Case Reports of Sea Snake Envenomation and its management
2 recent case report published in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India elaborates the clinical features along with complications of Sea Snake envenomation in fishermen and highlights the treatment options.
Sea Snake bites are often neglected and poorly reported by the patients. The pathophysiology and clinical features in patients with significant envenomation are so rapid that life threatening complications progress within minutes to few hours and are often dramatic. There are a few case reports about Sea Snake envenomation in the International Toxicology Community.
Sea Snake Bite is a novel experience to many Doctors. However there is a lack of epidemiologic data concerning Sea Snake bites in India,which has a Vast Coastline.
A 4 year old fisherman who went for fishing by boat in the Bay of Bengal,was bitten by a sea snake .Within 60 minutes he developed drooping of eye lids and myalgia.
At the time of hospital admission, he had drooping of eyelids, diplopia, slurring of speech and difficulty in swallowing and presented with Neurological manifestations and also had Myocarditis resulting in Cardiogenic Shock and Pulmonary oedema.
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