Consequences of a human being bitten by a human

Causes of bruising. To the begining

The cause of a bruise can be a strong blow or mechanical damage, in which blood vessels burst under the skin and a hematoma appears.
At the first stage, the bruise is a red-purple swelling, which gradually subsides, then it becomes blue, gray or purple. Gradually dissolving, the bruise first turns from blue to green, and then yellowish or pink. To successfully combat a bruise, it is very important to provide timely first aid.

Bruises at different stages

Signs of infection from a bite

If human bites result in a break in the skin, then there is a high probability of infection. Such damage must be treated urgently to avoid complications.

Symptoms of infection include the following:

in the area of a human bite, hemorrhage and the appearance of colorless liquid may occur;
Pain occurs some time after injury. It intensifies when touched. As a rule, this is observed 2-3 days after the human bite was inflicted.
the victim experiences bruising and redness, which begin to spread to healthy areas of the skin;
the skin swells from a bite, but if the swelling intensifies the next day, this is a sign of infection;
high temperature rises. Even if only the damaged area is hot, this indicates infection;
if the person who bit him has an infection, then purulent fluid will come from the wound;
red streaks that start from the center of the bite;
swelling of the lymph nodes in the wounded area.

If you even think that the bitten area is not infected, it is recommended to contact a medical facility. This will reduce the risk of spreading the infection.

Insect bites

Along with the warmth, mosquitoes, midges, and horseflies appear outside. Parents with small children need to be extremely careful when walking in nature. In children, insect bites can fester, because the child does not control himself and can scratch the wound with dirty fingers. Don't forget about allergies!

So, who can bite us: what safety measures are there and what to do if they do bite us.

Ways to get rid of bruises. To the begining

There are many ways to get rid of a bruise if you deal with this problem as quickly as possible:

Cold compress. To do this, immediately after the bruise appears, you need to put something cold on it. Experts recommend ice wrapped in a cold cloth, although any cold object is a good option. If possible, rinse the bruised area under cold water. Cold helps the bruise disappear by constricting blood vessels. Once the swelling at the site of the impact has subsided, the cold compress can be removed;
Warm compress. When the swelling has already subsided, you can begin to warm up the injured area - this will help the bruise resolve better. For these purposes, a heating pad or a compress of salt or sand, heated in a frying pan and placed in a woolen sock, is suitable. You need to keep the warm compress for about half an hour;
Iodine mesh. It needs to be drawn after warming up, either before going to bed, or a few hours before they plan to leave home - the iodine must have time to be absorbed into the skin.

Emergency measures for a human bite

Wear sterile gloves before administering emergency care. This will protect you from infection. If there are no gloves, cover your hands with a bag, several layers of gauze, and a bandage.

And so, if a person is bitten by another person, what to do:

First of all, call an ambulance.
Stop the bleeding. To do this, apply pressure to the wound with a sterile bandage. If the bleeding is severe, place the victim on a carpet or bed. This will help keep you warm and prevent shock from occurring.
Treat the wound. If there is no hemorrhage, this can be done with a soap solution. The procedure must be completed for 10-15 minutes. You can also use iodine solution.
If the bandage becomes saturated with blood, do not remove it. Add a few more layers on top.
If there is a foreign object (such as a tooth) in the wound, do not remove it. You can cause even more damage. Don't put too much pressure on the wound.
Apply bactericidal ointment to the wound. It will not only prevent the spread of infection, but also relieve swelling, pain, and speed up healing. It is recommended to use Neomycin, Polymyxin B, Bacitracin. This must be done as early as possible.
After treatment and stopping the hemorrhage, a sterile bandage must be applied.

Treated minor bites from people usually heal quickly. In case of serious injury, professional medical attention is required.

How dangerous are insect bites?

Poisonous insects do not live in most of Russia. However, the bite of almost any insect can cause an allergic reaction, including a very severe one: suffocation, anaphylactic shock. The most serious health consequences - kidney dysfunction, seizures and even paralysis - are usually caused by bee, wasp or hornet stings, especially multiple ones. In addition, insects can carry various diseases, many of which are life-threatening.

When bitten, you can become infected, for example, with encephalitis or borreliosis (carriers are ticks), malaria (carriers are mosquitoes), typhus and rickettsiosis (carried by lice)

In most cases, insect bites are not so much dangerous as they are unpleasant: they can cause swelling, swelling, itching, pain, and burning. When scratching, the affected areas often become infected.

Folk remedies for bruises. To the begining

In addition to standard household methods, there are many effective folk remedies that allow you to get rid of a bruise in the shortest possible time.

