Lung hemorrhage and brain stroke following fatal viper (cerastes cerastes) bite
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Lung hemorrhage and brain stroke following fatal viper (cerastes cerastes) bite
A 46-year-old with a history of mild hypertension was working outside when a viper bit him on his right hand. The patient arrived at the nearest medical facility about 30 minutes after and received polyvalent antivenom serum, bite site care. He was taken to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance. At ED of our center, 2 hours after bite, the patient was unconscious, his blood pressure was in...
متن کاملLaboratory Studies on the Possibility of Culex Quinquefasciatus to Harbor Hepatozoon Sp. Infecting Cerastes Cerastes Cerastes Viper in Egypt.
A successful experimental infection of Culex quinquefasciatus with Hepatozoon sp. infecting Cerastes cerastes cerastes viper was carried out under laboratory conditions of 24 +/- 3 degrees C and 60-70% R. H. The period monitored for complete sporogonic cycle was 21 days. The effect of high parasitimic blood meal was nonsignificant (P>0.05) on preoviposition period and hatchability. Meanwhile a ...
متن کاملGeneral characterization of venom from the Moroccan snakes Macrovipera mauritanica and Cerastes cerastes
Ophidian envenomation accidents constitute a serious public health problem in many countries around the globe. Over 5 million such accident cases occur each year causing more than 100,000 deaths. In Africa, more than 20,000 deaths per year are registered while 400,000 envenomation victims retain severe and permanent functional sequelae. In Morocco, snakebites are frequent and of greater severit...
متن کاملA fatal outcome due to pulmonary hemorrhage following Russell’s viper bite
Russell's viper (RV) envenomation causes local effects, coagulopathy, thrombosis, rhabdomyolysis, acute kidney injury, and neurological manifestations. Although coagulopathy and endothelial destruction causing local and mucosal surface bleeding is known, isolated severe pulmonary hemorrhage is not commonly reported. We report a previously healthy 18-year-old male who had bilateral severe pulmon...
متن کاملForaging behavior and predation success of the sand viper (Cerastes vipera)
Activity levels and foraging success of ectotherms are dependent both on extrinsic factors (e.g., ambient temperature) and intrinsic factors (e.g., hunger level). We focus here on activity and foraging of sand vipers (Cerastes vipera (L., 1758)) (Squamata: Viperidae) in the northwestern Negev desert of Israel. Viper activity is bounded by a specific thermal range, but within this range, tempera...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pan African Medical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.26.99.11727