Monday, August 12, 2013

Cottonmouth


You're working in an emergency department in the geographical area shown above. A patient comes in with marked swelling of a hand. He fell into a river and felt pain in the affected hand. He also has nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, light-headedness, diaphoresis, and chills.

Challenge: What's your diagnosis?

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2 comments:

webhill said...

Moccasin envenomation? Agkistrodon piscivorus or similar.

Craig said...

good call!! and nice latin
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Cottonmouth

This is the bite of a water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).

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