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Snake bite on the finger

Venom from poisonous snakes can cause local tissue death (necrosis), bleeding and destruction of blood cells (hematological problems), and nerve (neurological) damage (coma, paralysis. This snake bite has caused the hand to swell and local tissue death on the finger.

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