Pattern of snakebite cases evaluated at a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction Snakebite is a serious public health issue worldwide especially in Indian subcontinent The high mortality in India is due to climatic factors rural predominance of population and their agricultural dependence It is a neglected disease that usually affects the rural inhabitants indulging in agricultural activities All snakes are tabooed for being deadly poisonous but truth is miles away as majority of them belongs to nonpoisonous categoryObjective To study the pattern of Snakebite cases evaluated at KLE Hospital of JN Medical College Belagavi KarnatakaStudy Design A retrospective hospital record based studyMaterials and Methods The study was done by analyzing the case records at Medical Record Department of JN Medical College Belagavi Karnataka for all patients admitted with Snakebite envenomation from January 2013 to December 2017 Relevant information was entered in a prestructured proforma which include age sex site of bite place of residence occupation season and time of bite and mortality All the patients who came to hospital with the history of Snakebite were included in the studyResults There was total 143 Snake bite cases among which 89 622 were males and 54 378 were females The highest incidence of Snake bite was observed in age group of 2029 years 294 The majority of the victims belonged to rural areas 107 748 as compared to urban areas 36 252 The most vulnerable occupation group was the people involved in the agricultural activities 85 594 The maximum number of snake bite cases was reported during the rainy season 406 117 818 patients were bitten by venomous snakes as compared to 26 patients 182 which were bitten by nonvenomous snakesConclusion Snakebite is a matter of great concern as it is one of the neglected health problems It is a need of hour to educate the community about the prevention of snakebite early hospitalization and first aid measures by which there will be drastic fall in snakebite casesKeywords Snake bite Pattern Snake Rural Anti snake venom
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Kashif Ali, Ishan Pathak, Sheetal Sehrawat
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