eliasjohn:
It is very difficult to identify the bite from the snake is dangerous or not. Sometimes the bites from snakes can cause a severe allergic reaction. If the snake doesn't release venom, such bite is a dry bite. It will be painful and may cause swelling and redness. If snake bites and releases poison into the wound, it is Venomous bites. The patient will suffer severe pain around the wound. Also, he may suffer from a headache, breathing difficulty, stomach pain, irregular heartbeat rate, muscle weakness etc. As a medical professional preparing for MOH exam from MOH coaching centre Kerala, I have attended many such cases in hospital.

Boom33:
Lalasticlala's house

geezyk:
don't deceive people by telling them the shape of a snake's head determines if it's venom or not, The snake used as illustration for a non venomous snake has the same head as a BLACK MAMBA which is one of the deadliest snakes ever

profeazy:


The illustrator talked about the type of bite, not the head shape. Or does the mamba bite like a non-venomous snake?

Getintouch2004:


You are clearly half blind or something is seriously wrong with your Iris.

Did you not see the first picture showing their head shape and how he categorized it as venomous and non venomous?

No let me vex this morning ooo

kiddoiLL:
I've always wondered, in a country like this where our government hardly take anything about the people serious... In Nigeria here do we really have snakes anti-venoms?? I'm not looking to ridicule or paint out anything bad, I just need to know.
I'm that one guy who loves Nat Geo wild a lot and who loves watching documentary on Snakes and dealing with them..
Making anti venoms is very costly due to the production process.. our leaders are the I care less type... so I really don't know, are Nigerian hospitals equipped with Snake anti venoms??
Cause all I hear about mostly is being treated by one baba or the other

humberjade:


What if d snake bites ur buttocks or tummy...where do one tie ojare?

kiddoiLL:
I've always wondered, in a country like this where our government hardly take anything about the people serious... In Nigeria here do we really have snakes anti-venoms?? I'm not looking to ridicule or paint out anything bad, I just need to know.
I'm that one guy who loves Nat Geo wild a lot and who loves watching documentary on Snakes and dealing with them..
Making anti venoms is very costly due to the production process.. our leaders are the I care less type... so I really don't know, are Nigerian hospitals equipped with Snake anti venoms??
Cause all I hear about mostly is being treated by one baba or the other

EbukaHades10:
Me,see snake and wait?

hahn:


The only thing I got here is that snake venoms are costly. That is another business idea especially considering that Nigerian leaders are not concerned about it

shakmati:


Just tie your eyes and wait for it. That means your village people succeeded!

shakmati:


On a more serious note though, rush to the hospital and let's hope they have the right anti-venom

kiddoiLL:
I've always wondered, in a country like this where our government hardly take anything about the people serious... In Nigeria here do we really have snakes anti-venoms?? I'm not looking to ridicule or paint out anything bad, I just need to know.
I'm that one guy who loves Nat Geo wild a lot and who loves watching documentary on Snakes and dealing with them..
Making anti venoms is very costly due to the production process.. our leaders are the I care less type... so I really don't know, are Nigerian hospitals equipped with Snake anti venoms??
Cause all I hear about mostly is being treated by one baba or the other

humberjade:


What if d snake bites ur buttocks or tummy...where do one tie ojare?

GogetterMD:

Yes, there are antivenoms in the country, though the availability is mostly restricted to high attack-prone areas such as the Plateau and Taraba plains. Availability of antivenoms is also a global issue, as it was declared a public health issue at the last World Health Assembly as one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases to be focused on

kiddoiLL:
Business idea maybe, you'd have to own a snake farm for start up, and doing that is one dangerous thing you don't wanna try, have different species of poisonous snakes in a building of your own (Which I'm sure you can't find one in Nigeria here, I can bet that)...
Then from your farm, you start to milk out Venoms from the fangs of those snakes, which isn't even much in quantity... another risky job, milking out venom from a live poisonous snake, though there are safety gloves to wear but anything can go wrong..
it's the whole processing and trying to create the anti venom from the venom you get that's the main issue, you'll need a multimillion dollar Lab and professionals.... woh make we no deceive ourselves Naija no get!! Some countries still import anti venoms, not to mention Naija having..

hahn:


I was talking about privately though.

The Nigerian government don't have any service.

AreaFada2:


You be real werey.
What is your buttocks doing on the ground in the bush or road?

