02454nas a2200337   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653003900054653001500093653002200108653002600130653002100156653001700177100001700194700001600211700002400227700002200251700001900273700001600292700002300308700001100331700002200342700001400364700001500378245016300393856006700556300000900623490000700632520146300639022001402102       2023                            d  bMDPI AG10aHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis10atoxicology10aindigenous people10aAccess to health care10aBrazilian Amazon10aDisabilities1 ade Farias AS1 aCristino JS1 ada Costa Arévalo M1 aCarneiro Junior A1 aGomes Filho MR1 aAmbrosio SA1 aNickenig Vissoci J1 aWen FH1 aAzevedo Machado V1 aSachett J1 aMonteiro W00aChildren Growing Up with Severe Disabilities as a Result of Snakebite Envenomations in Indigenous Villages of the Brazilian Amazon: Three Cases and Narratives  uhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/15/6/352/pdf?version=1684837913  a1-130 v153 a<p>Snakebites are a major public health problem in the Brazilian Amazon and may lead to local complications and physical deficiencies. Access to antivenom treatment is poorer in indigenous populations compared to other populations. In this study, we report three cases of long-term severe disabilities as a result of Bothrops atrox snakebites in indigenous children, according to the narratives of the parents. The three cases evolved to compartment syndrome, secondary bacterial infection and extensive necrosis. The cases are associated with delayed antivenom treatment due to very fragmented therapeutic itineraries, which are marked by several changes in means of transport along the route. The loss of autonomy at such an early stage of life due to a disability caused by a snakebite, as observed in this study, may deprive children of sensory and social experiences and of learning their future roles in the community. In common to all cases, there was precarious access to rehabilitation services, which are generally centralized in the state capital, and which leads to a prolonged hospitalization of patients with severe snakebite, and distances them from their territory and family and community ties. Prospective studies should be conducted in the Amazon that estimate the burden of disabilities from snakebites in order to formulate public policies for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients through culturally tailored interventions.</p>
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