News Forum - Woman bitten by cockroach suffers allegic reaction in Thailand

[Thaiger]

A Burmese woman suffered a serious allergic reaction to being bitten by a cockroach while she slept in Kanchanaburi province, in the central part of Thailand. The 40 year old Burmese woman, Minor, woke with a start, nudging her sleeping husband saying she felt as if she had been bitten. He husband switched on the light to find a big cockroach scurrying from the bed to the toilet. Her brave husband chased and killed it and put it in a plastic bag. Minor called the Khun Rattanawut Rescue Team telling them she had been bitten on the knee and felt […]

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[HolyCowCm]

Gross. Now I have heard everything.

[Guest1]

Minor recovered after spending one night at the hospital. She revealed the doctor gave her an injection and let her rest. She added she didn’t take any pills and didn’t need a follow-up appointment.

The quick reaction seems to suggest, that most of this "she had been bitten on the knee and felt pain all over her body, headaches, a skin rash, and felt dizzy" comes from the disgust of being touched, bitten by a cockroach. Because it all is a lot to quick, to be a body reaction to the bite. "Usually" disinfecting the bite mark would be enough. After check the area some days for an possible infection. 

Would be nice to know, what the doctor injected. 

[palooka]

Similar incident about a week ago, roach bite and stinging wound, squeezed the hell out of it and extracted clear fluid, hurt for about an hour and sore to touch for about 2-3 days.  No other symtoms.

Really surprised that a roach bites. Weird world.

 

[cowslip]

although cockroaches bite, this story sounds improbable.

If the woman has been bitten before and knows she can be allergic, then it might Mae sense.

Basically cockroaches don't bite humans except on very rare occasions such as high infestations or sudden disappearance of food supply.

Like any bite, they can become infected and some people react to any bite with an "allergic" reaction - as with mosquitoes.

Cockroaches don't carry zoonotic diseases.

One assume the injection given would have been antibiotic and the bite despite collecting the alleged offender could well have been caused by another insect.

 

[HiuMak]

16 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Minor called the Khun Rattanawut Rescue Team telling them she had been bitten on the knee and felt […]

This must be a bloody hungry BUGGER

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

13 hours ago, Guest1 said:

Would be nice to know, what the doctor injected. 

I'm case of an allergic reaction, an antihistamin pill is usually sufficient, ex Desloratadin. In some cases one might add Atarax to get full recovery. Anti histamine pills take about 30 min to take effekt. There are Injections available that obviously works faster. In order to avoid  rebound reactions one might add steroids which takes 3h to take effect. In serious life threatening cases, like anaphylaxis, epinephrine must be administerd asap.

What this doctor injected is anyone's guess, maybe a Chinese remedy

[Cabra]

Cockroaches can and do bite people and depending on the person the reaction can vary from severe to nonexistent. This women was one of the very few who had a bad allergic reaction.

[Bangkok_Gary]

Notice she was bitten by a Farang (American) cockroach.

[cowslip]

7 hours ago, Cabra said:

Cockroaches can and do bite people and depending on the person the reaction can vary from severe to nonexistent. This women was one of the very few who had a bad allergic reaction.

Given the variety of biting insects in Thailand and the rarity of bites from cockroaches, I think the probability of this being a cockroach bite is very limited. I would also bear in mind the litany of times that bites in rural areas go misdiagnosed.