Do not puncture the pustules after red fire ant bite to avoid secondary infection.
Red fire ants have a certain degree of toxicity, and after biting the human body, local wounds will have burning pain, red spots, hard swellings, pimples and pustules. For pustules, do not easily scratch or puncture them with your hands, so as to avoid secondary bacterial infection and aggravation of local inflammation after local skin breakage.
After being bitten by red fire ants, first of all, apply cold compress to the wound, and then use iodophor to disinfect the local wound.
Since the venom of red fire ants is acidic, alkaline liquid can also be used to wash the wound to neutralize the toxicity, e.g. soap and water, ammonia, etc. Localized red and swollen areas of wounds are often itchy and painful and can be treated with topical glycerite lotion and applied with antibiotic ointment such as erythromycin ointment and mupirocin ointment.
A small portion of the population is allergic to the toxicity of red fire ants, and may experience breathing difficulties, generalized weakness, and generalized skin rashes, etc., and should go to the hospital in time.