Sanke bite- Do's and Don'ts

If we go by the statistics, then 50,000 Indians are killed every year from snake bites according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

WHO has termed snakebites as a neglected tropical disease and the reasons vary from delayed visit to the doctor, insufficient medicare to unavailability of anti-venom injections.

In India, there are close to 2.8 million snakebite cases reported annually and around 90 per cent of the bites are caused by one of the “big four” varieties – Common Krait, Indian Cobra, Russell’s Viper and Saw Scaled Viper. 

Here’s what you can do: 
Do’s:

• Stay calm and reassure the victim to avoid panic and rash or illogical decisions. 
• Remove any constraining items like bangles, or watches etc. from the body. 
• Keep the bitten limb still to allow the injured area to heal. It can also help reduce pain, swelling, and muscle spasms. 
• Visit the nearest hospital immediately.
• Take note of signs of the victim on the way to the hospital and inform the doctor about it. 

Don’ts:

• Don’t tie a tourniquet or ligature
• Don’t administer painkillers 
• Don’t allow consumption of alcohol, coffee or tea
• Don’t wash or cut the wound
• Don’t attempt to suck the venom out 
• Don’t try to catch or kill the snake 

As per experts, taking snakes to the hospital is not essential. The anti-venom is now polyvalent anti-venom which can be used for the four big species of venomous snakes. So doctors no longer need to know what species of snake bit a person.

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