Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known. South Asia is the world's most heavily affected region, due to its high population density, widespread agricultural activities, numerous venomous snake species and lack of functional snake bite contro...

background: snakebite in iran has been a health concern. however, management of snakebite is not standardized and varies from center to center. this study is aimed at devising an evidence-based comprehensive protocol for snakebite management in iran, to reduce unnecessary variations in practice. materials and methods: a narrative search in electronic databases was performed. fifty peer-reviewed...

Fifty-eight cases of snake bite seen at the British Military Hospital, Dharan, Nepal during 1989 were studied prospectively. Data is presented on the epidemiology and outcome of snake bite in this area of lowland Nepal with details of the age and sex of patients, date and time of bite, delay in arrival at hospital, use of tourniquets, circumstances of the bite, and snake identification. Neuroto...

A vine snake bite in a dog is reported. There was continued minor bleeding from the assumed nose bite site for 4 days. Currently manufactured snakebite antivenom is not effective against vine snake bites and treatment is supportive.

Introduction: Snake bite is an important occupational and rural hazard because snakes. All snakes are commonly considered by layman to be poisonous but according to the classical work of Melcon smith in ‘fauna of British india poisonous snakes are cobra, Russell record of the snake bite mortality of the cases take places in the periphery, which are hardly accessible to the hospitals. Then too, ...

Snake bite is a signi® cant cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world (Warrell, 1996). The annual incidence of snake bite in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, estimated at 81/100 000 (Wilkinson, 1994), is relatively high because the population is mostly rural and the number of snakes resident in the area is large (Branch, 1990). An important determinant of the morbidity and mortali...

OBJECTIVE Snake bite remains major public health problem worldwide. We present our experience with cases of snake bites managed in our tertiary care teaching center of South India. MATERIALS AND METHODS The details of all patients with snake bite admitted to a tertiary teaching care hospital from 2010 to 2012 were retrospectively retrieved and reviewed. The details regarding age, gender, firs...

this study was done to determine whether high or low dose of anti-snake venom (asv) is better in coagulopathy in victims of envenoming by vipers. this retrospective study was conducted on the 154 patients (mean age ± sd, range) of viper snake bites who were referred to the emergency ward of razi hospital, ahvaz, iran over 2 years period (2004 - 2006). according to the treatment dosage the patie...

PURPOSE Ocular manifestations in snake-bite injuries are quite rare. However, the unusual presentations, diagnosis and their management can pose challenges when they present to the ophthalmologist. Early detection of these treatable conditions can prevent visual loss in these patients who are systemically unstable and are unaware of their ocular condition. To address this, a study was conducted...

The success of snake bite healers is vaguely understood in Kenya, partly due to their unknown materia medica and occult-mystical nature of their practice. A comparison is made of plants used in snake bite treatments by two culturally distinct African groups (the Kamba and Luo). Thirty two plants used for snakebite treatment are documented. The majority of the antidotes are prepared from freshly...