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Homemade ointment rubbed over the scrotum and on bitten part (arrow) as a measure of first line of treatment in a patient victim of snake bite on scrotum
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However, due to ritual-based customs and dogma, the victim was treated by home-made ointment (Figure 1).
Patient victim of a snake bite on scrotum, admitted in ICU with typical neurotoxic symptoms (ptosis and inability to hold neck)
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He had ptosis, drooling of saliva, sluggishness, apathy, disorientation, slurring of speech, inability to hold neck and difficulty in respiration (Figure 2).