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Copperhead and Cottonmouth bite treatment
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by Forrest on June 12, 2001
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It seems to me that in some insistences it might be difficult for people to be sure if a Copperhead or a juvenal Cottonmouth bit them. Would this be a problem in the treatment of the bite? If a snake bite victim does not know the species of snake he was bitten by does that rule out antivenom as a treatment?
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RE: Copperhead and Cottonmouth bite treatment
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by TAIPAN78 on June 13, 2001
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Hi Forest,
All NA Crotalids are covered by one AV which really makes life easier here in the states(The mojave rattler may pose a problem if from the range known for high neurotoxic venom) . Abroad however, there is quite a large problem with IDing the proper culprit. In Australia they have come up with a venom detction kit that more or less can pinpoint the species by takeing samples fom the bite site but I dont kmow for a fact if this is used elsewere.
Hope this helps.
Later,
Jeremy
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RE: Copperhead and Cottonmouth bite treatment
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by Charper on June 14, 2001
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Taipan78 is correct. All North American pitvipers are treated with either Wyeth Antvenin Crotalidae Polyvalent or now, the new antivenom, CroFab. If someone came into the ER with a snakebite, the signs and symptoms would give it away if it were a pitviper. Not to mention the fact that you really have to handle a Coral snake to be bitten. And in handling the snake, you would describe something completely different from any pitviper.
CH
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