Kommer heers \u2019n geruime tyd reeds onder landsburgers namate gerugte en koerantopskrifte oor \u2019n tekort aan slangteengif in die land die ronde doen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners van die Swartland kan egter gerusgestel word dat geen tekort aan teengif tans in die Weskusdistriksarea ondervind word nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leensie L\u00f6tter, \u2019n woordvoerder vir die Wes-Kaapse departement van gesondheid vir die Swartland-hospitaal en die Weskus-distrik, s\u00ea egter hoewel voorraad beskikbaar is, hou hospitale in di\u00e9 distrik as \u2019n re\u00ebl slegs \u2019n beperkte voorraad slangteengif vir slange aan. Die teengif is hoofsaaklik vir slangbyte van slange wat algemeen in die omgewing voorkom, soos kobras en adders. Vir ander slangsoorte, soos boomslange, wat wel ook in die Swartland en die Weskus voorkom, word \u2019n ander soort teengif benodig, waarvoor spesiale re\u00eblings getref behoort te word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie rede hoekom beperkte voorraad aangehou word, is omdat die teengif baie duur is en ook omdat die rakleeftyd van teengif baie beperk is,\u201d verduidelik L\u00f6tter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indien slangteengif benodig word, kan by ander mediese fasiliteite soos die Tygerberg- of Groote Schuur-hospitaal aangevra kan word, aangesien di\u00e9 hospitale gewoonlik voorraad het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die bestuurder van apteekdienste in die Weskus-distrik het ook aan Gazette<\/i> bevestig die Weskus en die Swartland-sub-distrik ervaar tans geen tekort aan teengif-voorraad nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Swartland-hospitaal se kliniese bestuurder het aangedui hulle kry wel gevalle van slangbyt in die somer. Die gemiddelde statistiek vir slangbyte is een tot twee keer \u2019n jaar. Baie meer gevalle van skerpioensteke as slangbyte word aangemeld, wat hulle eerder by die noodeenheid by die Swartland-hospitaal besig hou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00f6tter benadruk dit is belangrik om te onthou die teengif is nie \u2019n \u201ctowerdrankie\u201d nie en is nie noodwendig lewensreddend nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeengif behoort nie vir enige slangbyt en voor die voet gebruik te word nie. Dit is slegs doeltreffend in tien verskillende soorte slanggif. Geen teengif is byvoorbeeld meer vir \u2019n bergadder se byt beskikbaar nie. Teengif-toediening loop ook altyd die gevaar van \u2019n allergiese reaksie, soos anafalakse, wat lewensbedreigend is,\u201d verduidelik sy verder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie teengif kan daarom slegs by \u2019n hospitaal of \u2019n fasiliteit wat ingerig is om mediese noodgevalle te hanteer, toegedien word. Teengif sal ook nie asemhalingsprobleme by neurotoksiese byte soos byvoorbeeld di\u00e9 van \u2019n kobrabyt of weefselskade (sitotoksiese by die van \u2019n pofadder) stop of omkeer nie, maar kan wel die skade beperk. In die geval van neurotoksiese byte (Kaapse kobra en mamba) moet die pasi\u00ebnt onmiddellik na die hospitaal geneem word aangesien intubasie en ventilasie benodig gaan word, hetsy die teengif toegedien word of nie, herinner sy inwoners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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