Venom from poisonous snakes can cause tissue death (necrosis)
swelling, bleeding and destruction of blood cells (hematological
problems), and nerve (neurological) damage (coma, paralysis). This
snake bite has caused swelling and local tissue death on the
finger.
Review Date: 02/27/2008
Reviewed By: Stephen C. Acosta, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Portland
VA Medical Center, Portland, OR. Review provided by VeriMed
Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
