Preterm labour with antepartum hemorrhage due to venomous snake bite was diagnosed. Multidisciplinary management instituted led to the survival of both mother and baby. In resource constrained setting, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy arising from systemic envenomation due to snake bite in pregnancy ...

Long-term effects of envenoming compromise the quality of life of the survivors of snakebite. We searched MEDLINE (from 1946) and EMBASE (from 1947) until October 2018 for clinical literature on the long-term effects of snake envenoming using ...

Natural or iatrogenic causes of anaphylaxis are significant risk factors in pregnancy. A 3% to 5% risk of sting anaphylaxis in any pregnant woman with…

Natural or iatrogenic causes of anaphylaxis are significant risk factors in pregnancy. A 3% to 5% risk of sting anaphylaxis in any pregnant woman with insect-sting allergy untreated with venom immunotherapy (VIT) can be calculated. Insect-sting anaphylaxis has allegedly caused severe fetal ...

This is a review of Medline/PubMed ... during pregnancy reported in the English literature from 1966 to May 2009. Two hundred thirteen venomous snakebites were reported in pregnant women. The overall case-fatality rate in the pregnant females was approximately 4%, and the fetal loss rate was ...

Envenomation is the exposure to a poison or toxin resulting from a bite or sting from an animal. The medically important venomous animals consist of s…

Snakebite envenoming is an important public health issue responsible for mortality and severe morbidity. Where mortality is mainly caused by venom toxins that induce cardiovascular disturbances, neurotoxicity, and acute kidney injury, morbidity is caused by toxins that directly or indirectly ...

February 7, 2024 - Antivenoms are usually made using the venom of the snake. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS · "Studies conducted in South Africa, Sri Lanka, and India showed that the prevalence of snakebites occurring in pregnancy ranged from 0.4 to 1.8 percent," Boum wrote. "Although rare, they can be associated with very severe adverse outcomes, as was seen in this patient, with maternal death occurring in up to 4 percent of reported cases and fetal loss ...

Poisoning by members of the Crotalidae family (rattlesnakes, cotton-mouths [water moccasins] and copperheads) during pregnancy carries with it a fetal wastage rate of 43% and a maternal mortality rate of 10%. Pit viper bites cause a bleeding diathesis from the fact that the venom of these snakes ...

Delayed or recurrent coagulopathy can occur up to 14 days after North American rattlesnake envenomation in patients that have been treated with Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (CroFab). There is little data in the literature characterizing the sequelae of North American rattlesnake envenomation ...

September 18, 2017 - Because pregnant women can't be administered anti-venom, the family was left with a decision — deliver the baby three months early or treat the symptoms and hope the venom doesn’t spread.

The fact that venomous snakebites during pregnancy result in a high fetal wastage and that both venomous snake and spider bites may cause maternal mortality, makes this an important, albeit uncommonly encountered, entity in obstetrics. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of dealing with this ...

February 16, 2019 - Key words :Snakebite, Pregnancy, Envenomation. ... Address of Correspondence: Dr Mohamamd Ali, Senior Consultant of Medicine, Comilla Medical College. ... The snake was brought in dead and identified. It · was diagnosed as common krait by expert taxonomist · (Bangarus caeruleaus)and was 2.5 feet long. It’s sex ... Patient was conscious and oriented on admission. ... About 82 species of snakes are found in Bangladesh. ... Venomous ...

They found that crotaline venom produces a broad cytokine response in human bite victims with several identified markers that might lead to improved therapies and better prognostic indicators. We hope that this may provide new diagnostic tools to identify unknown snakebites.

However, secondary injuries such as loss of limb function and other disabilities often result from cytotoxic venom. A 38-year-old male was brought to out-patient department with a complaint of necrotic tissue on the right side of the dorsal hand and wrist which results from an untreated snake bite ...

Cardiotoxicity: Viper and elapid venom can cause direct myocardial damage manifesting as arrhythmias, bradycardia, tachycardia or hypotension · Nephrotoxicity: Renal failure is secondary to ischaemia in Viper bites (especially Russell's viper). Shock: A variety of factors contribute to shock. They include fright, hypovolemia (due to extravasation of fluids and blood loss...

August 20, 2024 - The only way to tell with certainty whether your snake is pregnant is to take her to a vet for a scan, although there are several tell-tale signs...

February 1, 2004 - This is a review of Medline/PubMed ... during pregnancy reported in the English literature from 1966 to May 2009. Two hundred thirteen venomous snakebites were reported in pregnant women. The overall case-fatality rate in the pregnant females was approximately 4%, and the fetal loss rate was ...

Studies so far have shown that ... increase the risk of negative pregnancy outcomes. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against COVID-19. ... COVID-19 is caused by snake venom, not a virus; snake venom is in ...

Snakebite is an important public health problem in tropical regions of the world. Although devastating effects of envenoming such as kidney failure, tissue necrosis, bleeding diathesis, and neurotoxicity are well known in the acute stage following a ...