If you are bitten, you will have difficulty breathing and you will die.
With the opportunity to go out for "centipede", "buyu", and full-scale summer, there are some insects that are familiar to you, such as being difficult to breathe when bitten. I asked a researcher at a pharmaceutical company what kind of location and what danger they had.
We heard from Tate Ariyoshi of the Biological Research Division of Earth Pharmaceuticals and Kazuhide Asai of the Academic Education Division.
Poison to centipedes
The centipede, which is familiar to us, also needs to be careful, and the activity will become active due to mating at this time.
It does not normally attack people under stones, but when people approach it, it bites to protect it, and when poison enters the body, it swells and pain continues, and hives are repeated when bitten repeatedly. You may get out or have difficulty breathing.
Watch out for mountain streams
Gnats, also known as gnats and butts, are insects with a length of 2 to 5 mm. Since I like clean water, I need to be careful when I go out to the mountain stream.
Black flies are characterized by the fact that they saw their teeth into the skin, destroy the capillaries, and suck the blood that oozes out, causing pain and strong itching.
Cat flea entering the sandbox
Fleas, called cat fleas, enter the sandbox of the park at this time and become adults from pupae.
Adults can jump about 20 to 30 centimeters and attach to human legs and suck blood. It means that itching may last for a week.
I may die
Ticks live in the grass, react to heat when people come close to them, stick to them, and if bitten and sucked blood, it may become an infection called SFTS = "severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome", fever and abdominal pain , It can also cause vomiting and even death.
Swelling or pain Consult a hospital
Regarding the measures, Mr. Ariyoshi said, "It is important to prevent with insect repellent, and it is also effective to wash off anything on your body, such as taking a shower after playing outside. It is stabbed or bitten. If you have any swelling or pain, please consult a hospital etc. If you know where the bite was, you may be able to identify the bug, so please tell me."