Thursday, July 12, 2012

Snake venom blood

  • Its known that venom from a Russells viper can be lethal for humans, but seeing the toxin in action is another matter.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • They're not the cuddliest of creatures but this video of what occurs when hemotoxic snake venom comes into contact with blood is truly disturbing. The clip, featured on Live Leak sees a fanged reptile being milked for its venom.
  • (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
  • Researchers at the University of Queensland received a $900,000 investment to develop an improved blood collection tube, coated with a substance derived from snake venom.
  • (couriermail.com.au)
  • Thus incidents of snake bite can occur any time. When snake bites, its venom starts flowing in blood vessels of the victim and if not treated immediately at a hospital the victim can die.
  • (DAWN Group)
  • It may sound like snake oil, but a new study suggests scorpion their tendency to split open the infected animal's own blood cells in addition to bacterial cells.
  • (Wired News)
  • Some people are very allergic to snake venom. They will swell up and it can constrict their You dont want to cut off blood flow or it could cause more damage to the tissue.
  • (KSDK)
  • Doctors treating her and her blood reports proved no clue to the cause of the But her admission to the medical unit-II of Dr Almani and and the process anti-snake venom (ASV) treatment were delayed by up to seven hours.
  • (DAWN Group)
  • Do not use alcohol. Alcohol may deaden the pain, but it also makes the local blood vessels bigger, which can increase venom absorption.
  • (vcstar.com)
  • She looked down saw blood on her foot and a snake scurry away through the grass. "It struck me and actually bit me twice," Buffy Price says, "It started welling up; turning colors.
  • (KFOR)
  • London - Snake poison is being used to treat deafness. Ancrod, a drug based on the venom of the Malayan pit viper perhaps as a result of a virus or a blood vessel defect in the ear.
  • (Independent Online)

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