Symptoms and main events with appropriate timelines illustrating the impact and recovery following the ophthalmic envenoming by an Ashes spitting cobra.

Symptoms and main events with appropriate timelines illustrating the impact and recovery following the ophthalmic envenoming by an Ashes spitting cobra.</p

A snake handler suffers ophthalmic envenomation by an Ashe’s spitting cobra.

(A) the offending snake was identified as an Ashe’s spitting cobra (Naja ashei) by a trained herpetologist and the snake handler. (B) the eye of the victim after the ophthalmic envenomation occurred, highlighting the irritation of the eye. (C) the affected eye of the victim the morning after the incident occurred, highlighting the thick mucus build-up. (D) the affected eye at 2 pm on the day after the incident occurred, following Diclogenta treatment.</p