1. Envenoming by the Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) and Asian Cobra (Naja naja): Clinical Manifestations and Their Management in a Rural Setting 
Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar, MD, Pramodini Himmatrao Bawaskar, MBBS 
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages (December 2004)
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2. Figure 1
Wattle-and-daub house. A krait can easily find its way into a wattle-and-daub house to hunt for rats, mice, and lizards. Villagers often sleep on the floor of these houses.
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3. Figure 2
A bullock cart is often the only source of transportation to carry a person to a primary health center during night hours.
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4. Figure 3
Case 1. A, Killed cobra that was brought in by a relative of the bitten subject. B, Local edema with ecchymosis over the left foot (the site of the bite).
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5. Figure 4
Case 2. A, Two hours after cobra bite: fang marks with blood over right index finger, edema over dorsum of hand. B, Forty-eight hours after cobra bite: local necrosis. C, One week after cobra bite: sloughing of wound with skin necrosis, poor granulation, and unhealthy edges of wound.
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6. Figure 5
Killed krait (3.5 feet long) brought in by relative of subject in case 5 (see the Table.
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7. Figure 6
Subject in case 5—response to antivenom and neostigamine (given at T0). A, T0 (2.5hours after bite): semiconscious, bilateral complete ptosis. B, T0+20minutes: partial ptosis, conscious, unable to protrude tongue. C, T0+60minutes: ptosis reduced, able to protrude tongue. D, T0+12hours: ptosis reduced, wide opening of mouth. E, T0+24hours: ptosis reduced >50%; cornea is uncovered, able to open the mouth widely and fully protrude the tongue. F, T0+30hours: ptosis reduced, only 20% of cornea is covered, improvement in expression. G, T0+36hours: 10% of cornea is covered, otherwise completely recovered.
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