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Bitten by a snake? Here’s the first thing to do — it could save your life

News admin1 · March 11, 2026 · Comments off

Prevention aims to reduce these pull factors. Maintaining your garden, pruning vegetation and fighting rodents reduces the risks. Wearing protective clothing, such as boots, long pants, long sleeves, and gloves, is important because more than 90% of bites affect the arms or legs. A dry bite occurs when a snake bites without injecting venom. Symptoms may include pain, redness, or swelling. Since it is impossible to confirm immediately, any bite should be considered potentially venomous. Venomous bites can cause swelling, nausea, blurred vision, difficulty breathing, irregular pulse, abdominal pain, bleeding, or paralysis. Some bites appear benign, leaving only small bite... Continues…