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And, after an hour and a half wait, Meg's doctor returned with antivenom, the usual treatment for venomous snakebites.
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Milton Richards, 53, required 80 doses of antivenom after getting bit while trying to kill the snake in his backyard on June 18, KCBD-TV reported.
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By the time Christie had the first of four treatments with antivenom, the swelling had spread to her shoulder.
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The bite is usually lethal, unless antivenom can be given in time.
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And that could be especially bad news in many of the rural places where the snakes live, because antivenom isn't widely available there.
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Wire Photo AP In 1954, a bite from a krait, a deadly snake from Thailand, put Haast in an iron lung while Vaughn sourced antivenom from India.
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Doctors decided to use Haast’s blood plasma as a repository for antivenom treatments and registered its availability with Poison Control.
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Konkel rushed Gracie to Laguna Beach Animal Hospital, where veterinarians gave the dog antivenom, antibiotics and intravenous fluids.
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First Known Use of antivenom
1904
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