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Someone in Wuxi was bitten by a poisonous snake!
The venomous snake species is the Silver RingEd Snake!
On October 20, 14-year-old Xiao Lei (pseudonym) was successfully discharged from the surgical ward of the Eighth Hospital of Wuxi City, and his physical condition recovered very well, and he could not see that he had been poisoned by snakes.
It turned out that ten days ago, Xiao Lei was bitten by the family's pet snake, which was not an ordinary poisonous snake, but a very poisonous silver ring snake. Doctors said that in Wuxi, patients bitten by silver ring snakes are rare, once bitten will appear neurotoxin poisoning, symptoms progress quickly, Xiao Lei is the lucky one they pulled back from the death line.
The situation is urgent and dangerous
"When the child was sent to the emergency department, due to laryngeal edema, severe cyanosis on the head and face, respiratory distress, and soon there were serious symptoms such as confusion, perceptual impairment, dilated pupils to the edges, and incontinence." Dr. Chen Yirong, an emergency surgeon, urgently intubated and catheterized at the first time, monitored vital signs, and Li Xiaojian, a surgical director with rich experience in snakebite treatment, also received a notice and immediately rushed to the scene of treatment.
Cao Rong, director of surgery at the Eighth Municipal Hospital, said that during the examination, they found that the child's left hand had a wound, which was an obvious venomous snake bite tooth mark, and through consultation, it was learned that the bite was a very rare silver ring snake. Being bitten by a silver ring snake, rare! While giving your child rehydration and hormone therapy, the corresponding anti-silver ring snake venom should be injected as soon as possible, which is the key to treatment.
The Eighth Hospital of the City has a professional snake injury department in Wuxi and surrounding areas, the level of diagnosis and treatment and the success rate of treatment are leading in the country, and most of the snake injury patients who are usually treated are bitten by pit vipers, so they are often prepared with anti-pit viper venom, encounter rare silver ring snakes, and the serum in the province is very few. "At that time, I called for emergency help in the province and learned that there were only 2 anti-silver ring snake venoms in the province, so I immediately rushed to the outside world to get them back." Cao Rong said.
After injecting the anti-silver ring snake venom, the child developed allergies again, and after desensitization treatment again, he gradually got out of danger.
It turned out to be fine, fortunately
When Xiao Lei was sent to the hospital, the symptoms of poisoning were already very serious, but fortunately, the treatment of snake injuries was the traditional advantage of the eighth hospital of the city, and there was a set of standardized treatment methods. Under the careful treatment of the ICU team and the surgical team, the next day, Xiao Lei regained consciousness, but he had severe symptoms such as eyelid drooping and respiratory paralysis.
Cao Rong led the rescue expert team to conduct multidisciplinary (MDT) discussions in the hospital in a timely manner, modified and adjusted the treatment plan, and finally on the fifth day after the bite, Xiao Lei was safely transferred to the ordinary ward and escaped from danger safely.
Before being discharged from the hospital, Xiao Lei told reporters that he usually likes to raise snakes, this silver ring snake is the pet he just bought, with this lesson, he will definitely pay attention to safety and cherish life in the future.
This snake is dangerous but also rare
According to reports, after being bitten by a silver ring snake, there will be neurotoxin poisoning, about 1 to 3 hours after the bite, began to appear systemic symptoms and rapid development, there are blurred vision, eyelid drooping, speech and swallowing difficulties, dilated pupils, urinary and urinary incontinence and other symptoms, serious limb paralysis, convulsions, coma, shock, respiratory paralysis and even respiratory arrest.
Cao Rong introduced that the number of other types of snake injuries treated by the Snake Injury Department of the Eighth Hospital is quite large, with one or two hundred cases a year, all of which are patients in wuxi and surrounding areas, most of which are pit viper bites.
Xie Chengming, a master of animal and plant research in Wuxi, introduced that there is no record of the breeding and distribution of silver ring snakes in Wuxi under the original ecology, because the winter temperature in Wuxi will drop below 0 °C, and the silver ring snake cannot survive the winter.
Good reminder
01 Pets need to be cautious
Nowadays, the living conditions are better, there are more people who keep pets, some people like to raise a variety of strange pets, but some pets themselves have high poison, once bitten, the consequences are very serious, you need to go to a professional hospital immediately for rescue treatment, symptomatic treatment, to prevent life danger. Among the patients admitted to the department, in addition to venomous snake bites, there are also some patients who have been bitten by spiders and centipedes, and not long ago, a patient was bitten by a pet South American poisonous spider, appearing with allergies and shock, and was successfully treated by doctors.
02 Do not touch in the wild
When encountering a silver ring snake in the wild, do not touch it (from the geographical distribution of the silver ring snake, there are also records in Jiangsu). In general, farmed silver ring snakes do not have wild bites, and their toxicity will decrease compared with those in the wild, but once bitten, they must also be treated with snake venom.
What does a silver-ringed snake look like?
The silver-ringed snake is an animal in the genus Ringed snake in the family Cobra family. It is commonly known as the Base Gorge, The White Festival Black, the Money White Flower Snake, the Silver Armor Belt, the Silver Clad Iron and so on. Extremely venomous, it is the fourth most venomous snake on land.
The whole body of the silver ring snake has a white ring and a black ring arranged alternately, the white ring is narrow, the tail is slender, the body length is 100-180 cm, the back is black or blue-black, with 30-50 white or milky yellow narrow horizontal stripes; the ventral surface is stained white. The back of the head is dark brown , and the juvenile pillow has a light inverted " V" shaped spot. The dorsal ridge is higher, the cross-section is triangular, and the tail end is pointed. The head is oval in shape, less distinct from the neck, and the back of the guan has a typical 9 large scales, no buccal scales, and the middle row of ridge scales in the middle of the back is enlarged into a hexagonal shape; the tail scales are single-rowed.
The distribution range of the silver ring snake in China: Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, outside China
It is found in Myanmar and northern Vietnam.
Nowadays, there are many people who like to keep alternative pets
Xiaobian would like to remind you that the poisonous snake is still not touched...
In addition, there are many people who like outdoor travel
Xiaobian also wants to remind you to be careful of poisonous snakes...
Editor-in-charge: Feng Cheng
Source: Jiangnan Evening News