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    Snake bite: an occupational disease Farmers (rice) Plantation workers (rubber, coffee) Herdsmen Hunters Snake handlers (snake charmers and in snake CSCI WICH Rir (elo RO cid ert) Fishermen and fish farmers Sea snake catchers (for sea snake skins, leather) Many snake bites and even deaths from snakebite are Oto Se ua dec mist ttserioe] not in hospitals but by traditional healers. aol Ba fet Tle) Male Riise ratte ele In 1981, a thousand deaths were reported in Maharashtra State. In the Burdwan district of West bale Pa eye a Meu ke aim ef] forth PB oh de KRU UIE Wo Ret Mt ta mele 9 die of snake bite each year among India’s population of SUE ase) Worldwide, only about 15% of the more than 3000 Pahokee uc ke culs(celloi te} Rtn BMC UA CCUM URE Weel ullvcels venomous snakes, and members of this family can be found in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas The family Elapidae is the next largest family of venomous snakes PEN ehh clr Sailer aero n es against the upper jaw but, when feu) are erected There are two subgroups, the typical vipers (Viperinae) and the pit vipers (Crotalinae) The Grotalinae have a special sense organ, the pit organ, to detect their warm-blooded prey. This is situated between the nostril and the eye ene aemotoxic venom. auses Renal failure ate onset envenoming No effective anti venom Some harmless snakes have evolved to look almost identical to venomous ones. Tolan Mom calm aatem imal) ole Maleate MLCT can be recognized by their size, shape, colour, esata momar Ui dlele em caC lim ol ar WU oleae Lale al) sound they make when they feel threatened The defensive behaviour of the cobras is well known they rear up, spread a hood, hiss and make repeated strikes towards the aggressor. Colouring can vary a lot. Some patterns, like the large white, dark rimmed spots of the Russell's viper ,or the ENC Neale meme Ce Mem Um sre eel are distinctive BHM ly al Malem ULM See Ua tle) asp of the saw-scaled viper are warning and identifying sounds nocturnal, indoor, unprovoked & painless fer=TinLiF1F & accompanied by neuroparalysis coagulopathy /enomous snakes of medical importance have a pair of nlarged teeth, the fangs, at the front of their upper jaw. Venom is produced and stored in paired glands below the eye. It is discharged from hollow fangs located in the ipper jaw. Fangs can grow to 20 mmin large elu Talo fangs contain a venom channel (like a hypodermic needle) or groove, along which venom can be introduced deep into the tissues of their natural prey. |fa human is bitten, venom is usually injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly Spitting cobras can squeeze the venom out of the tips of their fangs producing a fine spray directed towards the

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