The general treatment for cobra bites is to use antivenom, and artificial ventilation (such as tracheal intubation) may be needed until the venom degrades and the patient can breathe spontaneously. If the patients who failed to be treated died more than 6 ~ 12 hours after the bite, the cause of death was mostly respiratory paralysis (such as diaphragm paralysis) and suffocation.
Antivenom is a purified antibody produced by animals after a small amount of snake venom is injected into animals for many times, which contains high-valent antivenom antibodies. When bitten by a snake, snake venom enters the body, which is an antigen for people.
The injected antitoxin serum contains corresponding antibodies, which can neutralize the corresponding snake venom, specifically bind to form a complex, and make the toxin inactive, which will be processed by the corresponding phagocytes of the body, thus making the toxin lose its effect on people. Therefore, it is more beneficial for the body to inject antivenom in a shorter time after the initial treatment of the wound after being bitten by a poisonous snake.
Special attention should be paid to prevent allergic reaction when using antiserum. Before injection, you must do an allergy test and ask about your past allergy history in detail. Anyone who has had a history of bronchial asthma, hay fever, eczema or angioneurotic edema, or who has been allergic to certain substances, or who has injected horse serum preparation in the past, must be especially wary of allergic reactions.