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:
Moccasin envenomation? Agkistrodon piscivorus or similar.
good call!! and nice latin
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Cottonmouth
This is the bite of a water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).
Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia.
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