Harm when being bitten by three-cavity ants

The three-cavity ant has the scientific name Paederus fuscipes curtis, belonging to the order beetles. In fact, the three-cavity ant has a very strong toxin and many times more than the venom of a cobra. Therefore, when bitten by three-cavity ants, it is very dangerous. So what is the harm when being bitten by an ant? Let's find out through the following article!

Three-compartment ants belong to the penguin family Staphilinidae, order Colleoptera, class insecta, phylum. Morphologically, the three-chambered ants are very special, they have an elongated body like a grain of rice, 1-1.2cm long and only about 2-3mm wide. The body has many different colors that look like ants. Therefore, people often call it with many different names such as needle ant, wild ant, cross ant, rice ant, double chin, curved ant or caged ant,...
The three-chambered ant consists of 3 pairs of legs and abdomen has stings, including a red one, flies and runs very fast. The body is sometimes dark or darker orange and pointed at the abdomen. The upper abdomen and head are black, the center is iridescent, iridescent blue with hard wings attached. A pair of transparent three-chambered ants' wings are neatly folded and hidden beneath the beetle's wings. During the day, three-chambered ants will be seen crawling or crawling around and hiding their wings similar to ants. When abnormal, three-cavity ants will increase the size of the abdomen, have a threatening gesture like a scorpion, and they can also fly and run fast forward.

The three-chambered ants often live in areas near fields, around stubble, lawns and near water, vegetable fields or in construction sites. The three-chambered ant's body contains pederin, which can cause burns and skin burns, similar to the cantadin of the rabies worm and phosphorus in humans.
The food of the three-chambered ants is often found in rice fields, dormitories, schools, boarding houses or collective houses with grass growing around. When brown planthoppers appear in rice fields, the leaf rollers will come and burrow into the worm's nest to eat each one. They are considered a natural enemy. When the rice field is in the harvest, the three-chambered ants often fly into high-rise apartment buildings where there is fluorescent light to eat brown planthoppers and indoor soot bugs.
During the rainy and stormy season, the insects will move to drier areas. After days of rain and floods flooding the fields, ponds and lakes, at night, the three-chambered ants will follow the insects and the light of the lights into the house. People who often have to work under the lights have insects falling on their necks, faces, and bodies accidentally raising their hands to beat, wipe, rub insects and Pederin in ants falls on their skin. Sometimes three-chambered ants can crawl in the bath or cling to towels and clothes. The patient does not pay attention, rubbing the insect causes blistering dermatitis.
In Vietnam, they were discovered a few years ago in high-rise apartment buildings in Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Ho Chi Minh City. Can Tho,... especially places close to rice fields. The three-chambered ants often appear in the fall, which is also the time to harvest the rice crop, with a higher density than in other months of the year.

The amount of toxin contained in the three-cavity ant when biting to humans through the sting is very small, so it can only make the skin blistered, itchy, when scratching the wound will break off, leading to sores, if not treated. Treatment can cause dermatitis. In particular, the pederin present in the three-chambered ants will spread quickly when the patient hits the ant on the skin, causing the injured area to spread quickly and widely. Moreover, when this toxin is in contact with the skin, it will symbiotically stick to the skin, causing the level of damage to increase.
The harmful effects of three-compartment ants mainly cause skin lesions that are not life-threatening, but with a large number of inflammatory skin sites such as the head, face, neck, legs, arms, hips or back. In particular, skin lesions are most severe and can spread most widely in soft skin. Some symptoms may appear after 12 - 36 hours of exposure to the toxin of the ants such as skin blistering, blistering.
If an ant bite is not treated, the inflammation will progress to an ulcer, then these lesions will have the shape of a long straight line, or a Y shape,... depending on how we kill it. ants three compartments. Dermatitis can look like lesions of shingles. After exposure to toxins, blisters usually appear within 1 day. If treated, it will go away after about a week. In case of late treatment, the skin damage can leave red scars and take many months to heal. If the toxin of the three-chambered ant gets into the eye, it will cause a number of diseases such as conjunctivitis and swelling of the soft tissues around the eye, in some cases temporary blindness.

Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health recommends that before the three-cavity ants are attacking in many residential areas, if the three-cavity ants appear, they should replace the fluorescent lamp with a yellow light, because the three-cavity ants The cavity has a tendency to love fluorescent light. Avoid standing under bright lights in the house, if you see three-chambered ants appear under the light, you should avoid and stand away from them.
In addition, people can prevent ants from entering their homes by:
Using nets at windows and doors, closing doors frequently after entering; Regularly clean the environment, clear bushes, as well as plants around the house, because this is a good shelter for this species; Wear long-sleeved clothes when going out, especially in areas near fields, near construction sites or residential areas with lots of light; Turn off unnecessary lights at night; Before sleeping, it is necessary to sweep the house to clean the floor and hook up the mosquito net to avoid contact with insects; For areas where there is a high density of three-chamber ants, it is necessary to spray insecticides to kill residual three-cavity ants on the walls inside and outside the house. In short, the three-chambered ant is a powerful poisonous insect. If accidentally bitten by three-cavity ants, it will lead to skin damage. The harm of three-cavity ant bites is not life-threatening, but if it gets in the eyes, it can lead to mucosal damage, even temporary blindness. Therefore, it is necessary to take precautions and know how to handle when bitten. If you see signs of skin blistering, itching, increasing inflammation, etc., you should immediately go to a medical facility for evaluation and appropriate interventions.