Snake bite by Cerastes vipera in children: report of two cases

Wilderness Environ Med. 1995 Aug;6(3):269-72. doi: 10.1580/1080-6032(1995)006[0269:sbbcvi]2.3.co;2.

Abstract

Two children, ages 2 and 4 years, envenomed by the snake Cerastes vipera are presented. Both children suffered from local pain and swelling of the hand that spread up to the shoulder in the 2-year-old and up to the elbow in the 4-year-old. A hemorrhagic blister was noted on the bitten finger in the younger patient. Urinary retention, tachycardia, and a slight prolongation of prothrombin time was noted in the 2-year-old, whereas hypertension and fever were observed in the 4-year-old. In both cases, the swelling receded gradually and the patients were discharged from the hospital after several days without any complications and in a good condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Female
  • Hand Injuries / diagnosis*
  • Hand Injuries / pathology
  • Humans
  • Israel
  • Male
  • Snake Bites / diagnosis*
  • Snake Bites / pathology
  • Travel
  • Viperidae*