https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2022.180

Severe neurotoxic envenomation following cobra bite in Northern Nigeria: A report of three cases

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022)
Submitted: 10 December 2021
Accepted: 17 December 2021
Published: 28 June 2022
Neurotoxicity, cobra bite, northern- Nigeria
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Muhammad Hamza
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Abubakar S. Balla
Snakebite Research and Treatment Centre, Kaltungo, Gombe State, Nigeria.
Yakasai Ahmad Maifada
Research and Diagnostic Centre, Kwanar Dawaki, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano, Nigeria.
Nashabaru Muhammad Ibrahim
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Nalado Aishatu Muhammad
aishnld@yahoo.co.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3662-8150
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
Abdulrazaq G. Habib
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.

Cobra is a common snake throughout Africa and Asia, however, there are few literatures reporting neurotoxic cobra bite from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Northern Nigeria. Here, we report 3 cases that were bitten by cobra in the savannah region of Nigeria. All the 3 cases presented with features of severe neurotoxic envenomation: generalized hypotonia, ptosis, and features of autonomic dysfunction, which include excessive salivation and sweating. One of the 3 victims progressed to develop respiratory paralysis that resulted in death. The other 2 cases survived after receiving polyvalent anti-snake venom.

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Hamza, Muhammad, Abubakar S. Balla, Yakasai Ahmad Maifada, Nashabaru Muhammad Ibrahim, Nalado Aishatu Muhammad, and Abdulrazaq G. Habib. 2022. “Severe Neurotoxic Envenomation Following Cobra Bite in Northern Nigeria: A Report of Three Cases”. Pyramid Journal of Medicine 5 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2022.180.

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