Question

What are the side effects of a centipede bite?

Answer 1

When you get bitten by a centipede you can experience pain and swelling at the centipede bite.

A Centipede bite usually causes pain and the swelling and redness for around 48 hours and after 48 hours the swelling, pain and redness usually goes away without any medical treatment.

However if you're experiencing an allergic reaction to the centipede bite then seek medical attention.

Some people who are bitten by centipedes experience side effects such as skin necrosis, local bleeding, headache, heart palpitations, vomiting and nausea and swollen, painful lymph nodes in the regions of the bitten limb.

Most times the centipede bite just causes pain and swelling and is nothing to worry about but if you seem to get worse them seek medical treatment just in case you might be allergic to the centipede.

Answer 2

Most centipede bites are just painful and not dangerous to your health.

However some people may have allergic reactions or infections after the centipede bite and if you do then see the doctor or go to the hospital if it's an emergency.

Centipedes do sometimes bite humans but it's rare that they do.

As long as you stay away from the centipede they will cause you no harm and the centipede is not poisonous when they bite you.

The larger the centipede though the more painful the bite.

I once was bitten by a centipede as a kid and it hurt really bad but I never had any health issues from it and the centipede bite healed up within a month and it was like it never happened.

Some people have allergic reactions to centipede bites and in those cases the centipede bite could be dangerous but in most cases centipede bites are just painful and not dangerous.

Centipedes are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which also includes millipedes and other multi-legged creatures.

Centipedes are elongated segmented creatures with one pair of legs per body segment.

All centipedes use venom to kill their prey.

Centipede bites rarely cause health complications in humans, and aren't typically dangerous or fatal.

However, some centipedes have venom which produces a variety of toxins, including chemicals such as histamine, serotonin, and cardio-depressant toxin-S.