A clinical study of neurotoxic manifestations following snake bite in a tertiary care centre of south Karnataka
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2018, Vol 27, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: As agriculture is the major occupation of Indian subcontinent; as an occupational hazard most of our farmers are exposed to the risk of poisonous snake bites every single day and night. After the occurrence of snakebite snake venom is injected into the body and has so many deleterious effects in the form of local swelling and intense pain, haematotoxicity, neurotoxicity, myotoxicity, nephrotoxicity. Aim of this study was to observe clinical manifestations of neurological manifestations and to study the outcome of the patients with respiratory paralysis after giving them the proper management in the form of antisnake venom and cardio-respiratory support. Material and Methods: Present prospective study has been conducted in emergency ward and intensive care unit of Medicine department of K. R. Hospital, Mysore, India during the period from July 2003 to June 2005. Results: In the present study, maximum number of patients belonged to the age group of 3rd to 5th decade. There were 106 patients studied among them males were 79 (74.53%) and female were 27 (25.47%). Most of them i.e.75 (70.75%) were from agricultural background. Though the distal part of body was the commonest site of snake bite, three patients had unusual site of snake bite (over external ear, scalp and body trunk). About 22 (20.75%) patients had neurological manifestations, out of them 8 (7.55%) patients had respiratory paralysis and required mechanical ventilation. Conclusions: Emergent treatment of neurovascular manifestations of snakebite with anti snake venom and mechanical ventilation is important for better outcome such patients.
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Anitha M S, V V Lade
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