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  What to do if you are bitten by a snake? Snakes can be venomous or innocent nonvenomous. But for safety, it's better to get admitted to the nearest hospital. Before we talk about snake bite management will talk about background knowledge of snake bites.  Why do some snake bites become venomous?   Venomous snakes have specialized salivary glands that secret and store venom which is probably evolved to catch the prey. These venoms can cause life-threatening complications once they enter the bloodstream. Because of that, there are two types of snake bites.  1. Dry bites  Here the snake couldn't able to inject the venom into the bloodstream. Even though there is a snake bite there are no serious complications due to venom.  2. Venomous bites Here venom enters the bloodstream. This can cause serious complications. This process is called envenomation.  What are the types of venom?  1. Cytotoxins   These types of venom cause local tissue damage mainly at the site of the bite. As the

  Do you know what to do if your baby got a febrile fit? Today we'll discuss febrile fits / febrile convulsions in children.  What is febrile fit or convulsion ? Before we talk about febrile fits we will get to know about what is fit. Usually, our body movements are controlled by our brains. First, we think about some body movement and then our brain sends a message to the responsible muscle to work via nerves. What happens during a fitting episode is our brain functioning gets abnormal for a short period of time.  Then the brain sends messages to muscles without our knowledge. Then those muscles get contracted leading to visible jerky body movements. As brain functioning gets abnormal most of the time consciousness is also affected. These sometimes get resolved spontaneously. When this type of fitting episode occurs with the fever we call it a febrile convulsion. But most importantly there should not be any evidence of brain infection.  What are the common causes of fits? 1. hypog