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Endangered Saudi Arabian plants having ethnobotanical evidence as antidotes for scorpion envenoming

Clinical Phytoscience, 2020
Scorpion sting envenoming in Saudi Arabia posed major public health problems. Conventional treatment with antivenom with its limitations and hazards called for the use of support remediation like prazosin therapy and phytotherapy as alternative solutions
Abdulrahman Khazim Al-Asmari, Rajamohamed Abbasmanthiri, Nasreddien Mohammed Abdo Osman, Byan Abdulrahman Al-Asmari   +3 more
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Snake bite in South Asia: a review [PDF]

, 2010
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known.
Alirol, Emilie, Sharma Sanjib Kumar, Kuch, Ulrich, Sharma, Sanjib Kumar, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Alirol Emilie, Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba, Emilie Alirol, François Chappuis, Kuch Ulrich, Ulrich Kuch, Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, Chappuis, François, Chappuis François, Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba, Bawaskar HS, Alirol E, Sharma SK, Chappuis F, Kuch U   +19 more
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Epidemiological and clinical features of hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale and Hypnale zara) envenoming in children.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundBites by the hump-nosed pit vipers (HNPV) of the genus Hypnale are the commonest type of venomous snakebites in Sri Lanka. Their bites frequently cause local effects while rarely causing systemic envenoming, that may include acute kidney injury
R M M K Namal Rathnayaka, P E Anusha Nishanthi Ranathunga, S A M Kularatne   +2 more
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Thrombotic microangiopathy, hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: Rare manifestations of Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming in Sri Lanka [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2021
Background: Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) of Family Viperidae is a highly venomous snake in Sri Lanka and is responsible for the most snakebite deaths. It commonly causes coagulopathy and neuroparalysis. Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) including the
R.M.M.K.Namal Rathnayaka, P.E.A.N. Ranathunga, S.A.M. Kularatne   +2 more
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Discovery of a Recombinant Human Monoclonal Immunoglobulin G Antibody Against α-Latrotoxin From the Mediterranean Black Widow Spider (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Widow spiders are among the few spider species worldwide that can cause serious envenoming in humans. The clinical syndrome resulting from Latrodectus spp.
Sofie Føns, Line Ledsgaard, Maxim V. Nikolaev, Alexander A. Vassilevski, Alexander A. Vassilevski, Christoffer V. Sørensen, Manon K. Chevalier, Michael Fiebig, Andreas H. Laustsen   +8 more
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Capillary leak syndrome following snakebite envenomation

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2017
Capillary leak syndrome is a unique complication that follows Russell's viper envenomation. This syndrome has a very high fatality rate and is characterized by parotid swelling, chemosis, periorbital edema, hypotension, albuminuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hemoconcentration.
Udayabhaskaran, V., Arun Thomas, E. T., Shaji, Bhagya   +2 more
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Interspecies Variations in Clinical Envenoming Effects of Viper Snakes Evolutionized in a Common Habitat: A Comparative Study on Echis carinatus sochureki and Macrovipera lebetina obtusa Victims in Iran [PDF]

Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2019
Background: Despite sharing common evolutionary features, Viperidae species including Echis carinatus and Macrovipera lebetina possess venoms with different proportions of toxic agents, thereby causing clinical effects with potentially variable severity.
Seyed Mostafa Monzavi, Reza Afshari, Ali Reza Khoshdel, Amir Ahmad Salarian, Hamid Khosrojerdi, Azam Mihandoust   +5 more
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Stonefish envenomation of hand with impending compartment syndrome

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2016
Marine stings and envenomation are fairly common in Malaysia. Possible contact to various marine life occurs during diving, fishing and food handling. Even though majority of fish stings are benign, there are several venomous species such as puffer fish, scorpion fish, lionfish, stingray and stonefish that require urgent medical treatment. Stonefish is
Tay, Terence Khai Wei, Chan, Han Zhe, Ahmad, Tunku Sara Tunku, Teh, Kok Kheng, Low, Tze Hau, Wahab, Nuraliza Ab   +5 more
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A brief review on the natural history, venomics and the medical importance of bushmaster (Lachesis) pit viper snakes

Toxicon: X, 2020
Snakes of the genus Lachesis, commonly known as bushmasters, are the largest venomous snakes in the Americas. Because these snakes have their habitats in areas of remote forests they are difficult to find, and consequently there are few studies of ...
Rafaela Diniz-Sousa, PhD, Jeane do N. Moraes, M.Sc., Tainara M. Rodrigues-da-Silva, B.Sc., Cláudia S. Oliveira, PhD, Cleópatra A. da S. Caldeira, PhD   +4 more
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Unmasking the ties of snake bite poisoning and COVID-19

Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology, 2022
Background Snake bite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease with variable clinical presentation, neurotoxic manifestations (respiratory paralysis), rhabdomyolysis, cardiotoxicity, autonomic hyperactivity, and/or coagulation abnormalities.
Anjuman Chander, Tanvir Samra, Sekar Loganathan, Varun Mahajan   +3 more
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