Spider Poison: A Review

Authors

  • Gyanendra kumar Gupta Professor & Head, Department of Physiology, R.K. Institute of Ayurvedic Medical Science Dewrania, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Gagan Devi Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, R.K. Institute of Ayurvedic Medical Science, Dewrania, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Poisoning, Spider, Clinical practice, Visha and Outpatient level

Abstract

Poisoning is a serious concern of mankind from time immemorial. This is because the management of poisoning cases needs immediate and expert attention to save life. The principle reason for the selection of spider as the topic for this work is that spider poisoning is very common in the clinical practice. According to general statistical information at outpatient level on various types of visha, nearly 30% - diagnosed cases of spider poisoning are treated every month.

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Published

2022-01-05

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021)

Section

Review Article

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