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Morbidity survey of the history of snakebites in different communities in the alto Juruá, western Brazilian Amazon.
Rodrigues, Thienify Dos Santos Nascimento; Mota-da-Silva, Ageane; Gomes da Costa, Jessica; de Souza Dutra, Jeferson; de Oliveira Gomes, Mateus; Gurgel do Amaral, Gardênia Lima; Ortega, Givanildo Pereira; Lima da Silva, Jessyca; Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo; Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio.
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  • Rodrigues TDSN; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Acre, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciências da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.
  • Mota-da-Silva A; Instituto Federal do Acre, Campus de Cruzeiro do Sul, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil.
  • Gomes da Costa J; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil.
  • de Souza Dutra J; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil.
  • de Oliveira Gomes M; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil.
  • Gurgel do Amaral GL; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil.
  • Ortega GP; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil.
  • Lima da Silva J; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil.
  • Monteiro WM; Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
  • Bernarde PS; Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Acre, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciências da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil. Electronic address: snakebernard
Toxicon ; 224: 107033, 2023 Mar 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36709048
The Alto Juruá region has a rich diversity of venomous snakes, and snakebites represent an important cause of morbidity. The present study was carried out in five communities in the Alto Juruá region, and aimed to evaluate the history of snakebites in terms of which snakes were involved and what was the victims' conduct in relation to first aid and prevention. Between 2017 and 2019, semi-structured interviews were applied to 260 residents, 56 (21.53%) of whom had a history of snakebites. The profile of the victims is 73.2% male, a resident of rural areas who develops activities mainly in agriculture and extractivism and who has a low level of education. Just over half of the snakebites occurred during the rainy season (52.8%) and the majority during the day (77%). Bothrops bites were the most frequently reported (90.3%) and B. atrox was the most mentioned snake (jararaca and surucucu) for being responsible for snakebites (80.8%). Approximately 87.5% of the bites occurred to the lower limbs, and 48.2% of the victims were barefoot at the time of the bite. Inadequate first-aid procedures were reported, such as using tourniquets and consuming the drink known as "Específico Pessoa", not drinking water, and treatment with traditional therapy (phytotherapics, zootherapeutics and faith healers), as well as not seeking hospital care. Thus, the need to facilitate access to hospital units in these communities and health education (prevention and first aid) are essential in order to minimize this situation.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Mordeduras de Serpientes / Bothrops Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Límite: Animals / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Toxicon Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Brasil Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Mordeduras de Serpientes / Bothrops Tipo de estudio: Qualitative_research Límite: Animals / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Toxicon Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Brasil Pais de publicación: Reino Unido