Bitten By A Centipede? Worst Than Labour Pain!!!

Centipede

It was a quiet night when human beings and even dogs were lost in dreamland and I was busy as usual. working at my computer. I felt something creeping on the top of my foot. Booth feet were partly out of my slippers. For a moment, I thought it was a roach so I instinctively used my other foot to kick off what was crawling on my foot.

I immediately felt a piercing bite which was followed by a sharp pain. This jolted all my senses and I looked down to ascertain what was happening. When I looked, I saw this creature, that I had not seen in many years. It was a centipede which some persons call a forty leg. This centipede is referred to as a house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata). This was a fully grown insect and was about three inches long.

I felt intense pain and I was losing some movement in my toes. I called Doctor Donovan Jackson because I was concerned about having any serious allergic reaction and also that the wound could have difficulty in terms of its healing.

It was no longer just intense pain that I was feeling but I felt as if my foot was placed over hot coals and the burning sensation was now becoming unbearable. I was told to take an antihistamine tablet and advised to keep in touch with the doctor. I did my own research using the world wide web and various sites advised me to run hot water over the area where the centipede had bitten me because this would help to dilute the toxins which the insect had injected into my bloodstream. After some time I used a pack of ice to help to relieve the swelling on my foot.

I used a disinfectant to clean the area and then applied a small amount of antibiotic cream on the affected. area. The excruciating pain continued, but it was clear to me that it was going to be a restless night for me. It was a night of twisting and turning and the pain continued to be intense. The foot became slightly swollen and red. By the next day, the pain had subsided although the area was still very sensitive. 

I am still lucky that I did not have an adverse allergic reaction to the centipede bite. Someone said to me that because the place has become so hot, many of these creatures are looking for cool areas to hide like in our homes for example.  Being bitten by a centipede feels like being bitten by a thousand bees in the same spot. It is pain that is now etched in my memory which not even dementia will erase. I still jump when I feel a leaf touches my foot thinking that it could be another centipede. With all respect to my lady friends if labour pain is hotter than this, then I give thanks that I was born a man.   

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