Reptile bite in pregnancy

Abstract

Reptile bites are rarely seen cases in emergency departments. But particularly in the warm summer months, the prevalence is relatively higher in rural areas. Snakebites during pregnancy is little known and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. However, in case of pregnancy, the outcomes may be different both for mother and the fetus. Interestingly, there is limited number of reptile bite cases during pregnancy in the literature. We report here a woman who was bitten at her 28th week of gestation. Obstetric consultation with ultrasonography was performed and seen that fetus was normal according to a 28-week gestation. We infused four vials of antiserum in a period of 1 h in a saline solution. In all, 30 min after the initiation of the antiserum infusion, the lesion started to regress. Her obstetric consultation was repeated 1 h, 36 h, and before discharge were performed and seen that the fetus was normal. After a period of five days, the patient and fetus were evaluated once more, and nothing was abnormal for both.