Seek urgent medical care if there is trouble breathing, facial/throat swelling, widespread hives, faintness, rapidly worsening swelling or pain, vomiting, fever, pus, or spreading redness. Children, older adults, and people with significant heart disease should be assessed sooner after a bite.
Centipede bites are usually managed with symptomatic care such as ice or warm-water immersion and pain relief.
Dermatology 2-Volume Set, 5e, lines 5318-5330.
Poison Control guidance also advises washing, cold packs, analgesia, tetanus review, and medical assessment for allergic or infected wounds.