Badyaga

Badyaga is a dried seaweed. In pharmacies they sell it crushed into a special medicinal powder. Bodyaga has long been recognized by experts as the most effective method of treating bruises - it greatly improves blood circulation, due to which the bruise simply resolves.

The preparation from badyagi is simple - a teaspoon of the mixture is dissolved in two teaspoons of water. Then the resulting mixture is smeared on the bruise, or applied as a compress. You need to apply it two to three times a day until the bruise completely disappears.

Badyagu is also now produced in the form of a finished cream.

Badyaga in the form of cream and powder

Decoctions of medicinal herbs

As compresses for bruises, you can use herbal decoctions consisting of:

Coltsfoot;
Chamomiles;
Linden color;
Cornflower;
Celandine;
Swamp wild rosemary.

To prepare the decoction, you need to boil a teaspoon of the herbal mixture in one hundred milliliters of water, then leave for half an hour and moisten cotton pads with the decoction to apply to the bruise.

Folk remedies at home

Traditional medicine advises (the recommendations given here for treating human bites at home are given for informational purposes only - note from the site author):

Tincture of calendula. Dilute the tincture with water in a ratio of 1:5 and wash the wound and the area of the body around it.

Echinacea tincture . Dilute it in a ratio of 1:5 and wash the wound and the area around it. Echinacea tincture can be given to the victim orally (15 drops 1 time per hour, three to four times).

Hydrogen peroxide . Used to wash wounds, hydrogen peroxide is especially effective for lacerated and crushed wounds, as it washes away dirt and germs from the very depths of the wound.

Lavender oil or tea tree have good disinfectant properties. Add 3-5 drops of one of the oils per 100 ml of water and use to wash the wound. After bandaging the wound, you can drop 1-2 drops onto the bandage over the wound.

An ordinary spider web placed on any wound greatly speeds up the healing process (the web contains antibiotic-like substances).

Porridge and juice from plantain .

You can use a whole plantain leaf by placing it on the wound.

For a serious wound, in addition to the above remedies, you can take 1 teaspoon of acidophilus

Chinese traditional medicine uses decoctions and infusions of goldenseal to treat wounds .

Tibetan and Chinese traditional medicine recommends using astragalus preparations for faster wound healing .

Dried porcini mushroom powder, when sprinkled on a wound, speeds up healing.

urine to treat the wound .

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Uzhegov G. N. Official and traditional medicine. The most detailed encyclopedia. – M.: Eksmo Publishing House, 2012.

Which bites require professional help?

Fist injury. This happens if you wanted to hit a person, and he bites your fist in response. In addition to infection, this can lead to fractures, tendon ruptures and other serious injuries. Medical attention is also necessary for chewed finger wounds.

If you lose some tissue during the wounding process, go to the hospital. The surgeon will restore it for you. The sooner you seek help, the greater the chance that he will be able to do it.

Bites in the head, ear, neck, and nose areas require medical examination. Such damage can lead to irreversible consequences. The infection may spread to the brain.

If you experience symptoms of infection or the wound is quite deep, you also need the help of a specialist. In such cases, the victim is usually hospitalized. Such wounds are treated with antibiotics.

Causes

Human bites can be accidental or intentional.

· Intentional injury by biting: This typically occurs during combat and can result in a wide range of injuries from minor bruising to partial loss of a body part (such as an ear or nose). Unfortunately, these can also include injuries caused by child abuse, sexual assault, and rarely, self-harm.

· Apparently intentional bites: Some bites are difficult to classify as intentional because there is no conscious intention on the part of the person biting. Two of the most common situations occur: among young children (often a newborn family member is the victim of a sibling bite); and also among people with mental disabilities.

· Closed Fist Injuries: This bite occurs when someone punches another person in the mouth, or sometimes accidentally hits another person in the mouth while playing sports or misbehaving. These bites can cause damage and injury to the hand, and can be very serious if not treated properly. It is important that your doctor knows the cause of your injury, since injuries associated with human bites are treated differently from injuries from a cutting surface or a knife.

· Accidental Bites: Typical bites to the head or other parts of the body occur when the teeth of another person collide. They can be minor or, in the case of head wounds in young children, very serious.

· “I didn’t know, was it a bite?”: Yes, we often cause problems by engaging in activities that technically qualify as biting. For example, biting your nails is not a good idea because it can lead to infections known as paronychia or hangnails. Also, we almost reflexively suck on wounds and kiss children's bruises and abrasions, but if you introduce bacteria from your mouth into the wound, it can lead to problems such as infection.

· Love bites (eg hickeys): These qualify as a human bite. However, if the bruises are the only mark without breaking the skin, they are mostly harmless. Other "love bites" cross boundaries and intentionally inflict wounds, and can be more serious. Any bite marks in the genital area of children should be assessed as a possible sign of abuse.

