Abstract:
The local injection of trypsin can be used in clinical practice as a new and effective therapy for snakebite.Our experiments indicate that when a lethal dose of crotalinae snake venom was injected into mice subcutaneously, survival rate increased significantly if a dose of trypin had been injected locally and promptly.When lethal doses of the venoms (
Trimeresurus 700
μg,
Agkistrodon acutus 450
μg,
A. halys 180
μg) were injected into mice and trypsin is given, the survival rate is 68%, 57%, 67%.We've treated 207 cases of snakebite without death. The oroduction of trypsin is rather simple and its preservation needs no special condition. Trypsin can be put into portable first-aid auto-injector and can be used after snakebite at the earliest possible time.