Truly snakebite in 9ja is just luck to survive it, if it injected its venom fully. Just hope it's not the most venomous snakes like mamba, viper or cobra.

Farmers in rural areas are most at risk. Exactly areas where medical facilities are few, poorly equipped or non-existent.

Australia with so many venomous snakes like Inland Taipan (world's most venomous) have done a good job producing anti-venom.

Nigeria should by now have much expertise considering high rate of bites in farming communities, especially areas like Gombe, Plateau, Bauchi, Taraba, Borno, Adamawa and other places. Especially for carpet viper that bites the most in the area, especially during raining season, haarvest and flooding periods.

We still import Echitab anti-venom from Costa Rica and questionable/poor quality ones from India after all these years.

We export live snakes only to get expensive anti-venom back. Like we cheaply export crude oil and get refined petrol, kerosene, jet fuel etc back at expensive rates. Na wa for 9ja o.

kiddoiLL:
Yea I know you were that's why I said it could be a business idea but close to impossible in this Naija, due to d procedures and requirements.. I'm not sure the government will license anybody to have a snake farm in naija

hahn:


The only thing I got here is that snake venoms are costly. That is another business idea especially considering that Nigerian leaders are not concerned about it

lorhema:


Some people are into the business. That is why you hear about people who own snake farms. They suppy snakes to foreign institutions which produce anti-venom.

profeazy:
Snake bites are one of the deadliest form of accidents that occur in the tropics. It is important we know how to differentiate poisonous from non poisonous snakes.
Knowing if the snake that bit someone is poisonous or not could be the difference between life and death. This photo tells how to differentiate between the bites of both.

It is also necessary a person with a snake bite does not panic. Tie the affected area to reduce blood flow from the area to the heart and seek immediate medical attention. Sucking out the poison could be dangerous!

The Cobra is one poisonous snake that is found in Africa and Asia. In this short clip, Adael the Creature Teacher, a wildlife wizkid who is just 11 years old tells us more about snakes. Watch attentively. You might just learn a fact or two you could use to save a life someday.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7PGtagSmaA

kiddoiLL:
Because even some modernized aDear sister Blessing, how's is Chukwuememeka doing? Tell ur sister to include vit.c while purchasing the cough syrup. On no account should that boy cough or run nose because it provoke the nosebleed. Tnxnd European countries still struggle to keep up producing it, it's not an easy thing to produce...it's not as if it's produced in factories like drugs... If you know how valuable Snake anti venom is and how hard it is to produce, you'll understand why I'm asking

GIFTD:
Here in nairaland everyone is free to type all sorts of rubbish but it's ur duty to find out the truth. Polyvalent anti venom are common, it's only the monovalent ones that are scarce because of the cost of production specie specificity so that it is only at places where the specie abound that it's needed that u can find them

humberjade:


Imagine a farmer doing d no2 in d bush or taking a nap after a hectic session on his farm...u can't be too sure u know...


It is sad that we give a lot and take crumbs back from these countries....but my question is, can't we produce them locally? At least our forefathers who were mostly farmers must have survived these bites with some local anti-venom

kiddoiLL:
Imported anti venoms right? Cus I can bet Nigeria can't create anti venoms yet

AreaFada2:


In theory we can. But like every other aspect of life, we do not fund research purposefully to achieve self-sufficiency in any given sphere. So we seek the easy (but often expensive way) out: importation.

You basically have to follow FOUR key steps aniti-venom (AV) in production: extract anti-venom, inject very minute amount into chosen domestic animals, extract the plasma/purity to removes microbes/viruses and other impurities with product quality control AND officially formulate the product for the market/use.

Of course each of the FOUR steps involve several things in it. Of which from step three to four pre-clinical & clinical trials are CRUCIAL to assess efficacy, safety/side effects and viability over time. For example a storage process that will not render the AV inefficient has to be devised considering that rural areas where they are MOST may not have stable electricity or electricity at all. Antivenom (a protein) is very susceptible to heat.

In the West, monoclonal anti-bodies are made in university labs. Undergraduate stuff. Any life science or medical student worth his salt will have done same or at least tried at undergrad level. So if employed in Biotech company later, the whole anti-body process won't come as a surprise, albeit in industrial scale.

GogetterMD:

Yes, imported. Not a lot of countries manufacture amtivenom as its research is capital intensive