Cabbage

Grind the cabbage leaf, or better yet, put it through a meat grinder, and then apply it to the bruise for 20 minutes. Repeat two to three times a day.

IMPORTANT: Yellow bruises can be hidden with purple lipstick. To do this, you need to carefully spread it over the bruise, and then apply powder or makeup base on top.

Potato

Raw grated potatoes, when applied to a bruise, have a resolving and anti-inflammatory effect. You need to keep it for about thirty minutes.

For extensive bruises, a honey compress helps. To prepare it, mix the yolk, half a tablespoon of flour, a tablespoon of vegetable oil and the same amount of honey. Apply the mixture to the bruise and cover with plastic wrap. You need to keep it for 2-3 hours.

Mix half a glass of vodka and half a teaspoon of salt. Moisten a swab with the mixture and apply to the bruise. You need to renew the compress as it dries.

Finely chop one medium onion and mix with one teaspoon of honey. You can add a tablespoon of dried plantain to the mixture. Apply the compress to the bruise two to three times a day for two hours.

Beetroot and honey

Grate fresh beets on a fine grater, squeeze out the juice and add a tablespoon of honey to the pulp. Apply the mixture to the bruise and secure with a bandage. You need to keep the compress for two to three hours.

Honey and beets for compress

Vinegar and salt

Dissolve a teaspoon of salt in one glass of 9% vinegar. Three times a day, apply a cloth soaked in this solution to the bruise for half an hour.

Onion and salt

Grind 5-6 medium onions, mix with a tablespoon of salt and apply the mixture, wrapped in cloth, to the sore spot three times a day.

IMPORTANT: If you don’t want to rub potatoes, you can simply apply a potato circle to the bruise and hold it there for a while.

Signs of a bite

The bites of almost all insects cause similar symptoms, but by external signs you can still find out which insect stung you, and also distinguish the bite from an allergic reaction to food or the result of touching a plant that causes burns.

Thus, with the bites of bees, hornets or wasps, more noticeable and painful swelling is formed than with mosquito bites. In this case, a sting may remain in the center of the swelling. The midge usually leaves as a souvenir of itself not a swelling, but a bruise, and horse flies and gadflies - large noticeable swelling, accompanied by almost unbearable itching.

The site of tick suction is usually no different in appearance from the bites of other insects. However, if the tick was a carrier of Lyme disease (borreliosis), after 5-7 days the bite takes on a characteristic appearance, allowing one to draw a conclusion about infection. At the site of tick suction, a large round or oval red spot forms, gradually enlarging and taking the form of a wide ring with a painful swelling in the center. This is a ring-shaped erythema, indicating the initial stage of tick-borne borreliosis.

The bites of “domestic” insects (bugs, fleas) are noticeably different from those of mosquitoes or bees. Flea bites appear as numerous red dots; red, itchy bumps appear at the sites of bedbug bites, often with a vesicle in the center. In this case, the tubercles are located in the form of a kind of “path”.

Therapy for human bites

In order to prescribe effective treatment, the doctor must carry out diagnostic measures. First of all, he collects an anamnesis of injury and life. He must know how the damage occurred, whether the necessary vaccinations have been made, etc.

After this, a visual inspection is carried out. The specialist examines the wound and the area around it. If it is deep, anesthesia is administered to examine the condition of the tendons and nerve endings.

As an additional examination, radiography is prescribed. It is necessary in cases where there is a suspicion of a fracture. This diagnosis is also needed if the doctor suspects that there is a foreign body in the wound.

Blood analysis. This study is necessary in cases where the victim is admitted to a hospital. And also if you suspect infection with HIV, syphilis, etc. Blood is taken to determine the tolerability of medications that may be prescribed for therapy.

If there is a foreign object in the wound, the doctor will carefully remove it. If the wound was inflicted on the face, plastic surgery will be prescribed. For deep wounds, if tissue loss has occurred, surgical intervention is also necessary.

To prevent infection from developing, the doctor prescribes a course of antibiotics. Drugs from the group of cephalosporins, penicillins, clindamycins, erythromycins, and aminoglycosides may be prescribed. As a rule, the course of treatment is 3-5 days. If the infection has spread, the duration of therapy increases significantly. It can last up to one and a half months.

If you have not had a tetanus vaccine within the last 5 years, your doctor will prescribe the vaccine. Don't give it up under any circumstances.

For severe pain, the specialist prescribes Ibuprofen or Acetaminophen. They not only relieve pain, but also eliminate swelling. If these drugs do not help, the doctor prescribes medications that are available only by prescription.

