LOSS OF PULP SUBSTANCE FOLLOWING AN OPHIDIAN BITE (ABOUT A CASE AND LITERATURE REVIEW)

A.OUARDI, K.FIQHI, T.NASSIM SABAH*
Page No. 1-6

In Morocco, snake envenomation is considered a serious public health problem. Epidemiological data remain poorly understood due to the absence of a national registry, as well as the non-medicalization of a significant proportion of patients victims of envenomation using traditional procedures. The precise identification of the aggressor snake is problematic because health professionals are not aware of the value of identification and have no training on the taxonomy of snakes in Morocco [1]."A snakebite represents, in case of venom injection, a medical emergency accompanied by high morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world [2-3].This is a medical-surgical emergency responsible for a very high mortality in Africa. In this work, we present the strategy adopted by our team in the management of a clinical case of ophidian envenomation complicated by necrosis of the pulp of the second finger.