Snake bite is one of the major health concerns in India especially in rural India. One of the dangerously poisonous neurotoxic snakes
is Common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), also known as Indian Krait or blue krait. They are nocturnal in nature and contribute to many
cases of snake bite envenomation, mainly people sleeping on the floor. Many a times, the victim doesn’t wake up because of the
painless venom. They usually wake up with the symptoms of paralysis or may even die in sleep. Very rarely it causes dry bites. Here
we report a case of 40-year-old male who presented with a snake bite at 7.00 pm in the evening, when he went to pick the broom.
Snake bite or fang marks were present on his forearm, but no signs and symptoms of envenomation were seen. So, we present a
case of “dry bite” which is quite rare in kraits. We kept him under observation for next 72 hours, no deterioration in patient’s health
was observed. So, we are hereby elaborating about the case and approach towards a dry snake bite patient & rationale use of
antivenom.
Keywords: Bungarus caeruleus; Common krait; Dry bite; Indian Krait; rationale use of antivenom