Do It if You Are Bitten by a Serpent
When bitten by a venomous snake, it is possible that you are alone in a forest, a mine, or a rice field. At that point, the thing to remember is do not panic, even if conditions make it difficult for you to access medical personnel.
Snake and toxicology expert DR. dr. Tri Maharani, M.Si SP.EM said, in such conditions, a person who is bitten by a poisonous snake only needs to lie down after the immobilization. When you run, the snake will spread throughout the body.
"If bitten can not go anywhere, immobilized and slept there," said Tri when contacted Kompas.com
Once immobilized, snakes can remain in the local area or where you are bitten. Without systemic spreading, the safety of life is still high.
According to Tri, if the poison is only in the local area, the body's metabolism can remove toxins by itself. However, when it has spread systemically throughout the body, only anti-can that can bind can from within the body.
"According to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidebook, if it's in the local phase, (can) get out by itself. Minimum observation 24-48 hours. So, if bitten and alone, can not go anywhere, in 2-3 days was out (poison), "said Tri.
To make sure toxins have come out of the body, you need to pay attention to the different symptoms for each type of toxin.
For the neurotoxin venom from the snake bites of anang or king cobra (Ophiophagus Hannah), weling snakes, and sea serpents; the symptoms of drowsiness. Eyes can not be opened due to paralysis of the eyelid muscles, shortness of breath, and vocal cord paralysis.
In the hemotoxin poison, the symptoms are bleeding, such as nosebleeds, blood tears, blood urine, and blood feces. This type of toxin is produced from ground snakes, red-tailed green snakes, and snake picung.
Then, necrotoxin has symptoms of reddish urine, and is blackish on the skin and tissues. Cytotoxins in the form of swelling at the site of the bite occurred. In addition, myotoxin is characterized by a very severe pain in the muscles.
"If all these symptoms do not exist, it means the condition has improved. If the hospital is better, but if forced alone in the middle of the forest can not go anywhere, "said Tri.
Tri hopes that Public Safety Center (PSC) 119 can provide help and anti-can on snake bite victims. "We have many working in forests, mines, and rice fields. So, the snake bite victim does not need to seek help, but he's looking for the helpers, "Tri said.