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 ...

February 6, 2018 - The death of a woman and her unborn baby after a suspected snake bite in remote WA is made more tragic with the likelihood her pregnancy may have hastened the lethal effects of the venom.

Histopathological findings in the ... necrosis and extensive vascular congestion [5]. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain fetal loss resulting from snake envenomation. They include fetal anoxia due to maternal shock following envenomation, a direct effect of the venom on the fetus, ...

Dunnihoo et al.15 noted that of ... fetal loss occurrence (excluding the elective abortion). Reid et al.16 reported 1 of 5 (20%) women aborted after venomous bite. Dao et al.17 reported 4 snakebites in pregnant women leading to fetal death or abortion in 3 of them. One mother was in her fifth month of pregnancy and aborted ...

July 23, 2019 - Snakebites in pregnancy are uncommon, accounting for <1% of the ∼5,000 cases of venomous snakebites reported in the US each year [1]. While rare, snake envenomation in pregnancy can result in significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, with maternal death and/or fetal loss occurring ...

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Worldwide occurrence of envenomation by snakebite in pregnancy is rare according to the medical...

A review of the American Association ... cases in pregnancy, as opposed to 7733 non-pregnant controls. 3 No maternal deaths and three fetal deaths were reported. Different case series report between 21% and 43% fetal loss. 2 · Toxic snakebites can be divided into cytotoxins (most common), neurotoxins or hemotoxins. Mamba venom causes paralysis ...

August 29, 2018 - Contrary to popular belief, the bite of a baby rattlesnake is almost always far less serious than the bite of a larger adult rattlesnake. The notion that baby rattlesnakes cannot control the quantity of venom injected (referred to in the field of Herpetology as “venom metering”) is a myth ...

January 24, 2023 - Animal Planet or Nat Geo put together a documentary in which it was stated that juvenile snakes are more dangerous than adults because they are still dumb and do not know how to control their venom. What research this was based on (if any) is not known.

April 23, 2015 - To get to the bottom of some of the assumptions about snakes in the United States and separate fact from fiction, Live Science talked to several snake experts. Here are some commonly held beliefs about snakes and whether they're true or false.

Snakebite envenomations (SBEs) in pregnant women can result in adverse maternal or neonatal effects, such as abortion, placental abruption, preterm labor, fetal malformations, and maternal, fetal or neonatal deaths. Despite the high incidence of SBEs ...

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 ...

Methods: This is a review of ... during pregnancy reported in the English literature from 1966 to May 2009. Results: 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 ...

Nationwide and long-term epidemiological research of snakebite envenomation in Taiwan during 2002-2014 based on the use of snake antivenoms: A study utilizing National Health Insurance Database. Hsu JY, Chiang SO, Yang CC, Hsieh TW, Chung CJ, Mao YC. Hsu JY, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 Jun 8;17(6):e0011376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011376. eCollection 2023 Jun. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023. PMID: 37289739 Free PMC article. Pregnancy ...

Pets, both common and exotic, can pass diseases to a pregnant woman with potential effects to the fetus. Learn more about risks and precautions with pet contact while pregnant.

October 22, 2022 - We reported a case of snakebite ... of pregnancy who presented with pain and swelling over the left hand and forearm and vaginal spotting. The laboratory investigations revealed coagulopathy attributed to green pit viper envenomation. On the fourth day of admission, the patient developed sudden abdominal pain and massive per vaginal bleeding with haemorrhagic shock, most likely abruptio placentae. In Nepal, no anti-snake venom has been developed ...

August 15, 2024 - Snake venom is usually injected by unique fangs during a bite, though some species are also able to spit venom. The venom glands that secrete zootoxins are a modification of the parotid salivary glands found in other vertebrates and are usually located on each side of the head, below and behind ...

Snakebite envenomation in pregnancy is rare. We report two cases of vasculotoxic snakebite in pregnancy and discuss the management challenges in pregnancy for successful maternal and perinatal outcomes. The first case was a 19-year-old woman who was eight ...