Injuries and poisonings

Cold injury

Exposure to cold can cause a decrease in body temperature (hypothermia) and local damage to soft tissues.

Heat stroke is hyperthermia accompanied by a systemic inflammatory reaction causing multiple organ failure and often death. It is manifested by an increase in body temperature above 40 °C and a disturbance of mental state; sweating is often absent.

Heat exhaustion

Heat exhaustion is a non-life-threatening clinical syndrome characterized by general weakness, malaise, nausea, fainting, and other non-specific symptoms associated with heat exposure. Thermoregulation is not impaired.

Heat cramps

Heat cramps are exercise-related muscle contractions that occur during or after physical activity in conditions of elevated ambient temperatures.

Overheating

Heat exposure disrupts many physiological functions and can lead to dehydration. Most people in this situation experience mild but unpleasant symptoms, although in some cases they can range from swelling and cramps to fainting and heat stroke.

Spider bites: what to do, first aid

A spider bite is something that can happen to summer residents, lovers of agriculture and gardening, as well as tourists and fans of outdoor recreation. Considering that the spring-summer cottage and tourist, hiking season is already open, the risk of suffering from a spider bite increases.

Bites from poisonous lizards, crocodiles and iguanas

Significant bites from other reptiles include bites from venomous lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and iguanas.

Treatment of venomous snake bites: antidote

Immediately after the bite, the victim should move away from the snake to a safe distance or be moved to this distance.

Diagnosis of venomous snake bites

Along with the clinical manifestations of snake venom poisoning, a definitive diagnosis requires identification of the snake species.

Symptoms of venomous snake bites

A snake bite, whether venomous or not, usually causes terror in the victim, often with vegetative manifestations (eg, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, diarrhea, sweating), which are difficult to distinguish from the systemic manifestations of envenomation.

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