Open AccessRepeated snake bite for recreation: Mechanisms and implications
Author(s) -
Subramanian Senthilkumaran,
Sweni Shah,
N Balamurugan,
Ritesh G. Menezes,
Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.119202
Subject(s) - recreation , medicine , recreational drug , medical emergency , poison control , snake venom , venom , psychiatry , ecology , biology , drug
Snake venom use for recreational purposes has been documented earlier. Willfully subjecting oneself to repeated lethal snake bite as a source of getting relieved of stress and recreation observed in two healthy software engineers, without any underlying psychiatric ailments or comorbidities along with probable mechanisms, are reported. Emergency physicians and practitioners have to be aware of novel methods of exposure to snake venom so as to recognize such cases and treat them accordingly.