Rats play dead and bite auntie, netizens comment
Red Net Changsha, November 10 (Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter, Wu Wenfang, correspondent, Tang Xue) On November 9, on the bed of Changsha Central Hospital, looking at the scabbed index finger of her left hand, 50-year-old Aunt Lei looked very peaceful. Twenty days ago, she saw the mouse's "corpse" in her bucket and wanted to remove the "dead mouse" directly with her hands. Who knew that just after touching the mouse's tail, the mouse "died and came back to life", and bit her finger, so she was admitted to the hospital.
Aunt Lei's daughter, Ms. Zeng, told reporters that her mother is from Chaling, Zhuzhou. Because of the recent rat epidemic in the house, on October 20, her mother bought rat poison and placed it in the corner of the kitchen and dining room. The next morning, Aunt Lei saw a mouse "lying corpse" in her bucket. She reached out to remove the mouse, but she didn't expect that the "dead mouse" had "revived" just as her hand touched the tail of the mouse, and she even bit her finger. Since she only bit a little skin and didn't even bleed, she didn't pay much attention.
"I didn't expect that half a month later, the original scabbed wound began to bleed again, and it looked a little unstoppable." Ms. Zeng said that her mother also had bleeding gums, bleeding stool, hematuria and other conditions. This time, Aunt Lei and her children were anxious. Accompanied by her children, she went to the hematology department of Changsha Central Hospital. After examination, she found that her coagulation function was obviously abnormal, considering that it was related to the mouse bite. The hospital then treated Aunt Lei with hemostasis, blood transfusion, vitamin K1 and other treatments, and the current situation has improved significantly.
"Then how can you catch it with your hands?" When Ms. Zeng was telling her mother's story, the nurse in the next hospital bed interjected, "We don't care whether the mouse is dead or not, step on it and then take something to take it away."
Shen Rui, the attending physician of the hematology department of Changsha Central Hospital, said that after Aunt Lei's treatment in the hematology department, the bleeding situation in many parts of the body has improved significantly, but some toxins may remain in the body for several years. It is recommended that after she is discharged from the hospital, her blood clotting function should be regularly tested, and vitamin K4 and other drugs should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
He said that when rats are overflowing in the home, if you put rat poison, the packaging should not be thrown around, and it is best to set up a special rodent control area; be careful not to directly contact the rat poison with your hands, and the place where the rat poison is placed should not be close to the water source, especially the drinking water. The bait for rat poison should be distinguished from the surrounding food to avoid accidental ingestion; properly handle dead rats, and do not directly touch the dead rats with your hands to avoid accidental injury, because everyone has different constitutions and may be exposed to a little rat poison, which will cause serious poisoning. In addition, dead rats must be collected and buried deep, and they should also be picked up and dealt with when they fall into the water to prevent animal poisoning such as cats and dogs. After a rat bite, go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible, and do not delay, because not only may there be rat poison poisoning, but the rats may also carry pathogens,
Remind
Rat poison, severe, possibly fatal
Shen Rui introduced that there are many kinds of rat poison, some of which develop rapidly after poisoning, and can cause coma, respiratory system failure and other symptoms; some have a long incubation period, and the most common one is "dicoumarins". After this kind of drug poisoning, after 1-2 weeks of incubation period, there may be depression, loss of appetite, weakness, and bleeding in many parts of the body. Bleeding in the digestive tract can be manifested as relieving black stool; in the kidneys, bladder and other urinary systems, it can be manifested as hematuria; the most dangerous is hemorrhage in the brain, which may lead to neurological symptoms and even paralysis, and in severe cases, death can occur in dozens of minutes.
popular science
Adult mice have the IQ of an 8-year-old child
After the news of the mouse "playing dead" spread, it exploded in the QQ group. Some netizens said that they also knew about the mouse playing dead. "At that time, my father took a shovel and took a picture. The mouse faked death and went out with fire pliers. Just after throwing it into the trash heap, it rolled over and ran away."
Rats are really so smart, can they play dead? The reporter then interviewed Long Jianxun, an expert in disinfection and vector biological control at the Changsha CDC.
"In fact, mice don't play dead," Long Jianxun said, it just slowed down its reaction. It turns out that the current rat poison is already a chronic poison, and the effect of the drug is a slow process. Chronic rat poison generally contains anticoagulant. After eating it, mice will not have any reaction at first, so they will continue to eat it. Usually 2-5 days, it will cause internal bleeding and blood vessels to rupture in mice, which will show drowsiness, thirst, and sluggishness.
The idea that mice are "smart" is not groundless. In 2008, Long Jianxun said in a media interview that the IQ of adult mice is comparable to that of 8-year-old children, and it is necessary to fight wits and courage when hunting mice.
