1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital
3Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital
4Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, K.P.C. Medical College & Hospital
5PhD Research Scholar, Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital
*Corresponding Author Soumeek Chowdhuri, MD, Email: smk.kgp@gmail.com, Mobile No.: 9007580064
Online published on 10 February, 2023.
Snakebite is a health problem mostly to the poorer rural population. Quite a good number of fatal cases are reported worldwide, even in India with annually estimated 2,00,000 on an average. Lack of rural health infrastructure, superstitious belief on black magic and dearth of proper knowledge among common people are regarded to be responsible for rise in incidences. At times diagnosis for snakebite cases becomes difficult. This is three years autopsy-based study, where it has been shown that renal pathological findings are prominent. Endocardial hemorrhage, pulmonary and cerebral edema are also associated with neurotoxic cobra and krait bites.
Snakebite, Histopathology, Medico-legal autopsy