Shilajit for bruises. To the begining

Shilajit is known to many as a miracle cure that helps with many problems. It can also treat bruises. Usually mumiyo is diluted with water and the resulting compress is applied to the bruise, but in this form compresses made from medicinal herbs are much more effective.

Research by the scientist Shakirov, done back in the last century, showed that mumiyo is much more effective in fighting bruises when taken orally. If you take 200 milligrams of mummy for large hematomas, this will significantly reduce the intensity of pain and visually reduce the bruise. It is especially useful to take mumiyo orally when an extensive bruise is combined with damage to internal tissues and organs.

What insect bites are dangerous?

We often underestimate the dangers of a bite, and then spend years paying for our carelessness. In mid-latitudes, Hymenoptera are especially dangerous: fire and nomadic ants, bumblebees, horseflies, wasps, gadflies, hornets, and bees. They attack not for survival, but for self-defense.

Particularly dangerous:

malaria mosquitoes - are carriers of malaria;
mosquitoes - spread leishmaniasis;
mosquitoes - transmit yellow fever and dengue disease;
lice - danger in the form of rickettsiosis, typhus;
rat fleas - plague bacillus;
fleas - bubonic plague;
bed bugs - tularemia, viral hepatitis B, plague pathogens, Q-fever;
cockroaches - worms, dysentery, tuberculosis;
tsetse fly - infects sleeping sickness;
flies - lead to dysentery, typhoid, etc.;
ticks - to incurable Lyme disease;
The Black Widow spider can even cause death. Here you can read what types of spiders still live in Russia;
brown recluse spider - completely destroys tissue, healing takes months, and small children and the elderly can even die.

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Medicines for bruises. To the begining

In addition to folk remedies, you can use very effective drugs from the pharmacy to quickly get rid of a bruise.

Troxevasin

Troxevasin should be applied to the bruise every hour - then it will disappear surprisingly quickly. In addition, experts say that this ointment strengthens the walls of blood vessels, that is, it prevents bruises from appearing in the future.

Bruise-off

This product based on leech extract not only resolves bruises well and relieves inflammation, but also has a masking effect, like a foundation. You need to apply this ointment to the bruise more than five times a day.

Heparin ointment

This remedy relieves swelling and improves blood clotting. To quickly get rid of a bruise, it should be used two to three times a day. And due to the anesthetic in the ointment, it also helps to get rid of bruise pain.

Lyoton

This ointment relieves inflammation and strengthens the vascular walls, so using it three times a day allows you to quickly get rid of a bruise.

How to disguise a bruise. To the begining

The most effective way to cover up a bruise is with concealer - at least that’s what the famous American makeup artist Carol Shaw thinks.

Make sure there are no stitches, scratches or cuts in the bruised area. Concealer should not be applied to such skin damage. By the way, you can use it not only on the face, but also on other areas of the skin;
Try to find a hypoallergenic, fragrance-free concealer with a yellow tint. Such concealers have a dense consistency and are the easiest to hide bruises, and also compensate for their blue color due to a yellow tint. But if you have a red bruise, then a green concealer is better. Brown bruises are well hidden with white concealer, and yellow ones with purple;
Concealer should be applied to a bruise carefully, without pressure, so as not to intensify the color of the bruise or cause pain to yourself;
It is better to distribute concealer with a compact sponge;
You can apply a makeup base over the concealer, but this is not always necessary.

Usually the concealer lasts all day, but it is better to check your makeup often and repeat the procedure if necessary.

You can also hide yellow bruises with purple lipstick. To do this, you need to carefully spread it over the bruise, and then apply powder or makeup base on top.

Using a concealer to cover up a bruise

Does a bruise happen from an insect bite, and what to do about it?

Today I accidentally discovered a bruise on my arm. It’s unclear where it came from, there was nothing there, it didn’t hit hard. Yesterday this place itched, but I didn’t attach any importance to it; it felt like something like a pimple or dried blood. But it was dark and I didn’t look. The bruise is 3 cm in diameter and does not hurt at all. During the day it was burgundy, now it’s brown, and you can feel something in the center under the skin. I panicked, what if it was some kind of insect. I don’t live in Africa, but it’s scary. All sorts of worst-case scenarios play out in my head. Should I go to the doctor or not?

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The bruise could be from an insect bite, or it could be an allergic reaction. My mom is like that. When she was young, she was bitten in the stomach by a wasp and almost died. As a result, I developed a severe allergy. Mosquito bites go away without a trace. but when midges bite, the area swells and a bruise forms. It’s especially beautiful when she’s bitten in the eye area)) immediately gives a black eye)) and it’s funny and sad at the same time))