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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Snake
bite wound (Pit viper envenomation): A 17-year-old young man
presented with pain, tingling, swelling, and oozing from two puncture
wounds in his right middle and ring fingertips 30 minutes following
a bite by a snake. The swelling extends to the level of the first
knuckle joint. These local symcptoms are consistent with pit viper
envenomation. The snake , identified
as having bitten the patient, has a triangle-shaped head and elliptical
pupils (pit vipers include rattlesnakes and copperheads among
others). (L.S.)
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