Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases

Although ophthalmoplegia following snake bites is not indicative of a serious neurotoxic complication, symptoms of diplopia, dizziness and ocular discomfort can be emotionally devastating for patients. The authors experienced two cases of ophthalmoplegia following snake bites in Korea. The patients...

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Autores principales: Lee, Sung Woo, Jung, In Chul, Yoon, Young Hoon, Hong, Suk Hyun, Han, Kap Su, Choi, Sung Hyuk, Hong, Yun Sik
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2004
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15308863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.631
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author Lee, Sung Woo
Jung, In Chul
Yoon, Young Hoon
Hong, Suk Hyun
Han, Kap Su
Choi, Sung Hyuk
Hong, Yun Sik
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Jung, In Chul
Yoon, Young Hoon
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description Although ophthalmoplegia following snake bites is not indicative of a serious neurotoxic complication, symptoms of diplopia, dizziness and ocular discomfort can be emotionally devastating for patients. The authors experienced two cases of ophthalmoplegia following snake bites in Korea. The patients complained of diplopia that had developed several hours after the snake bites. The diplopia did not improve with antivenom treatment, but resolved completely after several injections of neostigmine.
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spelling pubmed-28169062010-02-12 Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases Lee, Sung Woo Jung, In Chul Yoon, Young Hoon Hong, Suk Hyun Han, Kap Su Choi, Sung Hyuk Hong, Yun Sik J Korean Med Sci Case Report Although ophthalmoplegia following snake bites is not indicative of a serious neurotoxic complication, symptoms of diplopia, dizziness and ocular discomfort can be emotionally devastating for patients. The authors experienced two cases of ophthalmoplegia following snake bites in Korea. The patients complained of diplopia that had developed several hours after the snake bites. The diplopia did not improve with antivenom treatment, but resolved completely after several injections of neostigmine. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2004-08 2004-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2816906/ /pubmed/15308863 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.631 Text en Copyright © 2004 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Lee, Sung Woo
Jung, In Chul
Yoon, Young Hoon
Hong, Suk Hyun
Han, Kap Su
Choi, Sung Hyuk
Hong, Yun Sik
Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases
title Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases
title_full Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases
title_short Anticholinesterase Therapy for Patients with Ophthalmoplegia Following Snake Bites: Report of Two Cases
title_sort anticholinesterase therapy for patients with ophthalmoplegia following snake bites: report of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15308863
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.631
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