01-14-2009, 02:13 PM
I feel for you Andrew! I am so scared of those things, because I reacted badly.
Just so you know for any future events, doctors now advise against using hydrogen peroxide on wounds. Peroxide burns and damages the tissue, even though it kills the germs. Damaged tissue is more susceptible to infection.
It's better to use povidone iodine and/or an antibiotic if one isn't allergic to that.
What I was told about centipede bite infection is that cleaning it doesn't help because the infection isn't from the skin break. The bacteria are on the mandibles and the bite inserts them to where washing won't help, it's just wait and see. But washing does help with any skin break.
That's why the poultice is good, because it draws the venom and toxins out through the skin.
My son stepped on one last week walking around barefoot on a deck ... but he got lucky and stepped on the head and crushed it, and no bite.
That's quite a scorecard you have, Survivor Andrew.
Hope it goes away fast!
Just so you know for any future events, doctors now advise against using hydrogen peroxide on wounds. Peroxide burns and damages the tissue, even though it kills the germs. Damaged tissue is more susceptible to infection.
It's better to use povidone iodine and/or an antibiotic if one isn't allergic to that.
What I was told about centipede bite infection is that cleaning it doesn't help because the infection isn't from the skin break. The bacteria are on the mandibles and the bite inserts them to where washing won't help, it's just wait and see. But washing does help with any skin break.
That's why the poultice is good, because it draws the venom and toxins out through the skin.
My son stepped on one last week walking around barefoot on a deck ... but he got lucky and stepped on the head and crushed it, and no bite.
That's quite a scorecard you have, Survivor Andrew.
Hope it goes away fast!