Citation

Senthilkumaran S, Shah S, Balamurugan N, Menezes RG, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P. Int. J. Crit. Illn. Inj. Sci. 2013; 3(3): 214-216.

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Chennai Medical College and Research Center, Irungalur, Trichy, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/2229-5151.119202

PMID

24404461

PMCID

PMC3883202

Abstract

Snake venom use for recreational purposes has been documented earlier. Willfully subjecting oneself to repeated lethal snake bite as a source of getting relieved of stress and recreation observed in two healthy software engineers, without any underlying psychiatric ailments or comorbidities along with probable mechanisms, are reported. Emergency physicians and practitioners have to be aware of novel methods of exposure to snake venom so as to recognize such cases and treat them accordingly.

Language: en