ALLMedicine™ Snakebite Center

Oct 12th, 2021 - Development of a rapid, on-site detection tool for snakebite is highly sought after, owing to its clinically and forensically relevant medicolegal significance. Polyvalent antivenom therapy in the management of such envenomation cases is finite du...

Oct 10th, 2021 - Snakebite envenoming is a public health problem of high impact in Central America. Bothrops asper, known as barba amarilla, terciopelo, and equis, is the snake species responsible for most snakebites in Central America. In this region, there is a ...

Oct 8th, 2021 - Inefficacy and associated risks of current antivenom has raised the need for alternative approaches of snakebite management. Aptamers are one such alternative which is being pursued for therapeutic interventions as well as for design of diagnostic...

Oct 4th, 2021 - Spiny monkey orange (Strychnos spinosa Lam.) is an African endemic fruit tree that is widely consumed by humans and animals for its nutritional value. In folk medicine, different parts of S. spinosa are widely used for the management of the health...

Oct 4th, 2021 - The Trimeresurus complex consists of diverse medically important venomous pit vipers that cause snakebite envenomation. Antivenoms, however, are in limited supply, and are specific to only two out of the many species across Asia. This study thus i...

Feb 5th, 2011 - Envenomation by crotaline snakes (rattlesnake, cottonmouth, copperhead) is a complex, potentially lethal condition affecting thousands of people in the United States each year. Treatment of crotaline envenomation is not standardized, and significa...

Jun 14th, 2021 - All snakebite patients brought to emergency department with history of bite and prolonged whole blood clotting time (WBCT) will be included in the study . their samples for hemogram, RFT and LDH would be collected in corresponding tubes . from sam...

Aug 17th, 2020 - Envenomation by snakes is common in India. Hematotoxic bites cause the highest morbidity and mortality in Kerala, a state in the south of India. 20 minute Whole Blood Clotting Test(20'WBCT) recommended by World Health Organisation guidelines is pr...

Jul 14th, 2020 - Introduction: Local cryotherapy induces vasoconstriction, which leads to a reduction in the inflammatory process. However, the efficacy of local cryotherapy as a coadjuvant in snakebite treatment with F(ab')2 antivenom is unknown. Objective: Deter...

Sep 6th, 2019 - The goal of this study is to pilot data for a systematic molecular characterization of pathophysiologic perturbations incurred by snake envenomation and compare this to other inflammatory physiologic states such as trauma and sepsis. The investiga...

Nov 11th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The days of incising a snakebite and sucking out the poison are long over, but the current treatment for venomous snakebites remains archaic. Sinc...

Nov 11th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center.   Dr. Matthew Lewin, founder of the Center for Exploration and Travel Health at the California Academy of Sciences, was researching snakebite trea...

Oct 30th, 2019 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hi. I'm Dr Robert Glatter, editorial advisor for Medscape Emergency Medicine. Managing snakebites has traditionally relied on antivenoms that treat specific types of snake envenom...

Oct 30th, 2019 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hi. I'm Dr Robert Glatter, editorial advisor for Medscape Emergency Medicine. Managing snakebites has traditionally relied on antivenoms that treat specific types of snake envenom...

Oct 3rd, 2019 - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 20 diseases that typically are chronic and cause long-term disability, which negatively impacts work productivity, child survival, and school performance and attendance with adverse effect on futur.