All persons bitten by a snake have an immediate and great fear of poisoning .
Snake poisoning is the injection of venom into the body by a snake. It is caused by snakes bites on human.
Many African countries have up to 100 types of snake of which not more than 10 are poisonous and 90 are non-poisonous.
Non poisonous snake
The africa green snake...bright green in colour, thin like finger. And up to 3 feet in length.
The African beauty snake...pretty stripped in red black and yellow.
Poisonous snake
Cobra: the venom causes increasing weakness difficulty in keeping the eyelid open or in swollen and eventually paralysis.
Viper: the venom causes bleeding from the gum and from the fang marks and elsewhere with much pain and swelling around the bitten part.Snake poisoning is the injection of venom into the body by a snake. It is caused by snakes bites on human.
SYMPTOMS OF SNAKE.
Some of the symptoms of snake/scorpion poisoning include:
Intense pain.
Sweating.
Increase heart beat,
Rapid breathing,
Watery blood at the same dry water from our body.
Ingredient: bitter kola
bitter kola
bitter kola
Preparation: chew 5-10 pieces of bitter kola, you will urinate the poison out of the body.
Dosage: take at once.
Health worker can also give the victim an injection called antivenin.
Health worker can also give the victim an injection called antivenin.
Precuations
- Try to know the name of the snake that bite the person or the local name of the snake.
- Try to know the size
- Stay quit: don not move the bitten part. The more it is moved the faster the poison will spread through the body.
- Wrap the bitten area with a wide elastic bandage or clean cloth to slow the spread od poison.
- Wind the bandage over the hand or leg. Make sure you can still feel th pulse.
- Then, put on a splint to prevent the bitten part from moving.
- Use stretcher to convey the victims
- Give acetaminophen (paracetamol)s
- Never drink alcohol after snake bite it worsen the situation.