Citation

Naik BS. Toxicon 2017; 133: 63-67.

Affiliation

Alva's Health Centre, Moodabidri 574227, Karnataka, India. Electronic address: sadanandanaik2@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.04.015

PMID

28456535

Abstract

It is quite interesting that when a venomous snake bites a person and the victim does not suffer from any signs or symptoms of envenomation. A good percentage of venomous snake bites in humans do occur without venom injection. This phenomenon is termed as "Dry" bite in clinical medicine. Though this was not very uncommon in toxicological practice but, our awareness of this problem has increased. In this article an effort has been made to provide an insight into the incidence, pathophysiology and patho-mechanics of this unique medical enigma.

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Language: en

Keywords

Dry bite; Envenomation; Non-envenomation; Venomous snake bite