Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Saudi Arabia has vast areas of deserts with the availability of different types of venomous snakes.Snake bites continue to be extremely dangerous injuries worldwide and occasionally need critical care.Snake bites have different systemic manifestations including hematotoxic and neurotoxic presentations.Neurotoxic bites are characterized by neurological manifestations with flaccid paralysis of the respiratory muscles which ends fatally by respiratory arrest and death.Neurotoxic snake bites were reported in Saudi Arabia with lower incidence than the hemotoxic bites.Effective handling of an envenomed patient, such as timely hospitalization, ventilator support, and antivenom administration, greatly lowers the risk of neurological complications, which lowers mortality and enhance the functional outcome of survivors.
DOI: 10.4328/acam.22438
Authors: Raed AlRuwaili, Ekramy Elmorsy, Asmara Syed, Anil Mohan R. Saini
Institution: Northern Border University
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408881144