Sea Snake Bites Resulted in a Mimic of Brain Death

Snake Bites

gIR _i shall be obliged, if you will kindly insert the following in your esteemed Journal, if you think it will interest your readers. I was called to see a case of serpent bite to a village about 14 miles away. I reached the place at 2 p.m., and on inquiry I learnt that the man was bitten by a snake in the early morning of the previous day at 5 a.m., i-s,, thiity-three hours before I first saw...

Snake-Bites

Vipera berus is the only viper i.e. venomous (poisonous) snake that is found in Poland. Snakebites occur rarely und usually follow attempts of catching the viper or accidental treading on it. Appropriate treatment consists of administering specific antivenom serum (antivenin). Four cases of snakebites hospitalized in 1989-1995 in the Department of Infectious Diseases of the University Medical S...

An Epidemiologic and Clinical Study of Snake Bites during a Five-Year Period in Karoon, Iran

Snake bite mimicking brain death

A 6 year old girl woke up with pain and increasing swelling over the left hand and difficulty in breathing. On examination, she had swelling of the left forearm and hand, flaccid quadriparesis and was in respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Two clean puncture wounds were identified on the left thumb. A provisional diagnosis of snake bite with severe envenomation was made and sh...

Legro's Solution and Snake Bites

Silt,?I beg to send you notes on the use of Michel Lcgro's Anti-Venomous Solution in cases of snake-bite, which may be kindly inserted in the Indian Medical Gazette. Recently I was called to see a case of snake-bite. A boy, aged about 18, was bitten on his right foot by a cobra at about 7 a.m. The patient immediately after the bite tied a ligature tightly round the leg below the knee with a rop...