New aspects in snake venom toxicology

Snake Venom, Anti-snake Venom & Potential of Snake Venom

Many active secretions produced by animals have been employed in the development of new drugs to treat diseases such as hypertension and cancer. Snake venom toxins contributed significantly to the treatment of many medical conditions. Venomous snakes have a bad reputation and rightly so because of their often deadly bites. But what makes a snake’s bite so deadly is the venom. Of the 3000 snake ...

Snake Venom in Therapeutics

Pharmacokinetics of Snake Venom

Understanding snake venom pharmacokinetics is essential for developing risk assessment strategies and determining the optimal dose and timing of antivenom required to bind all venom in snakebite patients. This review aims to explore the current knowledge of snake venom pharmacokinetics in animals and humans. Literature searches were conducted using EMBASE (1974-present) and Medline (1946-presen...

Snake venom ophthalmia

Snake venom ophthalmia is an acute reaction of the ocular surface tissues to venom ejected into the eyes of spitting cobra victims. The condition is uncommon and the victim may be frightful of going blind. However permanent vision loss is rare. This case (40-year-old man) is reported to discuss the management protocol in such cases. Immediate copious irrigation of the eye is the most important ...

Snake venom conjunctivitis.

A Mandinka adult male was clearing scrub in a garden near Bathurst, Gambia, when he felt a spray over the left side of his face and left eye while bending down. This had come from a snake about three feet away from him, which then disappeared; from the description it seemed to be a cobra of the species Naja (Naja nigricollis). The man immediately attended at a clinic and was examined about half...