More people than usual have been bitten by vipers in July. It is unclear what the cause is, according to the Poison Information Center.
The Poison Information Center is the national advisory body when it comes to acute poisonings and the risk of poisoning. It has registered 142 viper bite incidents this month.
In July of 2018, there were 137 viper bite cases, according to Dagbladet. In 2020, 125 cases were registered in July, while in 2019, there were 117.
“It is remarkable,” department director Mari Tosterud at the Poison Information Center told Dagbladet.
More snakebites were also registered in June – 173 this year compared to 137 last year. So far this year, a total of 421 viper bites have been registered. Usually, most cases are registered in August.
More vipers?
“We do not know if it means that there are more vipers than normal or if there are only more people than before who contact us,” Tosterud said.
Usually, no medical treatment is needed after a viper bite. When someone calls the Poison Information Center, an ongoing assessment is made of so-called risk patients, such as children, the elderly, or pregnant women.
“Many people get mild symptoms and can only stay at home if they are not at-risk patients and do not have symptoms,” Tostrup at the Poison Information Center noted.
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