*****QUESTION IS IN BOLD
Polly is a Ecologist/Zoonotic and Infectious Disease Specialist. She was on an expedition in the rain forests of Brazil looking for plant-based natural healing products. While she was on-site, she interacted with some of the Indigenous Peoples. Interested in learning more about their culture, she was captivated by the Blow Gun method of hunting they used. But as she was trying to learn more, she accidentally fell while holding the darts and pierced her left cephalic vein with one of the darts. Polly immediately experienced difficulty breathing, she could not talk or move her left side and just collapsed. She is in a confused mental state with altered consciousness, coarse tremor, upper extremity myoclonus, positive Kernig sign, low pulse, and flaccid muscles.
Based on this info, explain why poisonous dart frog poison is the most likely cause of Polly's symptoms? Also include information about possible antidotes, fast acting drugs, drugs to counter act poisons, needles, or syringes that could be used to treat Polly.
Answer: Polly's symptoms of the breathing problem, as well as she, could not talk or move her left side and just collapsed. She is in a confused mental state with altered consciousness, coarse tremor, upper extremity myoclonus, positive Kernig sign, low pulse, and flaccid muscles. The golden poison frog dart causes death within three minutes if consumes orally. For some other species of frogs which produce significant amounts of potent toxins, death can occur if consumes orally.
It is possible to use anti-digitalis medications (digibind etc) to neutralize circulating toxins as there are no direct antidotes to treat this type of poisoning but for some species, whose toxins have a digitalis type activity and the alternative treatment is directed to support of cardiorespiratory function and also the use of medication to counteract cardiotoxic activity.
*****QUESTION IS IN BOLD Polly is a Ecologist/Zoonotic and Infectious Disease Specialist. She was on an...
*****QUESTION IS IN BOLD Polly is a Ecologist/Zoonotic and Infectious Disease Specialist. She was on an expedition in the rain forests of Brazil looking for plant-based natural healing products. While she was on-site, she interacted with some of the Indigenous Peoples. Interested in learning more about their culture, she was captivated by the Blow Gun method of hunting they used. But as she was trying to learn more, she accidentally fell while holding the darts and pierced her left cephalic...
***QUESTION IS IN BOLD Polly is a Ecologist/Zoonotic and Infectious Disease Specialist. She was on an expedition in the rain forests of Brazil looking for plant-based natural healing products. While she was on-site, she interacted with some of the Indigenous Peoples. Interested in learning more about their culture, she was captivated by the Blow Gun method of hunting they used. But as she was trying to learn more, she accidentally fell while holding the darts and pierced her left cephalic...
*****QUESTION IS IN BOLD Polly is a Ecologist/Zoonotic and Infectious Disease Specialist. She was on an expedition in the rain forests of Brazil looking for plant-based natural healing products. While she was on-site, she interacted with some of the Indigenous Peoples. Interested in learning more about their culture, she was captivated by the Blow Gun method of hunting they used. But as she was trying to learn more, she accidentally fell while holding the darts and pierced her left cephalic...
***QUESTION IS IN BOLD Polly is a Ecologist/Zoonotic and Infectious Disease Specialist. She was on an expedition in the rain forests of Brazil looking for plant-based natural healing products. While she was on-site, she interacted with some of the Indigenous Peoples. Interested in learning more about their culture, she was captivated by the Blow Gun method of hunting they used. But as she was trying to learn more, she accidentally fell while holding the darts and pierced her left cephalic...