Snake bite by Cerastes vipera in children: report of two cases.
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.
Lifshitz
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Pediatric Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Phillip
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M
Bernstein
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T
Sofer
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D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014195:Travel; D017819:Viperidae