An adder bite in Sussex

C. Sargent; G. Leggatt

doi:10.1136/bmj.f6723

An adder bite in Sussex

BMJ ◽

10.1136/bmj.f6723 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 347 (nov13 3) ◽

pp. f6723-f6723

Author(s):

C. Sargent ◽

G. Leggatt

Keyword(s):

Adder Bite

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Italian adder bite (Vipera aspis): report of two cases

Toxicon ◽

10.1016/0041-0101(94)90244-5 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 393

Keyword(s):

Adder Bite ◽

Vipera Aspis

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Airway compromise from a common European adder bite to the tongue; some fundamental concerns!

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica ◽

10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02211.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 54 (7) ◽

pp. 901-901

Author(s):

R. Sharma

Keyword(s):

Airway Compromise ◽

Adder Bite

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Adder-bite in britain

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ◽

10.1136/dtb.4.17.65 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 4 (17) ◽

pp. 65-66

Keyword(s):

Pasteur Institute ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Ministry Of Health ◽

Venomous Snake ◽

England And Wales ◽

Vipera Berus ◽

Isle Of Man ◽

Venomous Snakes ◽

Grass Snake ◽

Adder Bite

The adder, Vipera berus, is a short grey snake with bold black V-shaped marks on its back, and is the only venomous snake found in Britain. In England and Wales the adder may be confused with the larger but venomless grass snake; Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are snake-free. Imported foreign venomous snakes are sometimes mistaken for adders; their bites usually require different treatment. Adders may abound in rocky or dry country, but are sometimes seen in residential areas. If disturbed, an adder may bite with its twin hollow fangs, from which the venom flows. The Ministry of Health no longer lists envenomation separately as a cause of admission to hospital, but Morton1 saw 18 cases during 8 years as an area pathologist in Cornwall and Walker2 recorded 50 cases and 7 deaths up to 1945. In 1961 about 400 requests for Pasteur Institute antivenom were made.3

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