In general, there are land snakes and sea snakes. Most of the land snakes are non poisonous. There are 3 families of poisonous land snakes - Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae.Snake bites by the Elapidae and Viperidae species are common in Malaysia. Envenomation leads to health catastrophe such as respitory arrest, cardiac arrest and continous blood loss. The mainstay of treatment is specific antivenom. In Malaysia, both monovalent and polyvalent antivenom are available. The use of polyvalent antivenom is common because if the difficulty to identify the snake species. The administration of...
In general, there are land snakes and sea snakes. Most of the land snakes are non poisonous. There are 3 families of poisonous land snakes - Colubrida...
