FORT WORTH, Texas When a 14-year-old girl took 14 Benadryl pills in the middle of the night, her older sister called their grandmother for help, wanting to avoid getting in trouble with their parents.
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Watch your step, Texans: Rattlesnake bites are up this year
The Texas Poison Center Network received about 15 percent more calls through June 30 than during the same time in 2020.
The Texas Poison Center Network has received roughly 15% more calls about rattlesnake bites through June 30 this year, compared with the same period in 2020.
Texans enjoying the outdoors best watch out for trouble underfoot.
The Texas Poison Center Network has received roughly 15% more calls about rattlesnake bites through June 30 this year, compared with the same period in 2020.
So far, there have been 86 rattler bites reported, compared with 75 in the first half of 2020 and 71 during the same span in 2019, said Lizbeth Petty, a public health educator with the North Texas center. The numbers may be underreported because they include only cases the poison center network is told about, and not all hospitals report snakebites.