Калифорни мужийн оршин суугч хортой могойд хатгуулсны улмаас 54 тун хорны эсрэг эм тариа хийлгэх шаардлагатай болж, эмнэлгийн нөөц дууссан тохиолдол гарлаа.
Тавдугаар сарын 26-нд Калифорни мужийн Оровилл хотод Крис Хоуарт гэгч иргэн гэрийнхээ усны шугамыг шалгаж байх үедээ баруун бүсийн хорчигнуурт могойд хоёр удаа хатгуулжээ. Түүний биеийн байдал нэн даруй хүндэрч, хэл нь мэдээ алдан, амьсгалахад бэрхшээлтэй болсон байна. Тэрээр Оровилл хотын эмнэлэгт хүргэгдэн 36 тун хорны эсрэг эм тариулсан боловч биеийн байдал нь сайжрахгүй байсан тул Стэнфордын Анагаах Ухааны Төв рүү нисдэг тэргээр шилжүүлжээ.
Эмнэлэгт хэвтэн эмчлүүлэх хугацаандаа өвчтөн цусны бүлэгнэлтийн эмгэг буюу диссеминацийн судас доторх бүлэгнэлтийн хам шинжээр өвчилсөн байна. Энэхүү хүндрэлийн улмаас биеийн цусны бүлэгнэлтийн хүчин зүйлс дуусч, дотуур цус алдалт үүсэх эрсдэлтэй байдал үүсчээ. Стэнфордын эмнэлэгт тэрээр нэмэлтээр 18 тун хорны эсрэг эм болон сийвэн, ялтас сэлбэх эмчилгээг хийлгэсэн байна.
Нийт 12 хоног эмчлүүлсний эцэст өвчтөн гэртээ харьсан боловч тодорхой хугацаанд ажил хөдөлмөр эрхлэх боломжгүй болжээ. АНУ-ын Хор судлалын үндэсний төвийн мэдээллээр, хорчигнуурт могойн хазуулалт нь тус улсад хамгийн их аюултайд тооцогддог бөгөөд ихэнх тохиолдолд эмнэлэгт хэвтэн эмчлүүлэх шаардлагатай болдог байна.
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A California hospital ran out of antivenom after a man, who would eventually require 54 doses across two separate facilities, was bitten by a rattlesnake.
Idaho-based Chris Howarth was checking the waterline at his parents’ home in Oroville, Northern California, when he was attacked by the reptile. The snake bit him twice, he told SFGATE, with one bite reaching a vein during the May 26 attack.
Chris, a father of three, told Action News Now that his wife, Jenny, thought he was joking when he raced inside and said that a western rattlesnake had attacked him. Meanwhile, his children were “freaking” out, shouting: “Dad’s gonna die!”
Jenny raced him to Oroville Hospital, but, by the time they arrived, Chris was already feeling the effects of the venom.
Chris was suffering from a numb tongue, swollen lymph nodes and difficulty breathing. According to Jenny, the snake’s venom had gone straight into his bloodstream.
Within an hour of arriving, he was given antivenom. However, on his third day in hospital, Chris developed a condition known as disseminated intravascular coagulation.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, the condition causes a patient’s body to develop more blood clots than it needs, blocking blood vessels. As a patient’s platelets and clotting factor run out, the body is left with no way with which to control bleeding.
Chris was given platelets to manage the condition, but, by his sixth day in hospital, the facility had run out of antivenom.
At one point, Chris began writing letters to his children “to make sure they had one last letter from Dad.”
Eventually, Chris was helicoptered to Stanford Medical Center after using up Oroville Hospital’s supply of antivenom, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched to support his family.
Chris received 18 doses of antivenom during his stay at the Stanford facility, the campaign page says. Those doses were in addition to the 36 doses he had received at Oroville Hospital.
While being treated, he also received “Cryo (sic), platelet and plasma transfusions” and underwent CT scans.
After 12 days in the hospital, Chris is at home with his family, the page says. However, he will be unable to work for an “unknown amount of time.”
According to National Capital Poison Center, rattlesnakes are the most venomous domestic snakes in the United States. Most bites require hospitalization and antivenom treatment.
