Morteza Johari wrote in online information: Jafari snake is one of the most dangerous snakes in Iran and its bite sometimes leads to human death. The venom of this snake affects the blood circulation system and causes rupture of blood vessels and internal bleeding and even brain bleeding. This is because the venom of this snake has a “hemostatic” property and can inhibit the activity of blood platelets. It also has the property of activating “prothrombin”; A protein that accelerates blood clotting.
A person bitten by a Parsley snake first feels intense burning and swelling in the bitten area, then the symptoms begin to progress and affect a part of the bitten member, for example, the hand. The local symptoms caused by the bite of this snake initially include pain, swelling, blisters, and necrosis, which progress rapidly, but rarely extend above half of the bitten limb.
Clinical signs of a bite usually appear about 1 to 2 hours (sometimes a few minutes to half an hour) after the bite, which includes the lymph nodes becoming hard and painful, which are enlarged and palpable.
Bleeding occurs about 5 to 12 hours after the bite, which starts from the gums and gradually continues in the digestive system, as well as the reproductive and urinary systems. Gastrointestinal, mucosal, subcutaneous, urinary and genital bleedings gradually become more severe. Usually, the injured person’s blood becomes non-coagulable.
There are convulsions, impaired speech and perception, drowsiness, and in some cases the possibility of shock and death due to cerebral hemorrhage, in which case the injured person may die after 24 to 48 hours if medical and emergency measures are not taken. However, in many cases, it has been reported that coagulation disorders last for 2 to 4 weeks, and finally, due to internal bleeding, the victim’s death may be delayed up to a month after the bite.
Contrary to the belief of some people that baby and small Parsley snakes cannot bite, it should be noted that one-week-old Parsley snake babies with a length of about 15 cm have highly concentrated and lethal poison and can bite and inject poison.
The highest number of parsnip snake bites is related to these baby and small snakes. Because few people are afraid of these small death-bringers, and in the opinion of the general public, big snakes are more deadly and dangerous.
This rumor, which always and everywhere says that the bite of Parsley snake leads to the death of a person in one or several minutes, is a baseless statement. As mentioned, after being bitten by this snake, it takes at least 5 to 6 hours for the patient’s condition to deteriorate and severe bleeding to occur. Assuming that the victim has a history of allergies or asthma, after a few hours the patient will experience “anaphylactic shock” or shock caused by allergies.
