What happens to your blood when you are bitten by a snake??

Question

What happens to your blood when you are bitten by a snake??

Answer 1

Symptoms

It is very rare to suffer serious injury or death from an adder bite.

If you are bitten by an adder you may not experience any symptoms at all. Often a snake will give you a dry bite containing no venom.

Some people develop symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea shortly after being bitten. The area around the bite may swell up or go numb. If you develop symptoms such as paralysis, dizziness or fainting you will need medical treatment.

It is best to go to A&E after being bitten even if you feel fine, just to be sure.

If the doctor finds that your have low or unstable blood pressure you may need to have anti-venom treatment

Answer 2

it all depends on what kind of snake it is and if it is poisonous what type of poison it is.

non venomous snakes will only cause you to bleed but you may get an infection

if it is a snake that has a venomous bite that affects the flesh then it will slowly liquefy the body near the wound and it will start to swell and gather pus you need to tied a tourniquet onto your arm so as to stop the poison from traveling by your bloodstream. this type of poison is common in spiders. you have more of a chance to live than neurological poisons

if the snake has a neurological venom (the black mamba) then a tourniquet will not help because the toxin travels through the nerves this will cause seizures, deafness, blindness, and extreme fever, etc. you will most likely die

Answer 3

That depends entirely on the species of snake. If it's a non-venomous species, then nothing. If it's a species with neurotoxic venom, your blood will be fairly unaffected, except for carrying the venom around your body - neurotoxins attack the nervous system. If it's a snake with haemotoxic venom, it will make the blood clot rapidly and cause severe swelling and tissue damage at the site of the bite. I once observed a study of haemotoxic venom in which a drop of this was placed in a beaker of blood. Three seconds later the beaker was turned upside down, and the blood had completely solidified. As you can imagine, if that blood is inside you, this won't be particularly good for your health!

Answer 4

if poisonois ur white blood cells start to die from the poison. if not posinous dont know

Answer 5

Snake venom is a very complex mixture often having significant haemotoxic or blood destroying properties.  Usually pit vipers have more destructive haemotoxic venom and elapids likes cobras mostly attack the nervous system.