Animal Bites in ENT
Introduction: Animal bites can range from abrasions to laceration injury and are notorious for causing infectious diseases like rabies. Four such animal bite cases presented to ENT emergency, two of them assaulted by the Royal Bengal Tiger and the remaining two were bitten by their pet dogs. The...
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The Association of Otolaryngologists of India, West Bengal
2023-09-01
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Introduction:
Animal bites can range from abrasions to laceration injury and are notorious for causing infectious diseases like rabies. Four such animal bite cases presented to ENT emergency, two of them assaulted by the Royal Bengal Tiger and the remaining two were bitten by their pet dogs. The management protocol has been discussed for the four cases.
Case reports:
The first two case reports deal with tiger attack and the other two involve bites by the pet dogs. The primary management of the cases has been described, followed by definite treatment.
Conclusion:
Primary management of the case involves washing the wounds with normal saline. Anti-rabies vaccination followed by regular antiseptic dressing was done and the definite repair was done in the second sitting.
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| spelling | doaj-art-5e9d1e0da23e48a3bd3e0274947422172025-02-11T09:43:45ZengThe Association of Otolaryngologists of India, West BengalBengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery2395-23932395-24072023-09-0131110.47210/bjohns.2023.v31i1.857Animal Bites in ENTSaba Erfan0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4954-5904Prithvi Das1Somnath Saha2Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital Introduction: Animal bites can range from abrasions to laceration injury and are notorious for causing infectious diseases like rabies. Four such animal bite cases presented to ENT emergency, two of them assaulted by the Royal Bengal Tiger and the remaining two were bitten by their pet dogs. The management protocol has been discussed for the four cases. Case reports: The first two case reports deal with tiger attack and the other two involve bites by the pet dogs. The primary management of the cases has been described, followed by definite treatment. Conclusion: Primary management of the case involves washing the wounds with normal saline. Anti-rabies vaccination followed by regular antiseptic dressing was done and the definite repair was done in the second sitting. https://bjohns.in/journal23/index.php/bjohns/article/view/5bitesrabiesanimal |
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| title | Animal Bites in ENT |
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