Delayed Neurological Manifestation in Krait Bites Despite Anti-snake Venom Therapy

A severe medical emergency that poses a life-threatening risk is envenomation from a snake bite. Among the several snake families, krait bites are known to result in neurological symptoms, including ptosis, headache, and sweating. A 12-year-old adolescent boy who had been bitten by a krait appeared...

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Autores principales: Sawhney, Shraddha, Vagha, Keta, Lohiya, Sham, Mishra, Naman, Vagha, Jayant D, Varma, Ashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9630055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36348840
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29849
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Sumario:A severe medical emergency that poses a life-threatening risk is envenomation from a snake bite. Among the several snake families, krait bites are known to result in neurological symptoms, including ptosis, headache, and sweating. A 12-year-old adolescent boy who had been bitten by a krait appeared in this instance. The patient showed neurological symptoms after receiving anti-snake venom (ASV). He had three rounds of ASV and made a full recovery. To the best of our knowledge, there have not yet been any reports of this kind of delayed neurological signs after a krait bite, despite getting ASV in the adolescent population.

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