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Posted 6/2/2024 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
I got bit by a copperhead on the hand Saturday. 4 vials of crofab and a night in ICU. They wanted me to stay longer but I refused because of cost. I'm hoping to turn lemons in to lemonade and maybe the venom will have the same effect on me that the bees had on her. Have any of you long term lyme patients been bitten by a venomous snake? If so inwould.love to hear if it had any effect on your lyme.
Posted 6/2/2024 1:40 PM (GMT 0)
OMG!!!! Mike, I am so glad you lived to tell the story! That must have been very scary. Do you have any lingering effects from the bite and/or the treatment?

A few weeks ago after lots of rain, I spotted a small snake on my patio. It had colors and markings, but I couldn’t match it to any pictures online. I got the shovel, but sent my mom next door to get the neighbor, because I had zero confidence in my ability to kill it. Thankfully, the neighbor’s teenage son came over. He took the shovel and did a practice swing and then sliced its head off like a pro. He said it was poisonous. I think he could tell by the head. It was a young snake. It never moved the whole time.
Posted 6/2/2024 2:23 PM (GMT 0)
That's wild dude. I hope you recover swiftly. It's kinda whacky that something like this has cost as a dictating factor as to whether or not you have a better/more comfortable recovery.

A chap managed to make himself immune to snake bites with constant low level exposure. He worked his way up the severity of the damage that the type of snake and it's venom would produce.

Whether there are immunomodulatory effects is a different matter. Some snake venoms are used in pharmaceutical agents but you'd have to look it up. I think. It's not quite done like bee venom therapy. I don't think so anyway.

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/3/100]therapeutic uses of snake venom

Man who survived over 200 snakebites

Post Edited (fergleman) : 6/4/2024 3:28:31 PM (GMT-8)

Posted 6/2/2024 2:39 PM (GMT 0)
It happened Saturday. I'm ok just feel generally bad. Nothing compared to what I went through with lyme. Since I posted this I read viper venom does not cross the blood brain barrier.
Disappointing but still hoping for some benefit. I did not harm the snake. Not his fault. We let him go on his way, I was in his home.
Posted 6/4/2024 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
Wow, I'm glad you're okay Mike!
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