Snake-bites: appraisal of the global situation.

Solution for the Neglected Problem of Snake Bite Envenoming in Sri Lanka

The snake bites are in the Sri Lankan population at risk; however, there should be targeted programs to educate people on these aspects. Studying the awareness and perceptions related to such issues of risk groups is important in designing community based interventional programs on snakebite towards combating the global burden of snakebite. Such information is lacking on the farming community o...

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

Snake venom proteins and coagulopathy caused by snakebite

Snakebite affects around 3 or 4 million humans annually leading to more than 100,000 deaths. Coagulopathy is one of the significant causes of both morbidity and mortality in these patients. Accordingly, it is of utmost importance to diagnose and treat coagulation disorder due to bites; in addition, it is accompanied by various clinical aspects, such as pre-coagulation, fibrinogen coagulation ti...

Herbal remedies for Snake bites in Ethnic practices of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

The present study expresses the Age Old Traditional Treatments for Snake Bites in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Tribal people of this area have authentic information about antidotes for poisonous bites. They have been using different plant parts like leaves, fruits, flowers, seeds, stem bark, tubers and roots as antidotes in the form of paste, powder, juice, infusion, decoction, and in c...

Confronting the Neglected Problem of Snake Bite Envenoming: The Need for a Global Partnership

E nvenoming resulting from snake bites is an important public health hazard in many regions, particularly in tropical and subtropical countries [1–3]. Although antivenoms are being produced by various laboratories in every continent, the burden of snake bite envenoming— causing both morbidity and mortality—still has a great impact on the population and on health-care systems, especially in Afri...