Severe Coagulopathy after Ingestion of “Snake Wine”

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• 作者：Jeong Mi Moon ; MD ; Byeong Jo Chun ; MD
• 关键词：snake venoms ; serum sickness ; blood coagulation test
• 刊名：Journal of Emergency Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：50
• 期：6
• 页码：848-851
• 全文大小：113 K

文摘

This report describes a patient who developed coagulopathy after ingesting snake wine, which is an alcoholic libation containing an entire venomous snake.

Case Report

A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital 19 h after ingesting snake wine. The laboratory features upon admission included unmeasurable activated partial thromboplastin (aPTT) values, prolonged prothrombin time (PT) values, increased fibrinogen levels, modestly elevated fibrin degradation product and D-dimer values, uncorrected aPTT and PT values after a mixing test, and normal levels of aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase. No pesticides, warfarin, or superwarfarin in the patient's blood or urine were detected. His coagulation profile normalized on the 6^th day after admission after antivenom treatment. He was discharged 10 days later without sequelae.

Why Should an Emergency Physician Be Aware of This?

The physician should be aware that ingesting snake wine may lead to systemic envenomation. As for coagulopathy, which may develop by ingesting snake venom, related laboratory findings may differ from the features observed after direct envenomation by snakebite.