Spitting cobras: description of 2 cases in Djibouti
Rouvin, B.; Kone, M.; N'diaye, M.; Seck, M.; Diatta, B.
Medecine Tropicale Revue du Corps de Sante Colonial 70(1): 95-96
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-682X PMID: 20337127 Document Number: 647490
The purpose of this report is to describe two cases involving ophthalmic exposure to venom from spitting cobras. Based on these cases, readers are reminded that eye injury can be prevented by low-cost treatment consisting of prompt, prolonged saline irrigation. This treatment also reduces pain.