Showers Bring Snakes And Snake Bites
Two county residents were bitten by venomous snakes last week.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital treated two Montgomery County residents for venomous snake bites last week, the latest in a summer that has seen an uptick in snake bite cases. “On average, we usually have one or two poisonous snake bites a summer,” said Dr. Jonathan Wenk, an emergency department physician at the hospital. “This summer we’ve already had had five or six bites.” Both patients were treated with an antivenom and were doing fine, Wenk said late last week. Weather, like the rain that continues to flood the region this week, is a factor in the increase, said Scott Smith, a wildlife diversity ecologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, who specializes in snakes. In the case of last week's two bites, rain from …
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