SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — Doctors at Memorial Health wish to advise homeowners of the threats snakes posture this summer season after seeing a recent spike in bites in the health center’s emergency clinic.
One client, Ishwar Patel, stated their experience of being bitten by a copperhead snake while gardening in his yard.
Internal Medicine Doctor Maulik Patel said his foot was inflamed and blemished when he came to Memorial, and the venom was starting to take a trip up his leg to the rest of his body.
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“Fortunately, they understood the various kinds of snakes in the location, and especially the one that bit him was a copperhead. Knowing that, the issue was punctuality and time to be assessed clinically to get to the emergency clinic so that we can in fact supply treatment based upon the signs he was having,” Dr. Patel said.
Dr. Patel said if a snake bites you, you ought to initially get to a safe location to prevent being bitten once again. You ought to likewise prevent unneeded motion, any form of bloodletting, or attempting to draw the venom out yourself.
He said you ought to attempt to get to a medical professional as quickly as possible since, depending upon the kind of venom, a couple of minutes might make a huge distinction in the client’s result.
