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CHILDREN’S HEALTH: INSECT AND SPIDER BITES AND STING
Emergency symptom
Allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing
Emergency treatment
Take the child to the nearest hospital if he or she has an allergic reaction.
Symptoms: swelling, itching, stinger left in wound (honeybee), small, dark bumps (ticks), weakness, difficulty in breathing (ticks).
Home care
- Relieve swelling by applying ice.
- Apply calamine lotion to relieve itching.
- Give a nonprescription antihistamine to relieve itching and swelling.
Precautions
- Protect children with appropriate clothing and insect repellents. Use mosquito netting if necessary.
- If your child is allergic to certain insect and spider bites or stings, make sure your doctor tells you what to do if the child is bitten or stung.
- Find out which insects are common in your neighborhood and how to protect your child against them.
- Clear away all rubble and rubbish from near the house – it can harbor funnel web spiders.
- If your child shows signs of a general physical disturbance after being bitten by a spider or insect take the child to the nearest hospital. If you believe the bite was from a funnel web or red back spider go in any case; take the spider if you can, so that it can be identified.
- The bites of most insects and spiders and bull ant and jumper ant bites may be very painful. Some bites however can cause serious conditions.
- Funnel web spiders can inject venom powerful enough to kill a human being. Red back spiders can make a child very ill, although death is unlikely. Bush ticks can cause paralysis and death in a child just as they do in animals.
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