Stileto Snake

[Stan Weakley]

Allow me to correct some of the earlier posts on this thread.

Cytotoxic snakes such as a puff adder and a rinkhals are covered by the polyvalent antivenom widely used in South Africa.
It is not true that cytotoxic snake bites are not treated by antivenom.
The stiletto snake is not covered by this polyvalent serum. It only covers the common venomous snakes.
All snake bites, both cytotoxic and neurotoxic do not necessarily require antivenom. Ideally patients should be admitted to a high care facility and closely observed by a doctor with experience in treating snake bites and antivenom is only administered if a life or limb threatening situation develops or is present from the outset.

[Fluffy]

Allow me to correct some of the earlier posts on this thread.

Cytotoxic snakes such as a puff adder and a rinkhals are covered by the polyvalent antivenom widely used in South Africa.
It is not true that cytotoxic snake bites are not treated by antivenom.
The stiletto snake is not covered by this polyvalent serum. It only covers the common venomous snakes.
All snake bites, both cytotoxic and neurotoxic do not necessarily require antivenom. Ideally patients should be admitted to a high care facility and closely observed by a doctor with experience in treating snake bites and antivenom is only administered if a life or limb threatening situation develops or is present from the outset.

I am sure this is relevant.

What happens if the wrong antivenim is administered.

[Engel]

Snake identification just makes it easier for the doctors to treat.

But catching the snake tend to put you in danger of being bitten

introducing any antivenom can cause anaphylactic shock, thats why you dont carry antivenom on your belt and use when you think you should.

Lots of snake bites are dry bites with no venom

[jmsnakes]

Some nice feedback. The shiny black snake on the South Coastwith the red tongue sounds more like a Natal Black snake – also venomous butlittle is known about its venom.
We have 29 snakes that inflict very painful bites that, insome instances, may result in tissue damage and that do not have antivenom.This includes the Stiletto snake, Rhombic Night Adder, Berg Adder, Horned Adder,etc. Producing an antivenom and having it approved by the Medicines Control Councilafter clinical trials costs millions of rands and at this stage there is nomovement to produce such antivenoms.

As for the use of antivenom, it is only administered in ahospital environment and when necessary. Less than 15% of snakebite victimsthat end up in hospital need and receive antivenom. As for identifying thesnake, there are very few medical doctors that can identify snakes accuratelyand well over 90% of snakebite victims have no idea what bit them. We only havetwo antivenoms in South Africa – monovalent Boomslang antivenom that is seldomused and polyvalent antivenom that covers the mambas, cobras, Rinkhals and twopotentially deadly adders.



Antibiotics do not neutralise snake or spider venom and willnot be used routinely. It does become important in treating secondaryinfections that often result from spider bites.

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[mapstieks]

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