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 - "From the limited evidence we have there is certainly a higher rate of foetal and neonatal loss from snakebite in pregnancy — as high as 40 per cent," he said. "About 4-5 per cent of women bitten by a venomous snake in pregnancy will die, which is about double what you would expect outside ...

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, ... can result in significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, with maternal death and/or fetal loss occurring in up to 10 and 43% of reported cases, respectively [2]. Due to the rarity of reported events and incomplete understanding ...

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

Fetal and early neonatal losses have been reported in all venomous snake bite victims. Polyvalent antivenom and supportive ventilation is essential in the care of neurotoxic snakebites. sj-pdf-1-obm-10.1177_1753495X211019236 - Supplemental material for Neurotoxic snake bite in pregnancy:

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 - False. Some people mistakenly think that baby snakes are more venomous either because they can't control how much venom they inject, or because their venom is more concentrated. Neither idea is true. "Adult snakes are as dangerous, or more dangerous, than a young snake," Steen said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...