As I understand it, most of these venoms are proteins. And electric current will denature and destroy proteins.
In fact there’s a lot of info from NIH and other places online about this. Just search for ‘denaturing proteins with electricty’.
Seems like someone didn’t do much real research on this.
Brown recluse bite, use a taser on it a few times as it lumps up. Score the skin and sanitize with iodine. It works and no doctor visit needed. The same works for tick bites, taze the spot.... it can’t hurt the outcome.
Much of the body part being shocked is loaded with good proteins that can become bad proteins and even circulate and cause more issues.
The venom itself is denaturing proteins.
Unintended consequences, where have I heard that before...?
Thanks for the replies.
I didn’t do much research on this and my med background is slim to none. I worked one of those “allied” medical services back when. The impetus for this is my morbid fascination with Youtube venomous snake and snake-bite videos. (I alternate between ‘reptiles’ and ‘psychopaths.’)
I’m not talking about “denaturing” the proteins by simply overwhelming the equilibrium between the bonds. Apparently they reconstitute themselves immediately after.
I’m talking about matching the frequency of the current to the resonance frequency of the protein chains at high enough amplitude to cause their breakdown and neutralize the venom without causing surrounding tissue harm.
Though no doubt some of the anecdotes were based on dry bites, I don’t think they all were; the shock delivered from a spark plug is a pulsed current. Did somebody get lucky and hit the sweet-spot with the frequency?
If so, then a hand-held device could be made.
It sure would beat antivenom.