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given the remoteness of many parts of the Amazon and the prealence
of insects and snakes, health care takes on a special significance.
Despite the heat, you should wear long trousers all the time and use
repellent to guard against disease-spreading insect bites. If you
are trekking through forest or saanna, it is ital to wear good
boots which protect your ankles from snake bites, chiggers and
scorpions, and you should never trek alone.
Snakes are timid and only attack if you step on them, unless you are
unlucky. Many of the most poisonous snakes are tiny, easily able to
snuggle inside a shoe or a rucksack pocket. Always shake out your
hammock and clothes, keep rucksack pockets tightly closed and take
special care when it rains as snakes, scorpions and other nasty
beasties quite sensibly head for shelter in huts. If you do get
bitten by a snake, try to catch it for identification. Use a
shoelace or a torn piece of shirt wound round the limb with a stick
as a tourniquet, which you should repeatedly tighten for twenty
seconds and then release for a minute, to slow down the action of
the poison.
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Contrary to popular
belief, cutting yourself and sucking out blood will do you more harm
than good. It goes without saying that you should get yourself to a
doctor as soon as possible. If you are well off the beaten track,
small pharmacies even in remotevillages usually stock serum, but
you must know the type of snake inoled.
The humidity means that any cut or wound gets infected ery easily.
Always clean cuts or bites with alcohol or purified water before
dressing. As a general rule, leae all insects alone and never
handle them. even the smallest ants, caterpillars and bees can give
you nasty stings and bites, and scorpions, large soldier ants and
some species of bee will give you fever for a day or two as well.
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