Autopharmacological effects
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Local effects
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Haemostatic effects
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Neurological effects
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Muscular effects
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Cardiac effects
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Renal effects
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Crotalus sp. Bothrops asper
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Minutes (to hours)
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Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea (urticaria, angio-oedema) (bronchospasm) arterial hypotension |
Crotalus sp.
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Hours
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Generalised oedema |
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Hypovolaemia/hypovolaemic shock |
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Cardiovascular failure |
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Bothrops asper Crotalus sp. Lachesis sp.
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Hours
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Clotting time1 abnormal
1 or more complex clotting tests
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Gingival bleeding
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Bleeding from wounds remote from the site of the bite
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Haematemesis, bleeding per rectum, haematuria |
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Systemic bleeding
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Focal neurological deficits,
meningismus, coma
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Hypovolaemia/haemorrhagic shock |
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Cardiovascular failure |
Renal failure
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CNS failure |
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Bothrops asper Crotalus sp. Lachesis sp.
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Minutes (to hours)
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Local pain and swelling
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Painful swelling of the regional lymph nodes |
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Bothrops asper
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Bothrops asper Crotalus sp. Lachesis muta
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Days |
Hours |
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Extensive swelling
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Hypovolaemia |
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Necrosis Loss of function of extremities Loss of extremities
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Micrurus sp.
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Minutes to hours
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Cranial nerve deficits (ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, dysphagia, dysarthria) |
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Paralysis of the skeletal musculature including the respiratory musculature |
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Respiratory failure |
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