Rattlesnake bite in a patient with horse allergy and von Willebrand's disease: case report

Can Fam Physician. 1996 Nov:42:2207-11.

Abstract

Massasauga rattlesnakes are the only poisonous snakes in Ontario. While death from bites of this species is rare, the bite could cause a coagulopathy. I report a case of rattlesnake bite in a patient with asthma, horse allergy, and a documented congenital clotting abnormality.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antivenins / therapeutic use
  • Asthma / complications*
  • Crotalid Venoms
  • Crotalus*
  • Female
  • Horses*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Ontario
  • Snake Bites / complications
  • Snake Bites / therapy*
  • von Willebrand Diseases / complications*

Substances

  • Antivenins
  • Crotalid Venoms