Journal of Clinical Toxicology
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0495
ISSN: 2161-0495
Mohammad Robed Amin
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Research Article
Neurotoxic Manifestation of Snake Bite in Bangladesh
Author(s): Mohammad Robed Amin, SM Hasan Mamun, Nazmul Hasan Chowdhury, M Rahman, Mohammad Ali, Abdullah Al Hasan, MR Rahman and M A FaizMohammad Robed Amin, SM Hasan Mamun, Nazmul Hasan Chowdhury, M Rahman, Mohammad Ali, Abdullah Al Hasan, MR Rahman and M A Faiz
Introduction: Snake bite is a potentially life threatening emergency situation physician has to encounter in rural areas of tropical countries in South-East Asia including Bangladesh. Among the venomous snakes in Bangladesh, Neurotoxic snakes like Cobra and Krait are the commonest. In this study neurotoxic manifestation of venomous snakes are clinically observed.
Methods: In this series a total 35 snakebite patients with neurological features from May 1999 to June 2001 were included and preexisting neurological cases were excluded.
Results: Among the 537 total snake bite cases, the neurotoxic snake bite was 10% with 51 cobra bite and 12 kraits bite. The victims age are in the range of 3.5 years to 85 years with 70% cases are under 30 years of old. There is slight male preponderence with almost same number of bite at ho.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0495.1000185