Poisonous Snake Bites Farmer On Penis While Urinating In Field

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A farmed who urinated in a field was rushed to hospital after a snake interrupted his toilet break and bit him on the penis.

The 46-year-old was brought 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 snakes teeth had entered, said doctors describing his case.

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

At a follow up two weeks later, the doctors gave him the all clear as it was completely recovered.

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.

Read More: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1410237#figure=f1

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