Beware of vipers! Bashny.Net

Each year with the arrival of spring, lovers of travel through forests and mountains waiting many dangers, one of them a bite of snakes. In our country there are more than ten kinds of poisonous snakes. Viper is the most common of them. Adder (Vipera berus) - the most common venomous snake in central Russia. After wintering vipers appear on the surface of the earth is usually in April - May. Summer havens for the Vipers are different animal burrows, cavities in rotten stumps and between rocks, bushes, packed last year's grass hay. You can encounter a viper, and the water's edge, as these snakes are not bad swim. Viper can live in abandoned buildings, under a pile of old materials.
Painting viper can be very different. In the background (gray or other colors) runs along the back of the strip, which usually takes the form of a zigzag, but it happens and with smooth edges. Maybe viper and pure black.





Painting viper can be very different. In the background (gray or other colors) runs along the back of the strip, which usually takes the form of a zigzag, but it happens and with smooth edges. Maybe viper and pure black.



Risk areas
In an average strip cold-blooded viper are active in the daytime. They love to bask in the sun, including a can do, and right on the trail, on the stumps, and mounds of stone slabs. On warm summer nights the snakes are active and can crawl to the fire.
At a meeting with the snake man usually tries to crawl away. Footsteps snake (devoid of hearing) perceived by tremors. In soft peat litter or soil dug fluctuations almost do not apply, and the viper sometimes does not have time to escape in advance.
Caught by surprise snake takes a proactive defense: hisses, makes menacing shots and finally, throws-bites, for which it provokes the movement of a threat object. Therefore, abrupt movements when the direct meeting with the viper is better not to make, and certainly do not try to get to know her better.
Anyway, only the European part of Russia registered annually several thousand human viper bites.



What's going on?
The closer the bite to the head, so it is dangerous. At the site of the bite of the viper, which is usually, of course, are two point wounds from poisonous snakes teeth. The bite immediately causes severe pain growing.
In the spring of viper venom is more toxic than the summer. It contains neurotropic cytotoxins, i.e. affects the nerve cells. Other components of the viper venom causes a number of disorders of blood coagulation and necrosis.
Local reaction begins in the first few minutes after the snake attack: bitten part of the body is red, becomes hot, up from the bite swelling spreading, then there is certainly increased in volume.
The general reaction usually develops within 15-20 minutes, but can occur at once. Starts sick and dizzy, there is lethargy, nausea (sometimes - vomiting), it becomes hard to breathe, pounding heart. Confusion for bitten by a viper is not typical, but still the victim may look retarded, "a drunk."



What to do?
Suck the poison should be only when there is no chance for health care in the next few hours, that is, long-term campaigns. According to numerous reports, in all other situations, the more damage the health of the victim applied to wrong actions in the provision of first aid, and not the snake bite.
When Viper Sting should immediately go to the doctor (or call the "ambulance"). On the road it is very important that the bitten part of the body remained motionless and was not working. The movement accelerates flow of venom into the body. Certainly it is possible to fix a scarf, conventional sticks.
The victim should remain calm, do not make unnecessary movements and a lot of drinking (not just better in small portions, about up to three liters, preferably plain water or juice, soda). You can take 1-2 pills medicines for allergies, such as "suprastin", "tavegil." Nothing else on the way to the doctor not to do so.
Admission of alcoholic beverages is not allowed. In no case shall the bite cauterization, cutting wounds, in her introduction of potassium permanganate or any other substances. You can not apply a tourniquet to the bitten limb. All mentioned in this paragraph of the "national" funds will not stop the spread of venom through the body, but can greatly exacerbate both local and general symptoms of poisoning.
How to avoid the bite of a viper?
Going to a place where the meeting with the Viper, you must have the appropriate clothing and shoes. Protect from snake bites: high boots; thick wool socks; dense, not tight body pants tucked into shoes with an overlap. When collecting mushrooms and berries is better to push the grass with a long stick, and if you intend to pay special attention to the mound overgrown - poshuruyte it with a stick before the start to hand.



Source: medportal.ru