bite of a gadfly are inflammation, edema, and an allergic reaction. The most dangerous condition is angioedema, anaphylactic shock, asthma attack, exacerbation of bronchial asthma. T

Gadfire bite: what to do and how to treat?

Summer is a great time, the holiday season. Warm days, heat, rest by the sea, on the beach, in the forest. Everything would be fine if it were not for the dangers of wildlife that await us. For example, a big risk is the most common gadfly bite.

What to do with smoke poisoning?

The first thing to do in case of smoke poisoning is to stop the effects of smoke on the body as soon as possible: take out or bring the victim to fresh air, ventilate the room. If breathing is difficult, a cloth dipped in water should be applied to the nose and throat and breathe through it.

Smoke poisoning: carbon monoxide, tobacco, welding

Smoke poisoning happens quite often, and can have quite serious consequences. It can be both mild intoxication, and severe poisoning, which entail serious violations at all levels of the body, ranging from the cellular, and ending systemic, organismal. As with any other poisoning, a person needs emergency care.

Bites of human cats

There are many cases where even pet animals tended to bite their owners with ease, or for other reasons. Often, the bite sites heal very long and painfully, because sharp teeth can penetrate deep into tissues, and the surface treatment of the wound does not adequately disinfect the damage. 

What to do with a cat bite?

When contacting the doctor after the necessary diagnosis, the wound is treated (washing, using antiseptics). Stitching is possible only with fresh, uninfected damage.

Bumblebee bite

In nature, there are about 300 species of bumblebees. Among them are both males and females. In the uterus and working bumblebees there is a sting with which they can sting, and it does not remain in the body of the victim, poison is sprinkled through it. 

Taste narrow

When a bite is bitten, a person feels an injection, a trace remains on the body, blood can flow from the wound. The body's reaction to it is insignificant: the symptoms consist in a slight redness, swelling of the skin. In rare cases, there may be an allergy in the form of urticaria or difficulty breathing.

Iodine poisoning: signs, consequences, what to do

Although there is a bottle with an alcoholic solution of iodine - a powerful antiseptic - in every home medicine cabinet, probably not everyone knows that iodine poisoning is possible, and its excess can even lead to thyroiditis.

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