The doctors of Agios Savvas are holding in repression the 25-year-old Cypriot who was bitten on Thursday afternoon by an Indian cobra in his apartment in the center of Athens.
In fact, his friends mediated with his parents in order to charter a private flight from Cyprus in order to immediately transport the antidote for the venom of the Indian cobra, as for this species (Naja Kaouthia) there was no antidote available in a hospital in Athens. , as confirmed to protothema.gr by the director of the Medical Service of Agios Savvas hospital, Theodoros Kormas.
He states that this morning the unfortunate 25-year-old Cypriot citizen reacted, opened his eyes, however the doctors decided that they should keep him in repression.
The cobra bit the young man on the index finger of his right hand as he tried to feed her.
What is the type of cobra that bit the 25-year-old
Naja Kaouthia cobra is found mainly in India, China, Cambodia and Vietnam. The head is rounded and the eyes are small. Poisonous teeth are located in the upper jaw. The length of the reptile reaches 1,7-1,9 meters. The maximum length is up to 2,4 meters. A remarkable feature of the snake is that in times of danger, it lifts one third of its body vertically and spreads the upper sides of its neck to the sides. At the same time, the neck expands significantly and becomes flat.
The body color of a reptile is quite variable and depends on the environment. The main background ranges from light gray to brown. It can even be black while the belly has a slightly yellowish tinge. This type of cobra has a deadly poison and when it is injected into the human body, it causes, in addition to neurological and neuromuscular symptoms, even drowsiness, hypotension. Death can occur in some cases even within 60 minutes.
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