A 10-year-old boy was bited by a snake (natrix tigrina), raised as his pet. After 13 hours epistaxis and gingiva bleeding started, and in additon ecchimoses and hematuria were noted.
Examination of blood plasma revealed fibrinogen 14 mg/dl and makedly prolonged prothorombin time.
In 1 hour there was no clot retraction. Plasmin activity was very accerelated, but platelets were normal and counted 200000/cu mm. We gave transamin with satisfactory effect because it brock to fibrinogen degradation.
