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Farmer urinating in a field is left in agony after a snake bites him on the penis

 

The Indian farmer was bitten by a poisonous Levantine viper
Doctors said his penis was swollen and blistered due to the bite
Was given an anti-venom to stop his blood from clotting from the poison
Days later he had black wounds where fangs had caused his flesh to die

By Madlen Davies for MailOnline
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3229179/Farmer-urinating-field-left-agony-snake-bites-penis.html

Published: 06:50 EST, 10 September 2015 | Updated: 09:02 EST, 10 September 2015

A farmer who urinated in a field was rushed to hospital after a snake bit him on the penis.

The 46-year-old came to the emergency room of a hospital in Sringar, in the northern state of Jammu and Kasmir, three hours after suffering the bite.

Although the man was stable, his penis was ‘grossly swollen’, and covered in fluid-filled blisters where the snake’s teeth had entered, said doctors describing his case in the New England Journal of Medicine.



A farmer’s penis became swollen and covered in fluid-filled blisters after he was bitten by a snake while urinating in a field. The snake was identified as a Levantine viper (pictured), known to be poisonous

A farmer’s penis became swollen and covered in fluid-filled blisters after he was bitten by a snake while urinating in a field. The snake was identified as a Levantine viper (pictured), known to be poisonous

The snake was identified by the patient as ‘gunas’, the local name for the Levantine viper, a snake whose venom is known to be poisonous.

He was immediately tested and it was found his blood was clotting faster than usual due to the snake’s venom.

He was given an anti-venom that neutralises the poison of the cobra, common krait and viper.

Doctors immediately gave him an anti-venom that neutralises the poison of the cobra, common krait and viper, as the snake's poison was causing his blood to clot faster than usual


The news comes as a leading medical charity warns the world will run out of one of the most effective treatments for snakebites next year, putting thousands of lives in danger.



Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French name Médecins Sans Frontières‎ (MSF), says existing stockpiles of the anti-venom medicine Fav-Afrique, produced by pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur, will expire in June next year.

The company stopped producing the anti-venom last year and has since started using the same technology to make a rabies treatment instead.

About five million people are bitten by snakes every year, which leads to 100,000 deaths and several hundred thousand others who suffer amputations or other disabilities.


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