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Twig snakes are among the few rear-fanged colubrids whose bite is highly venomous and potentially fatal. [4] The venom is hemotoxic, and although its effects are very slow, and bites are rare, no antivenom has been developed and several fatalities (such as Robert Mertens) have occurred.
Since these snakes are nocturnal and fossorial, living in burrows underground, bites remain rare, peaking at 1 to 3% in certain areas of the Sudanian savanna. However, there is no antivenom or other effective therapy for Atractaspis envenomation, and the case fatality rate remains approximately 10%, with death typically occurring quickly. [27]
In practice, it is not necessarily simple to tell a dry bite from a dangerously venomous bite. In the case of a potential dry bite from a snake, the wound should still be cleaned, a tetanus prophylaxis delivered, and the victim monitored for up to 12 hours in case the bite was venomous and antivenom and/or ancillary treatments are required.
Texas has the most snakes in the United States but if you want to talk about venomous snakes, you have to look to Arizona, which has — wait for it — 19 of the country’s 20 dangerous snakes.
Snake antivenom is a medication made up of antibodies used to treat snake bites by venomous snakes. [1] It is a type of antivenom . It is a biological product that typically consists of venom neutralizing antibodies derived from a host animal, such as a horse or sheep.
The minimum treatment for a snake bite is 10 vials of antivenom and the cost of each vial is in the four digits. Venomous snakes are awaking in Idaho. Here’s how much antivenom will cost if you ...
The minimum treatment for a snake bite is 10 vials of antivenom and the cost of each vial is in the four digits. Bites from two different snakes in Idaho require antivenom. How much will it cost you?
Presently, no anti-venom has been derived from the venom of the Stephens’s banded snake. Despite this, it has been documented that victims of this snake's envenomation have been successfully treated using up to 4 doses of 3,000 unit tiger snake anti-venom. [14]