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Copperhead envomation. miracle or coincidence?
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by spidersnake on February 2, 2005
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I had recently received this email
(((I'm looking for a snake guy to help me out a little. ANy response would be appreciated.
My mother has experienced severe lower back pain for more than a decade. A year and an half ago she was bitten by a small copperhead snake , approx. 6 inches in length. The bite was located on the left index finger and the fang was still in the puncture wound. She never received treatment for the bite, but did receive a great deal of swelling and pain. As the swelling in her hand subsided so did the pain in her back. As of today the back pain has yet to return. She believes the snake bite is directly related to her relief. Are there any documented cases of this type of thing happening to others?
Thanks
Beki Morgan))) thats the e-mail
do any experts out there know anything that could help. what kind of venom does the copperhead have? hemotoxic or neurotoxic? would that stop back pains?
someone help me out please!
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by bush_viper17 on February 2, 2005
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I saw a show on t.v. once about bee stings doing the same thing. Some woman known as the bee lady treats people with stings for different ailments. Not to say that anyone should let a snake bite you to cure a headache lol.
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by psilocybe on February 2, 2005
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Interesting, very interesting...I would lean toward this being a coincidence however.
Although snake venoms have many components that are being studied or even used in medicine), I've never heard of raw venom itself being used for theraputic purposes. I certainly would NOT suggest using ANY venomous snake as a pain reliever, because the opposite or worse is likely to occur.
It's interesting that this was with a copperhead though...A primarily neurotoxic snake, well, I could possibly believe, but a snake with cytotoxic venom doesn't seem like the likliest candidate for pain relief!
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by SwampY on February 2, 2005
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A couple of interesting things I can add:
A friend lost his index finger to a western diamondback. He swears the bite 'supercharged' his immune system, and that he has not been sick once since the bite.
The most famous self-innoculator, Bill Haast, is in his late 90's and regularly shoots up with venom. He doesn't go to a doctor, doesn't get sick (save one bad tooth a couple of years ago) and is able to jump over a cinderblock wall with the ease of a 40 year old.
How or why? I'm not sure. It could be sheer coincidence. Interesting? definitely. Would I test it? Not a chance.
Snakes are dangerous and deadly animals.
Chad Minter
Author
Venomous Snakes Of The Southeast
http://www.envenomated.com
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by Nechushtan on February 2, 2005
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Hmmm... in addition to Haast and at least one other self-innoculator I know of claiming to be super-healthy due to their experiments on themselves, one might also want to look at Aesculapius and Nechushtan in mythology as indicators of some form of healthy symbiosis between serpents and humans. I've been following new breakthroughs in medicine over the last several years and it's nothing short of amazing what is being discovered about how different components of snake venom can interact with the human body. I'm neither a doctor nor a venomous keeper so perhaps I am talking out of turn but hearing about venom being refined for managing pain, tumor reduction, heart and blood problems, skin problems, etc... makes me wonder if perhaps this creature may literally hold the panacea that it allegedly took from Gilgamesh in the early Sumerian legend. It's worth considering anyway.
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